IP Library Granted Patent US 10,572,552
Granted Patent B2
US 10,572,552 · App. 15/435,249 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Systems and methods for consumer-generated media reputation management

Inventors: Clifford Mosley (Fall City, WA); Shawn Rutledge (Seattle, WA); Lyman Do (Bellevue, WA); Enrico Montana (Redmond, WA); Melody Jones (Seattle, WA); Jeffrey Vella (Bellevue, WA); Nathan Harkenrider (Shoreline, WA); Brian Farrell (Renton, WA); Nathaniel D. Holcomb (Everett, WA); Joseph Kaiser (Bothell, WA); Matt Jacobsen (Bellevue, WA); Kim Hamilton (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: CISION US INC.
G06F16/951G06Q10/10G06Q50/01H04L65/403H04L67/1097
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Patent No.
US 10,572,552
App. No.
15/435,249
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computing system configured to gather social media content includes a memory; a content collection and ingestion system, stored in the memory and configured, when executed on a computer processor, to communicate with one or more computing systems to direct a search of a content source using a received collection to request and to ingest the results of the directed search into a data store; and a content management system, stored in the memory and configured, when executed on a computer processor, to display the ingested results on a display.

Claims (27)

1. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that, when executed by at least one processing device, enable the at least one processing device to perform a method, comprising the steps of:

receiving from a user a first keyphrase;

deploying a robot to supply the first keyphrase to a search engine, determine from the search engine a set of web sites and identify a first set of posts to the web sites in the set, each post of the first set including the first keyphrase, each post of the first set being posted to the web sites in the set within a first finite time period;

generating a graphical user interface including a view selection menu having multiple user-selectable settings, a filter selection menu having multiple user-selectable settings and a timeframe selector, the user interface further configured to display a quantity of posts of the first set in a user-selectable format; and

automatically identifying a social-media type associated with each post of the first set, the identified social-media type being one of a plurality of predetermined social-media types, wherein in response to the user selecting a volume setting from the view selection menu and a media-type setting from the filter selection menu, the format comprises a graph depicting quantities of the posts posted to the web sites in the set during the first time period, the illustrated quantities of posts being depicted according to the identified social-media type of each of the posts.

2. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the first time period comprises a plurality of sub-periods and the format comprises a graph illustrating a quantity of the posts posted to the web sites in the set during each sub-period of the first time period.

3. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the format comprises a map of at least one geographic region, each geographic region of the at least one geographic region being color coded according to a quantity of the posts posted to the web sites in the set during the first time period.

4. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the format comprises a graph illustrating a quantity of the posts posted to the web sites in the set during the first time period and a user-selectable second finite time period, the second time period occurring prior to the first time period.

5. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises the steps of: receiving from the user a second keyphrase; and

automatically identifying a second set of posts to the web sites in the set, each post of the second set including the second keyphrase, each post of the second set being posted to the web sites in the set within the first finite time period, wherein the format comprises a graph illustrating quantities of the first-set and second-set posts posted to the web sites in the set during the first time period.

6. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the first time period is selectable by the user.

7. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that, when executed by at least one processing device, enable the at least one processing device to perform a method; comprising the steps of:

receiving from a user a first keyphrase;

deploying a robot to supply the first keyphrase to a search engine, determine from the search engine a set of web sites and identify a first set of posts to the web sites in the set, each post of the first set including the first keyphrase, each post of the first set being posted to the web sites in the set within a first finite time period;

automatically determining that each post of the first set includes one of a positive-type opinion, negative-type opinion and neutral-type opinion of the keyphrase;

in response to selection by the user from a menu, generating a graphical user interface in a user-selectable format configured to display in graphical form a quantity of posts of the first set according to the type of opinion included by each post of the quantity; and

automatically identifying a source associated with each post of the first set, the identified source being one of a plurality of predetermined sources, wherein the format comprises a graph depicting quantities of the posts posted to the web sites in the set during the first time period, the illustrated quantities of posts being depicted according to the identified source of each of the posts.

8. The medium of claim 7 , wherein the first time period is selectable by the user.

9. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that, when executed by at least one processing device, enable the at least one processing device to perform a method, comprising the steps of:

receiving from a user a first keyphrase;

deploying a robot to supply the first keyphrase to a search engine, determine from the search engine a set of web sites and identify, a first set of posts to the web sites in the set, each post of the first set including the first keyphrase, each post of the first set being posted to the web sites in the set within a first finite time period;

generating a graphical user interface in a user-selectable format configured to display on a single page at least one post of the first set and a menu of user-selectable actions to be performed on the at least one post; and

automatically identifying a media type associated with each post of the first set, the identified media type being one of a plurality of predetermined media types, wherein the format comprises a graph depicting quantities of the posts posted to the web sites in the set during the first time period, the illustrated quantities of posts being depicted according to the identified media type of each of the posts.

10. The medium of claim 9 , wherein the menu includes a selection that enables the user to e-mail the at least one post to a recipient chosen by the user.

11. The medium of claim 9 , wherein the menu includes a selection that enables the user to select a category of the at least one post and display within the at least one post a label indicating the selected category.

12. The medium of claim 9 , wherein the menu includes a selection that enables the user to select a social media outlet from a set of social media outlets and communicate the at least one post to the selected social media outlet.

13. The medium of claim 9 , wherein the first time period is selectable by the user.

Assignments (11)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2025
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
To: CISION US INC.; FALCON.IO US, INC.; BULLETIN INTELLIGENCE LLC
Reel/Frame 071166/0345 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2025
From: CISION US INC.; BULLETIN INTELLIGENCE LLC; FALCON.IO US, INC.
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
Reel/Frame 071012/0759 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2025
From: CISION US INC.; BULLETIN INTELLIGENCE LLC; FALCON.IO US, INC.
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
Reel/Frame 071012/0615 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2025
From: CISION US INC.; FALCON.IO US, INC,; BULLETIN INTELLIGENCE LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
Reel/Frame 070296/0038 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 31, 2020
From: CISION US INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 051765/0361 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 8, 2019
From: VOCUS, INC.
To: CISION US INC.
Reel/Frame 050007/0126 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2019
From: VISIBLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: VOCUS, INC.
Reel/Frame 050007/0093 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2018
From: HOLCOMB, NATHANIEL D.
To: VISIBLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 047683/0427 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2018
From: HARKENRIDER, NATHAN
To: VISIBLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 044856/0936 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2018
From: KAISER, JOSEPH
To: VISIBLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 044841/0221 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2018
From: MOSLEY, CLIFFORD; RUTLEDGE, SHAWN; DO, LYMAN; MONTANA, ENRICO; JONES, MELODY; VELLA, JEFFREY; FARRELL, BRIAN; JACOBSEN, MATT; HAMILTON, KIM
To: VISIBLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 044823/0650 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15056912 · Feb 29, 2016
Continuation 13230825 · Sep 12, 2011
Provisional Application 61381783 · Sep 10, 2010
Related Publication 20170286541A1 · Oct 5, 2017