The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Apr. 24, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Miki Enoki, Tokyo, JP;

Yohei Ikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Michiaki Tatsubori, Tokyo, JP;

Yuto Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/18 (2013.01); G06F 17/3087 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method to estimate a location relating to a user who has not filled in information about the location in a profile field in social media such as a microblog. The system and method estimates association between a user in social media and a location includes the steps of acquiring a first content posted to the social media by a first user associated with a first location, determines regional localization of the first content on the basis of the first location, acquires a second content posted to the social media by a second user not associated with a location, determine the degree of a relationship between the first content and the second content, and associating the first location with the second user on the basis of the localization and the degree of the relationship.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…