Displaying information about distributed group discussions
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining, by one or more configured computing systems of a group discussion prediction service, information about a distributed group discussion involving a plurality of users, wherein the obtained information includes first information about a plurality of content items already submitted by the plurality of users during one or more time periods and includes second information about one or more predictions by the group discussion prediction service regarding future content items that will be submitted by users for the distributed group discussion during one or more future time periods;
selecting, by the one or more configured computing systems, multiple factors to use in summarizing the obtained information for each of multiple time periods that include the one or more time periods and the one or more future time periods, wherein the multiple selected factors include a total quantity of content items supplied during each of the multiple time periods and include a rate of change in total quantity of content items supplied between two or more of the multiple time periods;
determining, by the one or more configured computing systems, multiple visual aspects to use to display information about the multiple selected factors to one or more users, wherein each of the multiple selected factors is associated with one of the multiple visual aspects, and wherein the multiple visual aspects include sizes of displayed items, vertical locations or movements of displayed items, halos or shadows associated with displayed items, and colors of displayed item;
generating, by the one or more configured computing systems, information for display that is based on at least some of the first information and on at least some of the second information, the generated information including, for each of the multiple selected factors, a summarization that is represented using the associated one visual aspect for the selected factor and that is based on a subset of the obtained information that corresponds to the selected factor; and
initiating, by the one or more configured computing systems and before the one or more future time periods, display of the generated information to the one or more users.
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Abstract
Techniques are described for analyzing user-supplied information, including to predict future aspects of additional information that will be supplied by users. The analyzed information may include distributed group discussions involving numerous users and occurring via user comments and other content items supplied to social networking site(s) and/or other computer-accessible sites. The techniques further include displaying information to users about analyzed and/or predicted information for one or more categories and/or topics or other attributes, to reflect corresponding constituent content items for those categories/topics/attributes for one or more time periods—the information display may further occur in a real-time or near-real-time manner with respect to corresponding events or activities to which the information corresponds (such as within seconds, minutes or hours), and may display information about total quantity of constituent content items, rate of change in total quantity, aggregate sentiment, etc.
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42 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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obtaining, by one or more configured computing systems of a group discussion prediction service, information about a distributed group discussion involving a plurality of users, wherein the obtained information includes first information about a plurality of content items already submitted by the plurality of users during one or more time periods and includes second information about one or more predictions by the group discussion prediction service regarding future content items that will be submitted by users for the distributed group discussion during one or more future time periods; selecting, by the one or more configured computing systems, multiple factors to use in summarizing the obtained information for each of multiple time periods that include the one or more time periods and the one or more future time periods, wherein the multiple selected factors include a total quantity of content items supplied during each of the multiple time periods and include a rate of change in total quantity of content items supplied between two or more of the multiple time periods; determining, by the one or more configured computing systems, multiple visual aspects to use to display information about the multiple selected factors to one or more users, wherein each of the multiple selected factors is associated with one of the multiple visual aspects, and wherein the multiple visual aspects include sizes of displayed items, vertical locations or movements of displayed items, halos or shadows associated with displayed items, and colors of displayed item; generating, by the one or more configured computing systems, information for display that is based on at least some of the first information and on at least some of the second information, the generated information including, for each of the multiple selected factors, a summarization that is represented using the associated one visual aspect for the selected factor and that is based on a subset of the obtained information that corresponds to the selected factor; and initiating, by the one or more configured computing systems and before the one or more future time periods, display of the generated information to the one or more users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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obtaining, by one or more configured computing systems of a group discussion prediction service, information about a distributed group discussion that involves a plurality of users submitting a plurality of content items for the distributed group discussion, the obtained information including information about one or more predictions by the group discussion prediction service regarding future content items that will be submitted for the distributed group discussion; selecting, by the one or more configured computing systems, multiple factors to use in summarizing information about the distributed group discussion; determining, by the one or more configured computing systems, multiple visual aspects to use to display information about the multiple selected factors, wherein the multiple visual aspects include sizes of displayed items and vertical locations of displayed items, and wherein each of the multiple selected factors is associated with at least one of the multiple visual aspects; generating, by the one or more configured computing systems, information for display to one or more users that is based at least in part on the one or more predictions, the generated information including, for each of the multiple selected factors, a summarization that is represented using the at least one visual aspect associated with the selected factor and that is based on at least some of the obtained information corresponding to the selected factor; and providing, by the one or more configured computing systems, the generated information for display to the one or more users. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored contents that, when executed, configure a computing system to perform a method, the method comprising:
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obtaining, by the configured computing system, information about a distributed group discussion having a plurality of content items submitted by a plurality of users related to multiple topics; determining, by the configured computing system, multiple visual aspects to use to display information to one or more users about the multiple topics, including at least one sizes of displayed items or vertical locations of displayed items; generating, by the configured computing system, information for display to the one or more users, the generated information including, for each of the multiple topics, at least one summarization that is based on a subset of the obtained information corresponding to the topic and that is represented using at least one of the multiple visual aspects; and providing, by the configured computing system, the generated information for display to the one or more users. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A configured system comprising:
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one or more hardware processors of one or more computing systems; and one or more modules that are configured to, when executed by at least one of the one or more hardware processors, initiate display of summarized information about a distributed group discussion having a plurality of content items submitted by a plurality of users, by; obtaining information about one or more predictions regarding future content items that will be submitted for the distributed group discussion; determining multiple visual aspects to use to display information to one or more users about multiple topics indicated in the plurality of content items; generating information for display to the one or more users that is based at least in part on the one or more predictions, the generated information including, for each of the multiple topics, at least one summarization that is based on content items of the distributed group discussion corresponding to the topic and that is represented using at least one of the multiple visual aspects; and providing the generated information for display to the one or more users. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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