Identifying and changing personal information
First Claim
1. A method for analyzing information about a user comprising the steps of:
- obtaining, at a computer, at least one search result from a data source via a search engine based on at least one search term identifying the user;
identifying a contextual token or a mood-indicating token describing the user within a set of tokens surrounding a relevancy-indicating token in the at least one search result;
ascertaining an effect of the at least one search result on a reputation of the user based on whether the identified contextual or mood-indicating token positively or negatively affects the reputation of the user;
determining whether the at least one search result includes undesirable information negatively affecting the reputation of the user based on the ascertained effect of the at least one search result on the reputation of the user;
flagging the at least one search result if it is determined that the at least one search result includes undesirable information;
communicating with the data source to determine whether the undesirable information included in the flagged search result can be changed at the data source; and
if it is determined that the undesirable information can be changed at the data source, causing a change of the undesirable information at the data source.
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing information about a user are presented which include obtaining at least one search result based on at least one search terms describing the user; presenting the at least one search result to the user; receiving an indication from the user of the desirability of a search result; and performing an action based on the desirability of the search result. Systems, apparatuses, and methods are also presented for determining a reputation score representing the reputation of a user which include collecting search results from data source, determining an effect on the reputation of the user of the search results from the data source, and calculating a reputation score for the user based on the determined effect on the reputation of the user from the search results from the data source.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for analyzing information about a user comprising the steps of:
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obtaining, at a computer, at least one search result from a data source via a search engine based on at least one search term identifying the user; identifying a contextual token or a mood-indicating token describing the user within a set of tokens surrounding a relevancy-indicating token in the at least one search result; ascertaining an effect of the at least one search result on a reputation of the user based on whether the identified contextual or mood-indicating token positively or negatively affects the reputation of the user; determining whether the at least one search result includes undesirable information negatively affecting the reputation of the user based on the ascertained effect of the at least one search result on the reputation of the user; flagging the at least one search result if it is determined that the at least one search result includes undesirable information; communicating with the data source to determine whether the undesirable information included in the flagged search result can be changed at the data source; and if it is determined that the undesirable information can be changed at the data source, causing a change of the undesirable information at the data source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus for analyzing information about a user comprising:
at least one computing processor configured to; obtain at least one search result from a data source via a search engine based on at least one search term identifying the user; identify a contextual token or a mood-indicating token describing the user within a set of tokens surrounding a relevancy-indicating token in the at least one search result; ascertain an effect of the at least one search result on a reputation of the user based on whether the identified contextual or mood-indicating token positively or negatively affects the reputation of the user; determine whether the at least one search result includes undesirable information negatively affecting the reputation of the user based on the ascertained effect of the at least one search result on the reputation of the user; flag the at least one search result if it is determined that the at least one search result includes undesirable information; communicate with the data source to determine whether the undesirable information included in the flagged search result can be changed at the data source; and if it is determined that the undesirable information can be changed at the data source, cause a change of the undesirable information at the data source.
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24. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to perform a method for analyzing information about a user, the method comprising:
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obtaining at least one search result from a data source via a search engine based on at least one search term identifying the user; identifying a contextual token or a mood-indicating token describing the user within a set of tokens surrounding a relevancy-indicating token in the at least one search result; ascertaining an effect of the at least one search result on a reputation of the user based on whether the identified contextual or mood-indicating token positively or negatively affects the reputation of the user; determining whether the at least one search result includes undesirable information negatively affecting the reputation of the user based on the ascertained effect of the at least one search result on the reputation of the user; flagging the at least one search result if it is determined that the at least one search result includes undesirable information; communicating with the data source to determine whether the undesirable information included in the flagged search result can be changed at the data source; and if it is determined that the undesirable information can be changed at the data source, causing a change of the undesirable information at the data source.
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