INTERNET BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RANKING ARTISTS USING A POPULARITY PROFILE

• US 20160259822A1
• Filed: 03/07/2016
• Published: 09/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Popular Metrics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Popular Metrics, Inc.
• Inventors: Freeman, Duncan, Elmore, John
• Granted Patent: US 9,881,042 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24522 Translation of natural language queries to structured queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/337 Profile generation, learning or modification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/205 Parsing

Abstract

Technologies are described herein for determining popularity of an artist. A popularity profiling server is used to receive artist information, analyze a quantitative data portion of the artist information, and analyze a qualitative data portion of the artist information using sentiment analysis. The sentiment analysis uses natural language parsing to separate the qualitative data into parts of speech. The popularity profiling server calculates an initial set of scores for the popularity of the artist based on the analysis of the quantitative data portion and the qualitative data portion of the artist information, update a ranking for the popularity of the artist in a database, and determine, after waiting a predetermined amount of time, if new data has been updated to the artist information on the information server. If new artist information has been updated, an updated set of scores are calculated.

Claims

1. A system for determining popularity of an artist, comprising:

a database, the database configured to provide rankings of several artists;

a client computer;

an information server for providing artist information, the artist information comprising qualitative data and quantitative data; and

a popularity profiling server operably connected to the database, the client computer, and the information server, the popularity profiling server configured to

receive, from the information server, the artist information,

analyze a quantitative data portion of the artist information,

analyze a qualitative data portion of the artist information using sentiment analysis, the sentiment analysis by natural language parsing to separate the qualitative data into pans of speech,

calculate an initial set of scores for the popularity of the artist based on the analysis of the quantitative data portion and the qualitative data portion of the artist information,

update a ranking for the popularity of the artist in the database based on the initial set of scores,

determine, after waiting a predetermined amount of time, if new data has been updated to the artist information on the information server, the predetermined amount of time entered by a client on the client computer, and

if new data has been updated, calculate an updated set of scores for the artist information based on the new data, and update the ranking for the popularity of the artist on the database.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the popularity profiling server is further configured to

receive a request for a current ranking of the artist using an identifier from a remote third party application,

retrieve from the database the current ranking of the artist using the identifier, and

transmit the current ranking to the remote third party application, the current ranking representing a ranked order of the artist based on a comparison of the artist'"'"'s current sets of scores to other artists'"'"' current sets of scores.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the popularity profiling server is further configured to record in a log file a data retrieval attempt after each time it is determined if new data has been updated after waiting the predetermined amount of time

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the popularity profiling server is further configured to record in the log file whether each data retrieval attempt was successful or not successful.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the popularity profiling server is further configured to calculate two or more sets of scores for each information server from which data is received for an artist, the two or more sets of scores are not based on data received from other information sources.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the popularity profiling server is further configured to

assign to the artist a ranked order of the artist based on a comparison of the artist'"'"'s updated set of scores to other artists'"'"' set of scores, and

store the ranked order in the database in association with the artist.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the popularity profiling server is further configured to transfer information to the client computer, the information transferred is based at least in part on some or all of the data received and the updated set of scores.

8. A method for determining characteristics of an audience at a concert, the method comprising steps of:

receiving, by a computer system, artist information of an artist, the artist information comprising qualitative data and quantitative data;

analyzing, by the computer system, a quantitative data portion of the artist information;

analyzing, by the computer system, a qualitative data portion of the artist information using sentiment analysis, the sentiment analysis by natural language parsing to separate the qualitative data into pans of speech;

calculating, by the computer system, an initial set of scores for a popularity of the artist based on the analysis of the quantitative data and the qualitative data of the artist information;

updating, by the computer system, a ranking for the popularity of the artist in a database based on the initial set of scores, the database configured to provide rankings of several artists;

determining, by the computer system, after waiting a predetermined amount of time, if new data has been updated to the artist information on die computer system; and

if new data added has been updated, calculating, by the computer system, an updated set of scores for the artist information based on the new data, and update the ranking for the popularity of the artist on the database.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising steps of:

receiving, by the computer system, a request for a current ranking of the artist using an identifier from a remote third party application,

retrieving, by the computer system, from the database the current ranking of the artist using the identifier, and

transmitting, by the computer system, the current ranking to the remote third party application, the current ranking representing a ranked order of the artist based on a comparison of the artist'"'"'s current sets of scores to other artists'"'"' current sets of scores.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of recording in a log file a data retrieval attempt after each time it is determined if new data has been updated after waiting the predetermined amount of time.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of recording in the log file whether each data retrieval attempt was successful or not successful.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of calculating two or more sets of scores for each information server from which data is received for an artist, the two or more sets of scores are not based on data received from other information sources.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising steps of:

assigning, by the computer system, to the artist a ranked order of the artist based on a comparison of the artist'"'"'s updated set of scores to other artists'"'"' set of scores, and

storing, by the computer system, the ranked order in the database in association with the artist.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of transferring, by the computer system, information to a client computer, the information transferred is based at least in pan on some or all of the data received and the updated set of scores.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive artist information of an artist, the artist information comprising qualitative data and quantitative data;

analyze a quantitative data portion of the artist information;

analyze a qualitative data portion of the artist information using sentiment analysis, the sentiment analysis by natural language parsing to separate the qualitative data into parts of speech;

calculate an initial set of scores for a popularity of the artist based on the analysis of the quantitative data and the qualitative data of the artist information;

update a ranking for the popularity of the artist in a database based on the initial set of scores, the database configured to provide rankings of several artists;

determine, after waiting a predetermined amount of time, if new data has been updated to the artist information; and

if new data has been updated added, calculate an updated set of scores for the artist information based on the new data, and update the ranking for the popularity of the artist on the database.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, having further processor-executable instructions stored thereon that cause the processor to

receive a request for a current ranking of the artist using an identifier from a remote third party application,

retrieve from the database the current ranking of the artist using the identifier, and

transmit the current ranking to the remote third party application, the current ranking representing a ranked order of the artist based on a comparison of the artist'"'"'s current sets of scores to other artists'"'"' current sets of scores.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, having further processor-executable instructions stored thereon that cause the processor to

record in a log file a data retrieval attempt after each time it is determined if new data has been updated after waiting the predetermined amount of time, and

record in the log file whether each data retrieval attempt was successful or nor successful

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, having further processor-executable instructions stored thereon that cause the processor to calculate two or more sets of scores for each information server from which data is received for an artist, the two or more sets of scores are not based on data received from other information sources.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, having further processor-executable instructions stored thereon that cause the processor to

assign to the artist a ranked order of the artist based on a comparison of the artist'"'"'s updated set of scores to other artists'"'"' set of scores, and

store the ranked order in the database in association with the artist.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, having further processor-executable instructions stored thereon that cause the processor to transfer information to a client computer, the information transferred is based at least in part on some or all of the data received and the updated set of scores.