APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR POWER USER IN SOCIAL MEDIA

• Main Authors: HEO JEONG, JANG MYUNG GIL, RYU PUM MO, LEE CHUNG HEE, OH HYO JUNG, CHOI YOON JAE, YOON YEO CHAN, JO YO HAN, CHOI MI RAN, KIM HYUN KI, KIM HYEON JIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.05.2014
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

Disclosed are an apparatus, a system, and a method for searching for a power user in social media. The apparatus according to the present invention includes an input unit configured to receive a keyword corresponding to an interested object from a user; a communication unit configured to transmit a search request message including the received keyword and receive a search response message corresponding to the transmitted search request message; a controller configured to, when receiving the search response message, extract a search list in which power users related to the keyword are arranged according to a preset power ranking from the received search response message; a display unit configured to sequentially display the power users related to the keyword received from the user according to the preset power ranking based on the extracted search list; and a storage unit configured to store the extracted search list.