Patent Document ID: 9015033
Application ID: 12911856

Base Claim:
1. A method for detecting a sentiment for a short message, comprising: receiving, via a processor, the short message, wherein the short message contains less than 140 characters; obtaining, via the processor, an abstraction of the short message, wherein the obtaining the abstraction of the short message comprises translating the short message into a plurality of features of the short message, wherein the plurality of features comprises syntax features, wherein the syntax features comprise a punctuation feature and an upper case feature; and determining, via the processor, the sentiment of the short message based upon the abstraction, wherein the determining the sentiment of the short message is performed in a hierarchical fashion, wherein the determining the sentiment of the short message comprises: identifying if the short message is subjective based upon the abstraction; and identifying a polarity of the short message based upon the abstraction when the short message is subjective.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the translating is performed by applying a dictionary.