# US 2018/0025441 A1 · Evaluating an impact of a user's content utilized in a social network

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- Number: US 2018/0025441 A1
- Document ID: US20180025441A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/720,093
- Filed: 2017-09-29
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2015-04-11
- Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation
- Inventors: Jonathan F. Brunn; Jeffrey R. Hoy; Asima Silva
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025441A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/48: using social graphs
- G06Q 10/46: Determination of level of influence of users within social networking services
- 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

A method, system and computer program product for evaluating an impact of a user's content utilized in a social network. Content in a document (e.g., a presentation) that has been posted on a social network environment is detected as being reused by another user in another document. The author of the reused content is then identified. A counter keeping track of the number of times this content has been adopted in derivative works is then incremented. A score (“impact score”), representing the author's ability to influence other users to adopt the author's content in other users' derivative works, is then generated based on the number of times this content has been adopted in derivative works. Social credit is then provided to the author using the impact score. In this manner, recognition is provided to the author thereby providing motivation for users to post created content in the social network.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for evaluating an impact of a user's content utilized in a social network, the method comprising:
detecting content in a document posted on a social network environment being reused by a second user;
identifying an author of said content;
incrementing a first counter keeping track of a number of times said content has been adopted in derivative works, wherein said derivative works are works based on or derived from said content;
generating, by a processor, an impact score representing an ability of said author to influence other users to adopt said content in derivative works of said other users based on said number of times said content has been adopted in said derivative works; and
providing social credit to said author of said content using said impact score.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:
generating a graph representing said author's ability to influence said other users to adopt said author's content in said other users' derivative works.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method as recited in claim 2, wherein said graph indicates a time line of usages of said author's content.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:
incrementing a second counter keeping track of a number of times said second user reuses said author's content; and
generating an influence score representing said author's ability to influence said second user to utilize said author's content based on said number of times said second user reuses said author's content.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method as recited in claim 4 further comprising:
prioritizing notifications and display of events in an activity stream based on said impact and influence scores.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The method as recited in claim 4, wherein said impact and influence scores take into consideration a date at which said content was reused.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said document is one of the following: a social media post, an electronic message, a word processing document and a presentation.

### Claim 8

A computer program product for evaluating an impact of a user's content utilized in a social network, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code comprising the programming instructions for:
detecting content in a document posted on a social network environment being reused by a second user;
identifying an author of said content;
incrementing a first counter keeping track of a number of times said content has been adopted in derivative works, wherein said derivative works are works based on or derived from said content;
generating an impact score representing an ability of said author to influence other users to adopt said content in derivative works of said other users based on said number of times said content has been adopted in said derivative works; and
providing social credit to said author of said content using said impact score.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The computer program product as recited in claim 8, wherein the program code further comprises the programming instructions for:
generating a graph representing said author's ability to influence said other users to adopt said author's content in said other users' derivative works.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The computer program product as recited in claim 9, wherein said graph indicates a time line of usages of said author's content.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The computer program product as recited in claim 8, wherein the program code further comprises the programming instructions for:
incrementing a second counter keeping track of a number of times said second user reuses said author's content; and
generating an influence score representing said author's ability to influence said second user to utilize said author's content based on said number of times said second user reuses said author's content.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The computer program product as recited in claim 11, wherein the program code further comprises the programming instructions for:
prioritizing notifications and display of events in an activity stream based on said impact and influence scores.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The computer program product as recited in claim 11, wherein said impact and influence scores take into consideration a date at which said content was reused.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The computer program product as recited in claim 8, wherein said document is one of the following: a social media post, an electronic message, a word processing document and a presentation.

### Claim 15

A system, comprising:
a memory unit for storing a computer program for evaluating an impact of a user's content utilized in a social network; and
a processor coupled to the memory unit, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program instructions of the computer program comprising:
detecting content in a document posted on a social network environment being reused by a second user;
identifying an author of said content;
incrementing a first counter keeping track of a number of times said content has been adopted in derivative works, wherein said derivative works are works based on or derived from said content;
generating an impact score representing an ability of said author to influence other users to adopt said content in derivative works of said other users based on said number of times said content has been adopted in said derivative works; and
providing social credit to said author of said content using said impact score.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The system as recited in claim 15, wherein the program instructions of the computer program further comprise:
generating a graph representing said author's ability to influence said other users to adopt said author's content in said other users' derivative works.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The system as recited in claim 16, wherein said graph indicates a time line of usages of said author's content.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The system as recited in claim 15, wherein the program instructions of the computer program further comprise:
incrementing a second counter keeping track of a number of times said second user reuses said author's content; and
generating an influence score representing said author's ability to influence said second user to utilize said author's content based on said number of times said second user reuses said author's content.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The system as recited in claim 18, wherein the program instructions of the computer program further comprise:
prioritizing notifications and display of events in an activity stream based on said impact and influence scores.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The system as recited in claim 18, wherein said impact and influence scores take into consideration a date at which said content was reused.