Patent ID: 8463824
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of data aggregation in a network, comprising: receiving event notifications from a plurality of content sites on the network, each event notification indicating occurrence of an event associated with a corresponding one of the content sites, each event corresponding to a posting of content on the corresponding content site by an individual; in response to each event notification, generating event metadata, the event metadata including a time stamp for the event and change data corresponding to the posting of content, the event metadata for selected ones of the events include inbound link data representing links pointing to the content associated with the selected events; indexing the event metadata in an ordered-by-authority database in which the event metadata corresponding to the selected events are ordered with reference to the inbound link data; and identifying authoritative ones of the individuals for each of a plurality of categories with reference to the inbound link data in the ordered-by-authority database representing inbound links pointing to the content posted by the authoritative individuals.