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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Matthew L. Hill, Yonkers, NY (US);
John R. Kender, Leonia, NJ (US);
Apostol I. Natsev, Harrison, NY (US);
John R. Smith, New York, NY (US);
Lexing Xie, White Plains, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/3079 (2013.01); G06F 17/30017 (2013.01); G06F 17/30781 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06F 17/30958 (2013.01); G06F 17/30964 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for analyzing visual memes includes identifying visual memes associated with at least one topic in a data source. The visual memes propagated over time are tracked to extract information associated with identified visual memes. The information associated with the visual memes is analyzed to determine at least one of generation, propagation, and use of the identified memes.