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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Tauhid Rashed Zaman, Brookline, MA (US);
Devavrat D. Shah, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/3053 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01);
Abstract
An engine and method for tracking the influence of an entity operating within a social network are presented. A query containing social network content is received. A database for entries referencing the social network content is searched, and interactions between an entity participating within the social network and the social network content are identified. A dynamic interaction network (DIN) of a plurality of the entities is identified and a dynamic influence score for an entity in the query specific DIN is calculated.