Abstract: Methods of identifying key entities in a network, building a subgraph, or invisible college, of these key entities, segmenting the subgraph of key entities into specific sub-groups based upon their roles in the network, identifying bridge builders between sub-groups, identifying work-circles of frequently collaborative entities, and identifying institutions, which are centers of significance, are disclosed. These techniques can be used as an alternative to the survey method for finding key opinion leaders.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 18, 2018
Date of Patent:
August 11, 2020
Assignee:
LNX RESEARCH, LLC
Inventors:
Daniel Vesely, Anthony M. Page, Ryan Peeler
Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for extracting and normalizing organization names from text. The method uses regular expressions, certain rules and dictionaries to identify potential organization names in text, then uses word similarity metrics, clustering, and other considerations to group normalized organization names.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 17, 2011
Date of Patent:
February 5, 2013
Assignee:
Lnx Research, LLC
Inventors:
Philip S. Topham, Siddhartha Jonnalagadda