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  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING USER IMPACT ON THEIR CONTENT POOLS WITHIN AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20130179511
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a user's impact in an online social network based on responses by other users to posts made by the user are provided. Responses by other users to one or more posts by the user are received. A response score is determined for each of the one or more responses. A post score is determined for each post by the user, based at least in part on the response score for that post. A cumulative score is determined based at least in part on the post score. An impact score is determined based at least in part on the cumulative score of the user and a total number of friends that the user has within the online social network. The impact score represents that user's impact or influence within his or her online social network, regardless of the particular size of that network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: APIFIA, INC.
    Inventor: APIFIA, INC.
  • Method and system for determining user impact on their content pools within an online social network
    Patent number: 9026594
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a user's impact in an online social network based on responses by other users to posts made by the user are provided. Responses by other users to one or more posts by the user are received. A response score is determined for each of the one or more responses. A post score is determined for each post by the user, based at least in part on the response score for that post. A cumulative score is determined based at least in part on the post score. An impact score is determined based at least in part on the cumulative score of the user and a total number of friends that the user has within the online social network. The impact score represents that user's impact or influence within his or her online social network, regardless of the particular size of that network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Apifia, Inc.
    Inventors: Lyle Robert Stevens, Sean Naegeli
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