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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2013
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Jake Hofman, New York, NY (US);
Robert Gruen, Seattle, WA (US);
Sharad Goel, New York, NY (US);
Duncan Watts, New York, NY (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various techniques of content virality determination and visualization are disclosed herein. For example, a method of determining network content virality metric includes constructing a diffusion cascade for a computer network content based on a plurality of time points at which individual users adopt the network content and connection information of the users. The method also includes calculating, with a processor, a virality metric of the network content based on a structural characteristic of the constructed diffusion cascade. Based on the calculated virality metric, one may determine if the network content is viral.