Creating an aggregate report of a presence of a user on a network
First Claim
1. A method performed by a physical computing device communicatively coupled to a computer network for creating an aggregate report of a reputation of an individual user of said physical computing device within content published on said network, the method comprising:
- maintaining, in a memory of said physical computing device, a unique set of identifiers associated with the individual user, the unique set of identifiers comprising a plurality of identifiers, each identifier in the set specifying a different characteristic of the individual user such that, collectively, the unique set of identifiers more accurately identifies references to the individual user in network content, the set of identifiers including a name of the individual and at least one other detail specific to the individual;
automatically, periodically searching said network with said physical computing device, using the unique set of identifiers as search criteria, to identify content published on said network that, was not authored by the individual user, but still references or otherwise identifies the individual user as determined based on the unique set of identifiers associated with the individual user;
searching the identified content found on the network that is related to the individual for a term that meets a predetermined criterion;
in response to identifying a term that appears in the identified content and meets the predetermined criterion, adding the term to the unique set of identifiers as an additional identifier associated with the individual user within content on said network, the term then being used with other identifiers in the set during subsequent rounds of searching; and
preparing an aggregate report of identified content found on the network that is related to the individual use as determined using the unique set identifiers to provide the individual use with an indication of the reputation of the individual use within content of the network, the aggregate report including a reputation indicator displayed in a network browser, the reputation indicator indicating whether, based on identified network content, the individual user is more likely to have a positive or negative reputation among other network users.
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Abstract
A method performed by a physical computing device communicatively coupled to a computer network for creating an aggregate report of a presence of a user of the physical computing device on the network includes periodically searching the network with the physical computing device for content related to the user authored by a source other than the user, the searching being based on a unique set of identifiers associated with the user, dynamically updating the unique set of identifiers based on contextual trends within content returned as a result of the searching, and aggregating content published by the user to the network with the content returned as a result of the searching to form the aggregate report of the presence of the user on the network.
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1. A method performed by a physical computing device communicatively coupled to a computer network for creating an aggregate report of a reputation of an individual user of said physical computing device within content published on said network, the method comprising:
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maintaining, in a memory of said physical computing device, a unique set of identifiers associated with the individual user, the unique set of identifiers comprising a plurality of identifiers, each identifier in the set specifying a different characteristic of the individual user such that, collectively, the unique set of identifiers more accurately identifies references to the individual user in network content, the set of identifiers including a name of the individual and at least one other detail specific to the individual; automatically, periodically searching said network with said physical computing device, using the unique set of identifiers as search criteria, to identify content published on said network that, was not authored by the individual user, but still references or otherwise identifies the individual user as determined based on the unique set of identifiers associated with the individual user; searching the identified content found on the network that is related to the individual for a term that meets a predetermined criterion; in response to identifying a term that appears in the identified content and meets the predetermined criterion, adding the term to the unique set of identifiers as an additional identifier associated with the individual user within content on said network, the term then being used with other identifiers in the set during subsequent rounds of searching; and preparing an aggregate report of identified content found on the network that is related to the individual use as determined using the unique set identifiers to provide the individual use with an indication of the reputation of the individual use within content of the network, the aggregate report including a reputation indicator displayed in a network browser, the reputation indicator indicating whether, based on identified network content, the individual user is more likely to have a positive or negative reputation among other network users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for monitoring a reputation of an individual within content on a network, the method comprising:
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maintaining a set of identifiers associated with the individual, the set of identifiers comprising a plurality of identifiers, each identifier in the set specifying a different characteristic of the individual user such that, collectively, the set of identifiers more accurately identifies references to the individual user in network content, the set of identifiers including a name of the individual and at least one other detail specific to the individual; automatically and periodically searching the network using the identifiers as search criteria to identify content published on the network that is related to the individual; preparing an aggregate report of identified content found on the network that is related to the individual as determined using the set of identifiers to provide the individual with an indication of the reputation of the individual within content of the network; searching the identified content found on the network that is related to the individual for a term that meets a predetermined criterion; and in response to identifying a term that appears in the identified content and meets the predetermined criterion, adding the term to the set of identifiers as an additional indentifier found within the identified content, the term then being used with other identifiers in the set during subsequent rounds of the automated, periodic searching. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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