Real-Time Influencer Reach Scoring for Media Event Response

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Solution Overview

Problem

The vast volume, veracity, and speed of social media data pose challenges in monitoring and responding to public relationship crises or significant events, necessitating the ability to understand influencer reach and plan strategies to maximize positive events or minimize negative impacts on business performance indicators.

Innovation Solution

A system utilizing AI, ML, and NLP for real-time data analytics and visualization, including influencer scoring, to monitor and analyze social media data, providing interactive dashboards and reports for proactive engagement with influencers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If social media data monitoring is performed manually or with basic tools, then operational simplicity is maintained, but the ability to understand influencer reach and respond to media events is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinfluencer reach measurementVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments influencer analysis into multiple dimensions including reach, engagement, sentiment, and impact scoring. Each dimension is measured and visualized separately through interactive dashboards, allowing users to analyze specific aspects of influencer performance without being overwhelmed by the complexity of the entire system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer that collects data from multiple social media platforms, processes it through analytics engines, and presents simplified insights through visual interfaces. This intermediary layer shields users from the underlying system complexity while providing precise influencer reach measurements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If comprehensive social media data collection is implemented, then complete media monitoring capability is achieved, but data volume and processing speed become unmanageable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemedia event information completenessVSAvoiddata processing speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and focuses on the most critical information from vast social media data streams. By identifying and prioritizing key influencers and significant media events, the system filters out noise and presents only the most relevant information, maintaining completeness of important data while improving processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary processing and filtering of social media data before full analysis. Data is pre-processed to identify potential influencers and emerging media events, allowing the system to prepare for rapid response to significant events while maintaining efficient ongoing processing of the broader data stream.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Loss of time

If real-time influencer analysis is performed, then strategic response capability is improved, but computational resources and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse time to media eventsVSAvoidanalytics system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements periodic updates and refreshes of influencer metrics and media event monitoring. Rather than continuous heavy processing, the system periodically recalculates influencer scores and updates dashboards, maintaining real-time responsiveness while reducing computational overhead and system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts analysis parameters and thresholds based on current media conditions and user preferences. By changing parameters such as monitoring intensity, update frequency, and analysis depth, the system optimizes the balance between real-time response capability and computational resource consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12462265B2System and method for understanding influencer reach within an augmented media intelligence ecosystem
Publication Date: 2025.11.04 PAYPAL INC
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AI summary

Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for augmented media intelligence using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), data analytics and data visualization. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that can retrieve real-time data from social media platforms to perform augmented media intelligence analysis and take real time actions if necessary. In another embodiment, the augmented media intelligence is design to use the machine learning and natural language processing capabilities and social currency means for understanding an influencers reach within the augmented media intelligence system via an influencer score.