Method and system for measuring social influence and receptivity of users

• US 9,015,128 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2012
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ShareThis, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ShareThis, Inc.
• Inventors: Qin, Chao, Qu, Yan
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Baoquoc N
• Application Number:
  US13/687,692
• Publication Number:
  US 20140149418A1
• Time in Patent Office: 874 Days
• Field of Search: 707/672
• US Class Current: 707/672
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for characterizing one or more users accessing a plurality of web pages. In an embodiment, a social sharing graph is generated based on the one or more log records. The one or more log records are indicative of the one or more user activities. A first and a second score are assigned to preferably each of the one or more users in the social sharing graph based on the one or more log records. Finally, the one or more users are categorized in a first category and a second category based on the first score and the second score.

Claims

1. A method for characterizing one or more users accessing a plurality of web pages, the method comprising:

generating a social sharing graph based at least in part on at least one log record received from a tracking component located on the plurality of web pages, the at least one log record corresponding to one or more user activities of the one or more users on the plurality of web pages, wherein, the social sharing graph is indicative of a relationship between the one or more users;

assigning a first score and a second score to the one or more users depicted in the social sharing graph based at least in part on the at least one log record, the first score indicative of an information influencing capability and the second score indicative of an information receptive capability of the one or more users;

comparing the first score and the second score with a first threshold score and a second threshold score respectively;

classifying a first set of users from the one or more users into a first category based at least in part on the comparison of the first score with the first threshold score; and

classifying the one or more users into a second category based at least in part on the comparison of the second score with the second threshold score,

wherein the above steps are performed by a computer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more user activities of the one or more users correspond to one or more of viewing a web page, opening the tracking component, sharing through the tracking component, and clicking on shared web pages.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one log record comprises at least one of a cookie representing the one or more users, a timestamp, an event type, a sharing channel, a content identifier, domain information, URL, referring URL, and browser agent.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising categorizing the at least one log record into one or more content categories based at least in part on content on the plurality of web pages associated with the at least one log record.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising calculating a third score and a fourth score for the one or more users for at least one content category of the one or more content categories based at least in part on a user activity corresponding to the content category.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising creating a user profile for the one or more users based at least in part on the third score and the fourth score, wherein the user profile at least includes user interests.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first score depends on the at least one log record and the respective second scores of the one or more users other than the user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second score depends on the at least one log record and the respective first scores of the one or more users other than the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first category corresponds to an information influencer category and the second category corresponds to an information responder category.

10. A computer system for user classification comprising:

a computer having one or more processors configured to;

receive at least one log record corresponding to one or more user activities of one or more users on a plurality of web pages;

generate a social sharing graph based at least in part on the at least one log record, wherein, the social sharing graph is indicative of a relationship between the one or more users;

assign a first score and a second score to the one or more users depicted in the social sharing graph based at least in part on the at least one log record associated with the one or more users;

compare the first score and the second score with a first threshold score and a second threshold score respectively, the first score indicative of an information influencing capability and the second score indicative of an information receptive capability of the one or more users; and

classify the one or more users into a first category and a second category based at least in part on the comparison of the first score and the second score respectively with the first threshold score and the second threshold score.

11. The computer system of claim 10 wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the one or more user activities of the one or more users on the plurality of web pages based on the received at least one log record.

12. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the one or more processors are configured to calculate a third score and a fourth score for the one or more users corresponding to at least one content category of one or more content categories based at least in part on the one or more user activities corresponding to the content category.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are configured to create a profile of the one or more users based at least in part upon the third score and the fourth score in the content category.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section executable by a computer, thereby causing the computer to perform steps comprising:

generating a social sharing graph based, at least in part, on at least one log record received from a tracking component located on a plurality of web pages, the at least one log record corresponding to at least one or more activities of one or more users on the plurality of web pages, wherein, the social sharing graph is indicative of a relationship between the one or more users;

assigning a first score and a second score to the one or more users depicted in the social sharing graph based at least in part on the at least one log record, the first score indicative of an information sharing capability and the second score indicative of an information responding capability of the one or more users;

comparing the first score and the second score with a first threshold score and a second threshold score respectively; and

generating a user model based at least in part on the comparing, wherein the user model comprises a plurality of categories assigned to the one or more users.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 further comprising:

classifying the one or more users into a first category based at least in part on the comparison of the first score with the first threshold score; and

classifying the one or more users into a second category based at least in part on the comparison of the second score with the second threshold score.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first category corresponds to an information influencer category and the second category corresponds to an information responder category.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the first score depends on the at least one log record and the respective second scores of the one or more users other than the user.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the second score depends on the at least one log record and the respective first scores of the one or more users other than the user.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein generating the user model comprises calculating a third score and a fourth score respectively of the one or more users corresponding to one or more content categories based at least in part on the one or more user activities corresponding to the one or more content categories from a plurality of categories.