IP Library Patent Application 18848869
Patent Application
App. No. 18/848,869

HIGHLY-INFLUENTIAL-USER SEARCH APPARATUS, HIGHLY-INFLUENTIAL-USER SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAM

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18/848,869
Abstract

An object of the present disclosure is to efficiently collect data on posts useful for improving services from among an enormous amount of data on the Web. Thus, the present disclosure is a highly influential user search device for searching for data of a post of a highly influential user from data of posts on the Web, the highly influential user search device comprising: an input unit configured to input data of a predetermined post related to a predetermined service on the Web; a post analysis unit configured to perform analysis for estimating at least one of data on a service use history of a user related to the predetermined service, data on influence of the user related to the predetermined service, and data on a billing status of the user related to the predetermined service, on the basis of the data of the predetermined post; a score calculation unit configured to sum up scores and specify a user with a high score equal to or greater than a predetermined value, on the basis of a result of the estimation; and an output unit configured to output data of a specific post of the user with the high score.

Claims (27)

1 . A highly influential user search device for searching for data of a post of a highly influential user from data of posts on the Web, the highly influential user search device comprising:

an input unit configured to input data of a predetermined post related to a predetermined service on the Web;

a post analysis unit configured to perform analysis for estimating at least one of data on a service use history of a user related to the predetermined service, data on influence of the user related to the predetermined service, and data on a billing status of the user related to the predetermined service, on the basis of the data of the predetermined post;

a score calculation unit configured to sum up scores and specify a user with a high score equal to or greater than a predetermined value, on the basis of a result of the estimation; and

an output unit configured to output data of a specific post of the user with the high score.

2 . A highly influential user search device for searching for data of a post of a highly influential user from data of posts on the Web, the highly influential user search device comprising:

an input unit configured to input data of a predetermined post related to a predetermined service on the Web;

a post analysis unit configured to perform analysis for estimating data on a service use history of a user related to the predetermined service, data on influence of the user related to the predetermined service, and data on a billing status of the user related to the predetermined service, on the basis of the data of the predetermined post;

a score calculation unit configured to sum up scores and specify a user with a high score equal to or greater than a predetermined value, on the basis of a result of the estimation; and

an output unit configured to output data of a specific post of the user with the high score.

3 . The highly influential user search device according to claim 2 , wherein the post analysis unit normalizes the data of a service use history of a user related to the predetermined service, the data on influence of the user related to the predetermined service, and the data on a billing status of the user related to the predetermined service, respectively.

4 . The highly influential user search device according to claim 1 , wherein the post analysis unit estimates a service use history of the user by acquiring the oldest post indicating that the user uses a predetermined service.

5 . The highly influential user search device according to claim 1 , wherein the post analysis unit acquires a predetermined number of tweets having impressions equal to or greater than a threshold among posts made by a user over a predetermined period from present to past, and estimates influence of the user by summing up the impressions.

6 . The highly influential user search device according to claim 1 , wherein the post analysis unit acquires data of a post indicating a billing status of a user over a predetermined period from present to past, and thereby estimates the billing status of the user.

7 . A highly influential user search method executed by a highly influential user search device to search for data of a post of a highly influential user from data of posts on the Web, wherein

the highly influential user search device includes:

an input unit configured to input data of a predetermined post related to a predetermined service on the Web;

a post analysis unit configured to perform analysis for estimating at least one of data on a service use history of a user related to the predetermined service, data on influence of the user related to the predetermined service, and data on a billing status of the user related to the predetermined service, on the basis of the data of the predetermined post;

a score calculation unit configured to sum up scores and specify a user with a high score equal to or greater than a predetermined value, on the basis of a result of the estimation; and

an output unit configured to output data of a specific post of the user with the high score.

8 . A program causing a computer to perform the method according to claim 7 .

9 . The highly influential user search device according to claim 2 wherein, the post analysis unit estimates a service use history of the user by acquiring the oldest post indicating that the user uses a predetermined service.

10 . The highly influential user search device according to claim 2 wherein, the post analysis unit acquires a predetermined number of tweets having impressions equal to or greater than a threshold among posts made by a user over a predetermined period from present to past, and estimates influence of the user by summing up the impressions.

11 . The highly influential user search device according to claim 2 wherein, the post analysis unit acquires data of a post indicating a billing status of a user over a predetermined period from present to past, and thereby estimates the billing status of the user.

12 . The highly influential user search method according to claim 7 wherein, the post analysis unit estimates a service use history of the user by acquiring the oldest post indicating that the user uses a predetermined service.

13 . The highly influential user search method according to claim 7 wherein, the post analysis unit acquires a predetermined number of tweets having impressions equal to or greater than a threshold among posts made by a user over a predetermined period from present to past, and estimates influence of the user by summing up the impressions.

14 . The highly influential user search method according to claim 7 wherein, the post analysis unit acquires data of a post indicating a billing status of a user over a predetermined period from present to past, and thereby estimates the billing status of the user.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 1, 2026
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 074164/0725 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2025
From: KAWADA, MIDORI; HARA, MINAKO; SOTOMA, MASAHIRO; ZHANG, XIAOXI; SHINOZUKA, MACHIKO
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069720/0005 →