Measuring participation in content propagation across a dynamic network topology
AssigneeGlss, Inc.
InventorDerek Fairchild-Coppoletti
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Abstract
Systems and methods may measure and rank a user's role in propagation of content within a population of users. In one aspect, the systems and methods allow a user to register a piece of content and to refer the registered content to a second user. The second user may refer the registered content to other users. The systems and methods track the propagation of the registered content among the users, and rank a user's relevance in propagating the registered content among the other users.
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A method for ranking a user's role in propagation of content, comprising
- allowing a first user to register a piece of content,
- allowing the first user to refer the registered content to a second user,
- allowing the second user to refer the registered content to other users,
- tracking the propagation of the registered content among the users, and
- ranking a respective user's relevance in propagating the registered content among the other users, as a function of the order in which the respective user referred content to other users.
A system for ranking a user's role in propagation of content, comprising
- a content processor for allowing a first user to register a piece of content,
- a verification processor for allowing the first user to refer the registered content to a second user, and for allowing the second user to refer the registered content to other users, and
- a measurement processor for tracking the propagation of the registered content among the users, and for ranking a respective user's relevance in propagating the registered content among the other users, as a function of the order in which the respective user referred content to other users.
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