Patent ID: 9412141
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for identifying one or more entities associated with one or more activities, the method comprising: determining, by at least one processor configured to access at least one online social network, and from a plurality of locations associated with one or more online activities, one or more geographical regions proximate to the plurality of locations; determining, from a system graph and by the at least one processor in communication with a special-purpose computer, connections between one or more identities of a population and a plurality of related entities associated with the one or more identities; determining geographical information associated with the plurality of related entities; weighting, by the at least one processor, one or more metrics for each of the one or more identities of the population based at least in part on the geographical information associated with the plurality of related entities and the one or more geographical regions proximate to the plurality of locations associated with the one or more activities, wherein the weighting the one or more metrics comprises applying a measure of common connections between the one or more identities and the plurality of related entities; scoring, by a scoring unit in communication with the at least one processor, the one or more weighted metrics; and providing, based on the scoring, an indication of a likelihood that the one or more identities of the population are associated with the one or more activities.