Patent Document ID: 20170270193
Application ID: 15144277
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A device, comprising: one or more processors to: obtain text to be processed to identify a trend associated with a topic included in the text, the text including a plurality of text sections associated with the topic, the plurality of text sections being associated with a plurality of temporal intervals; determine a respective context for the topic in each of the plurality of text sections; calculate a first specificity score, associated with the topic for a first temporal interval, based on the respective context for the topic for one or more text sections, of the plurality of text sections, associated with the first temporal interval; calculate a second specificity score, associated with the topic for a second temporal interval, based on the respective context for the topic for one or more text sections, of the plurality of text sections, associated with the second temporal interval, the plurality of temporal intervals including the first temporal interval and the second temporal interval; identify the trend associated with the topic based on the first specificity score and the second specificity score; and provide information that identifies the trend associated with the topic to permit an action to be taken based on the trend.