Systems and methods for discovering social accounts
AssigneeProofpoint, Inc.
InventorsDevin Redmond, Ray Kruck, Richard Sutton, Anthony Dorie
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Abstract
Methods and systems allow organizations to discover accounts, subscriptions, properties, sites and other online portals within each distinct social network platform and across disparate social network platforms, publishing platforms and networks that represent, claim to represent or are relevant to their organization and/or brands based on search terms and facilitate the statistical reporting and analysis of activities on the discovered properties.
Claims23
A computer-implemented method for correlating multiple social network properties related to a common entity across multiple disparate social network platforms, the method comprising:
- submitting a search string related to the common entity to the social network platforms;
- formatting received social network property metadata matching the search string;
- storing formatted metadata in a database associated with the common entity;
- distinguishing, from the stored formatted metadata, metadata from an entity unrelated to the common entity that is neither generated on behalf of nor generated by a representative of the common entity from metadata, at least in part, at least one of sanctioned by, generated on behalf of, and generated by a representative of the common entity;
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- identifying at least one social network platform publishing content about the common entity with the social network property metadata.
A system for correlating multiple social network properties related to a common entity across multiple disparate social network platforms, the system comprising:
- at least one memory storing computer executable instructions;
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- at least one processing unit for executing the instructions stored in the memory, wherein execution of the instructions results in one or more application modules together comprising:
- a query processing module for:
- submitting a search string related to the common entity to the social network platforms;
- a normalization module for:
- formatting received social network property metadata matching the search string;
- storing formatted metadata in a database associated with the common entity;
- a schedule module for:
- distinguishing, from the stored formatted metadata, metadata from an entity unrelated to the common entity that is neither generated on behalf of nor generated by a representative of the common entity from metadata, at least in part, at least one of sanctioned by, generated on behalf of, and generated by a representative of the common entity;
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- identifying at least one social network platform publishing content about the common entity with the social network property metadata.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.