Patent Document ID: 8676875
Application ID: 12789715

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a social media measurement tool executed by at least one processor, at least one keyword, wherein identifying the at least one keyword comprises selecting the at least one keyword from a plurality of search terms, wherein each of the plurality of search terms is associated with a respective bid amount; identifying at least one bid amount associated with the at least one keyword; identifying, by the social media measurement tool, directly relevant content on at least one social media platform, wherein the directly relevant content is identified based on including at least one post that includes the at least one keyword; identifying, by the social media measurement tool, relevant downstream content on the at least one social media platform, wherein the relevant downstream content includes at least one additional post that is associated with the at least one post and that does not include the at least one keyword and that is relevant to the at least one keyword; generating, by the social media measurement tool, at least one respective value for at least one metric describing a relevance for the at least one keyword, wherein the value for the at least one metric is generated based on the directly relevant content and on the relevant downstream content; and automatically modifying the at least one bid amount based on determining the at least one respective value for the at least one metric describing the relevance for the at least one keyword.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the at least one respective value for the at least one metric based on the directly relevant content and on the relevant downstream content comprises: identifying a quantity of unique entities accessing the directly relevant content; identifying a quantity of unique entities accessing the relevant downstream content; and generating the at least one respective value based on the quantity of unique entities accessing the directly relevant content and the quantity of unique entities accessing the relevant downstream content.