	US 12,106,329 B2
	Systems and methods for providing and using an internet sentiment index
John Franklin Pavley, Cranberry, NJ (US); Sang Chul Song, Aldie, VA (US); Sean Christopher Timm, Herndon, VA (US); Thu Rein Kyaw, Reston, VA (US); and Saad Mufti, Fairfax, VA (US)
Assigned to Yahoo Ad Tech LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Yahoo Ad Tech LLC, Dulles, VA (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/062,797.
Application 18/062,797 is a continuation of application No. 17/038,378, filed on Sep. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,538,067.
Application 17/038,378 is a continuation of application No. 13/953,151, filed on Jul. 29, 2013, granted, now 10,832,289, issued on Nov. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/835,283, filed on Jun. 14, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100813 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01)

CPC G06Q 30/0269 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0254 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0255 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for distributing webpage content, the method including:

receiving, at a server processor, a first user generated input over an electronic network from a first user at a first webpage, the first user generated input having at least one characteristic that is assigned a weight;

receiving, at the server processor, a second user generated input over the electronic network from a second user at a second webpage, the second user generated input having at least one characteristic that is assigned a weight;

calculating, by the server processor in real time, a user sentiment index of a population comprising the first user and the second user, the user sentiment index calculated based on a neural network analysis performed of at least one of the first user generated input or the second user generated input;

comparing, by the server processor, at least one of the first user generated input, the second user generated input, or the calculated user sentiment index to known sentiments of one or more events; and

distributing, by the server processor over the network, webpage content for display on one or more webpages based at least on the comparing.