MEASURING PARTICIPATION IN CONTENT PROPAGATION ACROSS A DYNAMIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY

摘要

Systems and methods may measure and rank a user's role in propagation of content within a population of users. In one aspect, the systems and methods allow a user to register a piece of content and to refer the registered content to a second user. The second user may refer the registered content to other users. The systems and methods track the propagation of the registered content among the users, and rank a user's relevance in propagating the registered content among the other users.

主权项

1. A method for ranking a user's role in propagation of content, comprising
allowing a first user to register a piece of content, allowing the first user to refer the registered content to a second user, allowing the second user to refer the registered content to other users, tracking the propagation of the registered content among the users, and ranking a respective user's relevance in propagating the registered content among the other users, as a function of the order in which the respective user referred content to other users.