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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Andrey L. Balmin, San Jose, CA (US);
Bin Bi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
John Sismanis, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuanyuan Tian, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer determines social media influencers in a specific topic. The computer receives a dataset of information on a website, the information including a list of users of the website and a list of content that each user posts, wherein each user is associated with one or more other users. The computer identifies a plurality of variables associated with the dataset, wherein the plurality of variables represent the information of the dataset on the website. The computer executes a topic specific search based on the plurality of variables, the topic search providing at least another list of users representing influencers in a specific topic.