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Patent No.:

US 10332217 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019

Filed:

May. 16, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Judith H. Bank, Cary, NC (US);

Liam Harpur, Dublin, IE;

Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US);

Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Dublin, IE;

Lin Sun, Morrisville, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06F 16/24573 (2019.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/285 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01);
Abstract

A method includes selecting community groups having a first community from a plurality of communities and a second community from the plurality of communities. The method includes collecting a plurality of community factors that each describe the first community and the second community. The method also includes determining a plurality of correlation values, for each community factor from the plurality of community factors, between the first community and the second community. The method also includes calculating a community merge score from the plurality of correlation values. The method also includes merging the community group in response to a community merge score threshold being met by the community merge score.


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Bank, Judith. (2019). Management of online community merge events (U.S. Patent No. 10332217). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10332217

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