Patent ID: 8296297

Claim:
A content analysis and correlation service system, comprising: a machine having a display; a summary manager service implemented in a tangible, machine-readable medium and configured to generate a plurality of content correlation summaries that are based at least in part on discovered content corresponding to a persona and analyzed content corresponding to the discovered content, the persona having a semantic position based on a plurality of state vectors within a topological vector space; a data store of the machine configured to store the generated plurality of content correlation summaries; a semantic analysis service configured to generate the analyzed content; a content search manager service configured to generate the discovered content based at least in part on a plurality of search criteria and correlation criteria, wherein the content search manager service is configured to generate the discovered content via a plurality of interactions with a plurality of search engines using at least some of the plurality of search criteria and correlation criteria; and a dashboard utility configured to graphically display information pertaining to at least some of the generated content correlation summaries by displaying on the display a plurality of status arrows that show how the discovered content relates to the semantic position of the persona.