Patent Document ID: 9576326
Application ID: 14298777

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: accessing interaction data describing one or more interactions between at least one actor of a plurality of actors of an online social network service and one or more content items accessible on the online social network service; identifying, based on the interaction data, a specific content item posted by a particular actor of the plurality of actors and one or more interactions by respective other actors of the plurality of actors with the specific content item; calculating, by a machine including a memory and at least one processor and based on the interaction data, a leadership score associated with the particular actor, the leadership score indicating a propensity of the particular actor to spread information among the plurality of actors of the online social network service; determining a number of actors from the plurality of actors have each disseminated the specific content item within a predetermined time period after the specific content item was uploaded to the online social network service by the particular actor, the number of actors being within a predetermined number range; and classifying, based at least in part on the calculated leadership score, the particular actor as an information propagator among the plurality of actors of the online social network service.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein dissemination of the specific content item by a respective actor corresponds to viewing, clicking, liking, sharing, following, or commenting on the specific content item posted by the particular actor.