Patent ID: 7188078
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for processing message traffic in a plurality of electronic discussion forums, comprising: a message collector for collecting messages from the plurality of electronic discussion forums; a message processor for processing the messages according to a series of topics, wherein the message processor processes a message to compute a numerical relevance of the message to at least one topic from the series of topics on a numerical scale; and a data analyzer for tracking message content posted by a plurality of pseudonyms and the roles of individual participants using the pseudonyms posting in the plurality of electronic discussion forums over time based on the processing of the messages; wherein the data analyzer is adapted to receive market data describing market events related to the series of topics; wherein the data analyzer is adapted to process the market data in order to identify correlations or trends for future market events based on a community mood measurement and the community mood measurement is based on a number of new posting pseudonyms compared to a number of old posting pseudonyms for a specific topic.