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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Miki Enoki, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Ikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Michiaki Tatsubori, Tokyo, JP;
Yuto Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
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.