Patent ID: 9723044
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06N,G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: generating, with one or more processors, a channel for distributing content for a topic in a social network; retrieving, with the one or more processors, candidate content items from data sources based on the topic; determining, with the one or more processors, a reputation of a particular user who has previously interacted with the candidate content items, the reputation being based on an originality of the candidate content items, the originality of the candidate content items being based on whether a user submitted the candidate content items or transferred the candidate content items from another data source; selecting, with the one or more processors, content items from the candidate content items based on a first item weight applied to the candidate content items and the reputation of the particular user who has previously interacted with the candidate content items; generating, with the one or more processors, a stream of content with the selected content items; populating, with the one or more processors, the stream of content for the channel and providing the stream of content to users associated with the channel; receiving, with the one or more processors, feedback for the selected content items; and modifying, with the one or more processors, the topic based on the feedback.