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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2012
Michael Benjamin Selkowe Fertik, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas Gerardo Dignan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Benjamin Selkowe Fertik, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas Gerardo Dignan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Reputation.com, Redwood, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a visibility module configured to derive a hit visibility score for one or more hits from an information source, wherein the one or more hits are directed to a target entity, and wherein the hit visibility score indicates a likelihood that a corresponding hit is found by a searcher after the searcher searches for the target entity in the information source; a sentiment module configured to derive a hit sentiment score for at least one of the one or more hits, wherein the hit sentiment score indicates a sentiment about the target entity conveyed by the at least one of the one or more hits; and a reputation module configured to derive a reputation for the target entity based on the hit visibility score and the hit sentiment score.