Patent ID: 7058543
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An evaluation apparatus comprising: a propagation information storage unit configured to store propagation information data including information messages to be electrically propagated within a plurality of groups to be evaluated; and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate an influence that one group, which is selected from among the plurality of groups, has on other group by analyzing the propagation information data stored in the propagation information storage unit, wherein the propagation information data includes content data representing content of the information to be propagated, wherein the propagation information storage unit stores content data representing content of the propagation information data, and wherein the evaluation unit, based on the content data for the information that has been stored for a group to be evaluated, extracts an attribute for the group to be evaluated, extracts a concept for content data in information that has been propagated or received by the other groups, and employs the attribute extracted for the group to be evaluated and the concept extracted for the content data to evaluate the influence of the concept that the group to be evaluated has had on the other groups.