US 9,426,037 B2 · Method and apparatus for automating network data analysis of user's activities

Abstract

In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions for execution by a computer processor. The instructions cause the processor to produce a list of subjects by identifying a plurality of subjects based on information associated with an analyst-selected topic. The list of subjects is expanded to include subjects that have a relationship with at least one subject from the first list of subjects. Subjects are removed from the list based on either a filter or a scoring threshold. The expanding and removing subjects is iterated until the list of subjects is substantially stable to produce a final list of subjects. A graphical network is defined based on the final list of subjects and a signal is sent representing the graphical network (e.g., to a computer monitor for display).

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Dependent claims

A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:

identify a plurality of users based on information associated with an analyst-selected topic to produce a first list of users;
expand the first list of users to include users that have a relationship with at least one user from the first list of users to produce a second list of users;
remove users from the second list of users based on at least one of a filter or a scoring threshold to produce a third list of users;
iterate the code to expand the first list of users and the code to remove users from the second list of users, before each iteration the first list of users being replaced by the third list of users, until a difference between the third list of users and the first list of users falls below a predetermined threshold of users to produce a final list of users;
generate a graphical network representing the final list of users;
and
send a signal representing the graphical network.

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A computer implemented method comprising:

identifying, with one or more processors of a computer, a first plurality of users based on social media activities associated with a topic to produce a first list of users, each user from the first plurality of users having an influence score above a threshold;
removing, with the one or more processors, users from the first list of users based on predefined criteria;
identifying, with the one or more processors, a second plurality of users to produce a second list of users, each user from the second list of users having a relationship with at least one user from the first list of users;
adding, with the one or more processors, the second list of users to the first list of users to produce a third list of users;
removing, with the one or more processors, users from the third list of users having an influence score below the threshold;
removing, with the one or more processors, users from the third list of users based on the predefined criteria;
repeating (1) the identifying a second plurality of users, (2) the adding, (3) the removing users from the third list of users having an influence score below a threshold, and (4) the removing users from the third list of users based on the predefined criteria, wherein before each iteration the first list of users is replaced by the third list of users, until the difference between the third list of users and the first list of users falls below a predetermined percentage change in users, to produce a final list of users;
generating, with the one or more processors, a graphical network representing the final list of users;
and
sending a signal representing the graphical network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for automating network data analysis of user's activities

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Method and apparatus for automating network data analysis of user's activities

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