METHODS AND SYSTEMS USEFUL FOR IDENTIFYING THE MOST INFLUENT SOCIAL MEDIA USERS IN QUERY-BASED SOCIAL DATA STREAMS
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1. A system comprising a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method for identifying the most influent social media users in query-based social data streams comprising the steps ofinterfacing with one or more streaming social data sources;
- collecting one or more mentions that match a search query;
storing said mentions on a first server;
enhancing said mentions with additional information to produce enhanced mentions;
storing said enhanced mentions on a second server;
filtering said enhanced mentions into filtered streams;
creating a conversation graph from said filtered streams;
calculating influence scores from said conversation graph; and
outputting the most influent social media users.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to novel methods and implementing systems that afford a user the ability to analyze a certain stream of data, e.g., independent of size, and identify the people that influence the conversation.
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1. A system comprising a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method for identifying the most influent social media users in query-based social data streams comprising the steps of
interfacing with one or more streaming social data sources; -
collecting one or more mentions that match a search query; storing said mentions on a first server; enhancing said mentions with additional information to produce enhanced mentions; storing said enhanced mentions on a second server; filtering said enhanced mentions into filtered streams; creating a conversation graph from said filtered streams; calculating influence scores from said conversation graph; and outputting the most influent social media users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for identifying the most influent social media users in query-based social data streams comprising the steps of
interfacing with one or more streaming social data sources; -
collecting one or more mentions that match a search query; storing said mentions on a first server; enhancing said mentions with additional information to produce enhanced mentions; storing said enhanced mentions on a second server; filtering said enhanced mentions into filtered streams; creating a conversation graph from said filtered streams; calculating influence scores from said conversation graph; and outputting the most influent social media users, such that the most influent social media users for the streaming social data sources are identified. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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