Patent ID: 7844483

Claim:
A system for processing messages collected from a plurality of electronic discussion forums, comprising: a processor; a computer-readable medium storing machine readable instructions; 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 the messages to compute a relevance value of a message to at least one topic from the series of topics; a data analyzer for tracking a plurality of pseudonyms posting in the plurality of electronic discussion forums based on the processing of the messages, and for generating output related to posting activity of the plurality of pseudonyms on the at least one topic, wherein the data analyzer is to identify changes in discussion level following postings by one of the pseudonyms in the plurality of pseudonyms to identify a tendency of the postings of the pseudonym to accelerate or decelerate a buzz level in a forum; and a report generator for generating a report displaying, at least in part, information associated with the output of the data analyzer, wherein the change in the discussion level is an increased discussion level in a single discussion thread of the electronic discussion forums wherein the message processor, the data analyzer, and the report generator are implemented with the processor executing the machine readable instructions stored on the computer-readable medium.