Patent ID: 9584608
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for monitoring interesting subjects, the method comprising: selecting, based on a first collection of interesting subjects, a set of critical nodes including at least one critical node which participates in one or more interesting subjects in the first collection; obtaining a plurality of participating nodes which participate in one or more interesting subjects in the first collection; selecting, from the plurality of participating nodes, a set including at least one participating node that satisfies a first specific condition, as the set of critical nodes, wherein the first specific condition includes making a coverage gain for the set that includes the participating nodes so that the first specific condition covers the first collection; wherein the coverage gain satisfies one of the following conditions: (i) the coverage gain is larger than a first specific threshold, and (ii) the coverage gain is the largest; and wherein the coverage gain represents a degree to which contents posted by the set including the participating nodes cover the first collection of interesting subjects; wherein the coverage gain for the set to cover the first collection is calculated through the following formula: wherein: the interesting subjects covered by the set are the interesting subjects for which the number of the participating nodes in the set participating in the interesting subjects is larger than a second specific threshold; the interesting subjects not covered by the set are the interesting subjects for which the number of the participating nodes in the set participating in the interesting subjects is smaller than or equal to the second specific threshold; and monitoring contents posted by the one or more critical nodes in the set so as to find a second collection of interesting subjects.