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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Vocus, Inc., Beltsville, MD (US);
Enrico S. Montana, Redmond, WA (US);
Brian Farrell, Renton, WA (US);
Melody Jones, Kirkland, WA (US);
Chris Hundley, Kirkland, WA (US);
VOCUS, INC., Beltsville, MD (US);
Abstract
Methods, techniques, and systems for gathering social media content are provided. Some embodiments provide a Social Intelligence System ('SIS') configured to provide dynamic search capability of a content source by using a proxy server system as an intermediary between the SIS and the content source. The SIS may then dynamically determine a rate at which it searches for content based on a rate of change or predicted change of a particular content source. Dynamically determining a rate allows the SIS to track a particular topic or series of topics over time, while only searching for content on the topic at the most optimal time periods to reduce overall cost.