Patent ID: 7596552
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing attitudes expressed in web content, said attitudes being in relation to a subject, the method comprising: collecting a collection of electronic communications from a web site, the collection of electronic communications originating from a person; determining a first number of times that a word occurs in first electronic communications identifying the subject, the first electronic communications being included in the collection of electronic communications; determining a second number of times that the word occurs in second electronic communications not identifying the subject, the second electronic communications being included in the collection of electronic communications; determining a ratio of the first number and the second number; comparing the ratio to a threshold; identifying a phrase including the word as relevant when the ratio exceeds the threshold; determining a subset of the electronic communications including the phrase; processing the subset so as to generate attitude information indicative of a plurality of attitudes about the subject; and outputting said attitude information, to provide an analysis of said attitudes in relation to said subject.