Identifying and recommending experts using shared posts and interactions
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1. A computer-implemented method of identifying a person of interest, the method comprising:
- generating, with a computer processor, a shared topic feed that includes a topic input associated with a user;
identifying a subject matter area of the topic input;
distributing the shared topic feed to a set of followers; and
identifying the user as a person of interest based on follower interactions with the topic input,wherein identifying the user as a person of interest comprises;
determining a first number of follower interactions with topic inputs associated with the user that pertain to the subject matter area;
determining a second number of follower interactions with topic inputs, associated with a number of other users, that pertain to the subject matter area; and
identifying the user as a person of interest for the subject matter based on a determination that the first number of follower interactions is more than the second number of follower interactions.
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Abstract
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 a topic input in the topic feed. The topic feed is distributed and includes the topic input. Experts in subject matter can be identified based on the user'"'"'s topic input and/or 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, the method comprising:
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generating, with a computer processor, a shared topic feed that includes a topic input associated with a user; identifying a subject matter area of the topic input; distributing the shared topic feed to a set of followers; and identifying the user as a person of interest based on follower interactions with the topic input, wherein identifying the user as a person of interest comprises; determining a first number of follower interactions with topic inputs associated with the user that pertain to the subject matter area; determining a second number of follower interactions with topic inputs, associated with a number of other users, that pertain to the subject matter area; and identifying the user as a person of interest for the subject matter based on a determination that the first number of follower interactions is more than the second number of follower interactions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for identifying a person of interest, the system comprising:
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a computer processor that forms a functional component of the system; a topic feed generator generating a shared topic feed that includes a post comprising material attributed to a user; a feed distributor distributing the shared topic feed to a set of followers; and a statistics generator identifying the user as a person of interest, using the computer processor, based on follower information indicative of a number of followers that receive the topic feed; wherein the user has an extended set of followers that includes an initial set of followers and subsequent followers downstream of the initial set of followers, and wherein the statistics generator tracks a number of times a post attributed to the user is interacted with by the extended set of followers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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