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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2011
Applicants:

Lei LI, Miami, FL (US);

Wei Peng, Fremont, CA (US);

Tong Sun, Penfield, NY (US);

Inventors:

Lei Li, Miami, FL (US);

Wei Peng, Fremont, CA (US);

Tong Sun, Penfield, NY (US);

Assignee:

XEROX CORPOATION, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30734 (2013.01); G06F 17/3071 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments generally relate to systems and methods for detecting topics in social media data. More particularly, the systems and methods can extract a concept hierarchy from a set of data, wherein the concept hierarchy comprises a plurality of layers. Further, the systems and methods can train topic models based on the content in each of the layers. Still further, the systems and methods can select the most appropriate topic model for social media data by balancing the complexity of the model and the accuracy of the topic detection result. Moreover, the systems and methods can use the most appropriate topic model to detect topics in social media data.


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