Abstract: A system for use in a connected kitchen allows a user to find and use traditional recipes as would be found in a recipe book and to have them automatically customized to their language, locality, dietary preferences and the appliances in their kitchen.

Abstract: The present application provides a system for use in a connected kitchen allowing a user to find and use traditional recipes as would be found in a recipe book but to have them automatically customized to their language, locality, dietary preferences and the appliances in their kitchen.

Abstract: A computer-based method for generating intelligence from social media data, such as blog data, that is publicly available on the Internet. A server is provided that runs a tribe analysis tool, and the method includes accessing a set of the social media data with the tribe analysis tool. The social media data is associated with a plurality of network users or authors. The method continues with operating the tribe analysis tool to identify members of a tribe from the authors by processing the set of social media data to determine the authors having associated portions of the social media data that satisfies tribe membership criteria. Common interests for the identified members of the tribe are determined by processing the social media data associated with the tribe authors. A report is generated for the tribe that includes information related to the set of common interests and additional generated tribe-based intelligence.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides apparatuses and methods for determining the sentiment expressed in answers to survey questions. Advantageously, the sentiment may be automatically determined using natural language processing. In another aspect, the invention provides apparatuses and methods for analyzing the sentiment of survey respondents and presenting the information as actionable data.

Abstract: A computer-based method for generating intelligence from social media data, such as blog data, that is publicly available on the Internet. A server is provided that runs a tribe analysis tool, and the method includes accessing a set of the social media data with the tribe analysis tool. The social media data is associated with a plurality of network users or authors. The method continues with operating the tribe analysis tool to identify members of a tribe from the authors by processing the set of social media data to determine the authors having associated portions of the social media data that satisfies tribe membership criteria. Common interests for the identified members of the tribe are determined by processing the social media data associated with the tribe authors. A report is generated for the tribe that includes information related to the set of common interests and additional generated tribe-based intelligence.