Identifying and recommending experts using shared queries and interactions
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1. A computer-implemented method of identifying a person of interest, using a computer with a processor, comprising:
- generating, with the processor, a shared topic feed that includes posts of queries, authored by a user, along with user interface elements that receive follower interactions with the posts;
distributing, with the processor, the shared topic feed to a first set of followers; and
identifying, with the processor, the user as a person of interest based on follower interactions with the posts authored by the user.
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Abstract
When a user enters an information retrieval query, a topic feed is generated for publication or distribution to a set of followers or recipients who have elected to receive the topic feed from the user or based on the subject matter content of the query. The topic feed is distributed and includes the query. Experts in subject matter can be identified based on the user'"'"'s queries and other text in the topic feed that the followers interact with.
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1. A computer-implemented method of identifying a person of interest, using a computer with a processor, comprising:
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generating, with the processor, a shared topic feed that includes posts of queries, authored by a user, along with user interface elements that receive follower interactions with the posts; distributing, with the processor, the shared topic feed to a first set of followers; and identifying, with the processor, the user as a person of interest based on follower interactions with the posts authored by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for identifying a person of interest, comprising:
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a topic feed generator generating a shared topic feed that includes posts of queries, authored by a user, along with user interface elements that receive follower interactions with the posts; a feed distributor distributing the shared topic feed to a first set of followers; a statistics generator identifying the user as a person of interest based on follower information indicative of a number of followers that receive the topic feed; and a computer processor that forms a functional hardware component of the system and is activated by the topic feed generator, the feed distributor and the statistics generator to facilitate generating the shared topic feed, distributing the shared topic feed to the first set of followers, and generating an output that identifies the user as a person of interest based on the follower information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-implemented method of identifying experts in a subject matter, using a computer with a processor, comprising:
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generating, with the processor, a shared topic feed that includes posts of queries, authored by a user, along with user interface elements that receive follower interactions with the posts; analyzing each post to identify a subject matter of the post;
distributing, with the processor, the shared topic feed to a first set of followers;receiving, at the processor, follower interaction indications indicative of followers interacting with a given set of posts having a common subject matter through the user interface elements; and identifying, with the processor, the user as a person of interest for the common subject matter of the given set of posts based on the follower interactions received for the given set of posts.
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