Patent ID: 9747372
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method, implemented on at least one computer, for correlating multiple social network properties within each distinct social network platform and across multiple disparate social network platforms, each property related to a single entity, the computer comprising at least one memory storing computer executable instructions and at least one processing unit for executing the instructions stored in the memory, wherein execution of the instructions results in the computer performing the steps of: submitting one or more search strings to the multiple disparate social network platforms via a plurality of application programming interfaces, wherein each application programming interface is associated with at least one of the respective social network platforms and the one or more search strings are related to the single entity; receiving, from at least a subset of the social network platforms, in a myriad of differing data formats associated with each respective social network platform, metadata associated with social network properties that match the one or more search strings; normalizing the metadata such that the metadata may be stored, in a common format, in a database associated with the single entity; categorizing, using, at least in part, the metadata, the social network properties, wherein metadata at least one of generated on behalf of the single entity and generated by a representative of the single entity can be distinguished from metadata related to, but neither generated on behalf of nor generated by a representative of the single entity; monitoring for at least one of interesting, incorrect, offensive, and improper content regarding the single entity to identify at least one social network platform corresponding to said content; and storing one or more of the normalized metadata and categorized social network properties in physical memory.