Predicting future outcomes
OwnerBernardo Huberman, Sitaram Asurinventors
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Abstract
A model for predicting future outcomes related to individual entities within a class of related entities may be generated based on the determined rates at which the individual entities are referenced within electronic communications. Additionally or alternatively, a quantitative value of a predicted future outcome related to a particular cause may be calculated based on the frequency with which references to the particular cause appear in electronic messages.
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A computer-implemented method for generating a quantitative prediction of a future outcome related to a particular entity, the method comprising:
- accessing, from a computer memory storage system, a linear regression model designed to generate a quantitative prediction of a future outcome related to an entity based upon a rate at which the entity is referenced within electronic communications transmitted within one or more social media platforms hosted by one or more corresponding computer systems;
- determining, using at least one processing element, a rate at which the particular entity is referenced within electronic communications transmitted within the one or more social media platforms;
- applying, using at least one processing element, the determined rate to the accessed linear regression model;
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- generating, using at least one processing element, a quantitative prediction of a future outcome related to the particular entity based on having applied the determined rate to the accessed linear regression model.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- monitoring, using at least one processing element, electronic communications transmitted within one or more social media platforms hosted by one or more corresponding computer systems;
- based on monitoring the electronic communications transmitted within the one or more social media platforms, determining, using at least one processing element, rates at which each of a number of individual entities within a class of related entities are referenced within electronic communications transmitted within the one or more social media platforms;
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- generating, using at least one processing element, a model for predicting future outcomes related to individual entities within the class of related entities based on the determined rates at which the individual entities are referenced within electronic communications transmitted within the one or more social media platforms.
A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processing elements, cause the one or more processing elements to:
- monitor a frequency with which references to a particular cause appear in messages transmitted through an electronic, textual messaging service;
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- calculate a quantitative value of a predicted future outcome related to the particular cause based on the frequency with which the references to the particular cause appear in the messages transmitted through the electronic, textual messaging service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.