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US 8,301,545 B1Granted
Method and apparatus of analyzing social network data to identify a financial market trend
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorCharles Shah
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Abstract
In general, the present disclosure includes a system, method and architecture for use in analyzing content of a social network data to identify a financial market trend, e.g., a trend associated with a financial market instrument.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- (a) determining, by at least one computing device and for a financial market instrument, a number of messages of a plurality of messages occurring during a time span and containing a reference to the financial market instrument, the plurality of messages including messages from at least one social networking service;
- (b) determining, by the at least one computing device and for the financial market instrument, a time span average, the time span average being a ratio of the determined number of messages occurring during the time span and containing the financial market instrument reference over a number of time intervals into which the time span is divided;
- (c) determining, by the at least one computing device and for the financial market instrument, a message count for a selected time interval of the time intervals, the selected time interval's message count indicating a number of the messages from the plurality of messages occurring during the selected time interval and containing the reference to the financial market instrument;
- (d) determining, by the at least one computing device and for the financial market instrument, a percentage change using the selected time interval's message count and the time span average;
- (e) comparing, by the at least one computing device, a plurality of percentage changes corresponding to a plurality of financial market instruments including the financial market instrument, wherein the comparing comprises selecting a set of financial market instruments, each of the selected financial market instruments having a greater percentage change than unselected ones of the plurality of financial market instruments;
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- (f) making available, by the at least one computing device for presentation to one or more users, the financial market instrument reference of each of the selected financial market instruments.
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A system comprising:
- at least one computing device comprising one or more processors to execute and memory to store instructions to:
- (a) determine, for a financial market instrument, a number of messages of a plurality of messages occurring during a time span and containing a reference to the financial market instrument, the plurality of messages including messages from at least one social networking service;
- (b) determine, for the financial market instrument, a time span average, the time span average being a ratio of the determined number of messages occurring during the time span and containing the financial market instrument reference over a number of time intervals into which the time span is divided;
- (c) determine, for the financial market instrument, a message count for a selected time interval of the time intervals, the selected the interval's message count indicating a number of the messages from the plurality of messages occurring during the selected time interval and containing the reference to the financial market instrument;
- (d) determine, for the financial market instrument, a percentage change using the selected time interval's message count and the time span average;
- (e) compare a plurality of percentage changes corresponding to a plurality of financial market instruments including the financial market instrument, wherein the comparing comprising selecting a set of financial market instruments, each of the selected financial market instruments having a greater percentage change than unselected ones of the plurality of financial market instruments;
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- (f) make available, for presentation to one or more users, the financial market instrument reference of each of the selected financial market instruments.
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A computer readable non-transitory storage medium for tangibly storing thereon computer readable instructions that when executed cause at least one processor to:
- (a) determine, for a financial market instrument, a number of messages of a plurality of messages occurring during a time span and containing a reference to the financial market instrument, the plurality of messages including messages from at least one social networking service;
- (b) determine, for the financial market instrument, a time span average, the time span average being a ratio of the determined number of messages occurring during the time span and containing the financial market instrument reference over a number of time intervals into which the time span is divided;
- (c) determine, for the financial market instrument, a message count for a selected time interval of the time intervals, the selected time interval's message count indicating a number of the messages from the plurality of messages occurring during the selected time interval and containing the reference to the financial market instrument;
- (d) determine, for the financial market instrument, a percentage change using the selected time interval's message count and the time span average;
- (e) compare a plurality of percentage changes corresponding to a plurality of financial market instruments including the financial market instrument, wherein the comparing comprising selecting a set of financial market instruments, each of the selected financial market instruments having a greater percentage change than unselected ones of the plurality of financial market instruments;
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- (f) make available, for presentation to one or more users, the financial market instrument reference of each of the selected financial market instruments.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.