# US 12,008,063 B2 · System and method for thought leader and influencer rating and ranking

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- Number: US 12,008,063 B2
- Document ID: US12008063B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/157,086
- Filed: 2018-10-10
- Published: 2022-07-07
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2017-10-10
- Applicants: Nicholas Evans
- Inventors: Nicholas Evans
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12008063B2

## CPC

- G06F 16/9536: Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering
- G06F 16/954: Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
- G06F 16/958: Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
- G06Q 10/46: Determination of level of influence of users within social networking services
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

The invention provides an open platform for thought leaders and influencers to collaborate, curate, manage, promote, and share their expertise over a communications network, such as the Internet. The thought leaders are evaluated across multiple dimensions of their roles as an academic, author, entrepreneur, inventor, influencer and/or speaker, as well as in various functional domains. The rating and ranking is achieved by curating, measuring and analyzing their published thought leadership content portfolio across the Internet via a points-based system. Further, the invention provides business entities and service providers ways to both finding the world's top thought leaders, and nurture their own thought leaders.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information processing system for rating or ranking individual users as thought leaders and influencers, the information processing system comprising:
a memory;
a processor communicatively coupled to the memory; and
a rating and ranking module communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, wherein the rating and ranking module is configured to perform a method comprising
obtaining at least one information from a user,
identifying, based on the information obtained, at least one third-party source of additional information;
obtaining at least one information from a third-party database,
wherein the information comprises at least one user-created content, data related to one of a user-created content, data related to a user role, and data related to a user;
curating a plurality of user-related content;
executing a rating and ranking algorithm as a function of, in part, the information, wherein each of a plurality of users is rated as a separate executable instance to generate a rating for each of the plurality of users as a score for that user;
verifying the authenticity of at least one information via a block-chain ledger;
calculating a score for at least a functional domain;
calculating a score for at least a role-based or persona-based domain;
analyzing the rating of each of the plurality of users;
ranking each of the plurality of users relative to each other user;
directing the storage of the information, the score, and the ranking for each user in an information repository;
sending displayable data related to a plurality of ranked users to at least a first system for user input/output, whereby the first system for user input/output displays the displayable data displays the displayable data for a user;
a thought leader accessing an interactive website;
the thought leader logging into the system;
when the thought leader accesses the system for the first time, the thought leader registering with the system;
storing the submitted information in a database, the information being stored along with information and meta-data pertaining to the source of the submission into an information repository;
calculating a score in which the thought leader rating and ranking algorithm calculates an aggregate score, at least one role-based or persona-based score, and at least one functional domain score for the thought leader;
normalizing the score, whereby the thought leader rating and ranking algorithm normalizes the score of the thought leader by dividing each overall, role-based and functional domain score by those of the corresponding highest scoring thought leader in the information repository;
updating the information repository with newly calculated scores via the interactive website; and
displaying a profile, in which the interactive website displays at least one score.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information processing system of claim 1, wherein information comprises intellectual property.