Systems and methods for selecting visual elements to insert into content items based on sentiment analysis are detailed herein. A data processing system can establish a performance prediction model for content items correlating constituent visual elements to sentiment performance metrics using a training dataset. The data processing system can identify a content item and candidate visual elements to insert. The content item can have constituent visual elements. The data processing system can determine a total sentiment performance metric for the content item using the performance prediction model. The data processing system can determine a combinative performance metric between the candidate visual element and the visual elements using the performance prediction model. The combinative performance metric can indicate a predicted effect on the total performance metric. The data processing system can select a candidate visual element to insert into the content item based on the combinative performance metric.

A system and a method for automatically collecting content, the method comprising the steps of: defining a plurality of content sites, creating a collection of virtual agents data including user characteristic data and user behavioral data, presenting the collection of virtual agents to the plurality of content sites; receiving content from the visited internet site; and storing the received content or presenting it to a user.

A query session system and method is operable to determine a current location of a consumer conversation acquisition system when the consumer conversation acquisition system is a mobile electronic device or determine a current operation of the consumer conversation acquisition system when the consumer conversation acquisition system is stationary. Stored state information corresponding to the determined location or operation is accessed that identifies one of a receptive state of the consumer, an unreceptive state of the consumer, or optionally an indeterminate state of the consumer. The query session is presented to the consumer when the consumer is the receptive state. A query session presents a series of audible questions to the consumer that pertain to a subject media content event that the consumer has previously consumed. Responses of the consumer to each one of the presented audible questions of the query session are acquired and are saved.

Methods and apparatus for multi-account adjustment in third-party privacy-protected cloud environments are disclosed herein. A disclosed example apparatus includes memory and processor circuitry to execute computer readable instructions to select a demographic characteristic, the demographic characteristic defining a segment of panelists, select a type of client device, determine a number of the panelists associated with the demographic characteristic and the client device, and define a multi-account adjustment factor for the demographic characteristic and the client device, the factor based on a ratio of a number of panelists to a number of user accounts, the user accounts associated with the determined number of panelists.

Embodiments of system are disclosed in which selection strategies for a direct marketing campaign that identify consumers from a credit bureau or other consumer database can be planned, tested, and/or refined on a stable subset of the credit database. In some embodiments, once refined, consumer selection criteria may be used to execute the direct marketing campaign on the full consumer/credit database, which is preferably updated approximately twice weekly. In one preferred embodiment, the data for the test database represents a random sampling of approximately 10% of the full database and the sampling is regenerated approximately weekly in order to provide a stable set of data on which campaign developers may test their campaign. For each consumer in the sampling, the environment may allow a client to access and use both attributes calculated by the credit bureau and proprietary attributes and data owned by the client. The system allows for a plurality of clients to use the system substantially simultaneously while protecting the privacy and integrity of the client's proprietary data and results.

An online social network is provided. A sentiment is determined for each of a plurality of users of an online social network (OSN) in relation to a first product. A category is determined for each of the plurality of users based, at least in part, on the sentiment of each of the plurality of users, respectively. A group including a first user and a second user of the plurality of users is generated based, at least in part, on the category of each of the first user and the second user and a relationship within the OSN between the first user and the second user. An advertisement is presented to the first user. An indication is presented to the first user that the advertisement is also presented to the second user.

A user engagement system includes a network interface, a content storage device and a ticket activation module. The network interface allows users to connect to the user engagement system through a network. The content storage device stores content for user engagement. A ticket activation module, displays a ticket in a first state when a user is not eligible to participate in a daily drawing, and the ticket activation module displaying the ticket in a second state when the user completes an activation process and is eligible to participate in a daily drawing. An invitation module presents to the user an invitation webpage that allows the user to invite others to join the user engagement system. Additional users who join the user engagement system as a result of an invitation from the user are added to the user's profit sharing community.

A system of promoting a specific product or service by a person. The system includes a network and an e-commerce/customer social media and networking platform coupled to the network. The e-commerce/customer social media and networking platform includes a social networking platform providing social networking services to a plurality of users communicating with the e-commerce/customer social media and networking platform via the network and an e-commerce module for performing online purchase transactions of goods and services published on the e-commerce/customer social media and networking platform. The e-commerce module displays products or services for sale to the plurality of users and enacts purchase transactions of a product or service selected by a purchasing user. Endorsements received from the purchasing user may be published to a plurality of users following the purchasing user. In addition, the purchasing user may receive compensation based on sales of the endorsed product or service by other users following the purchasing user.

Disclosed here is a system that can obtain attributes of an advertisement, where an attribute has a continuous value, and a range of acceptable values is uncertain. The system can create a file including contents that when provided to a predetermined function produce a value of the attribute. Based on the file, the system can generate values corresponding to the attributes. Based on the generated values, the system can create the advertisement. The system can obtain a response data to the created advertisement and can fit a multidimensional function to the attributes and the user response data. Based on the multidimensional function, the system can determine next values and next ranges, where the next values and the next ranges indicate an improvement in the response data.

An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a data input interface to access different sets of initial adjustment factors, the initial adjustment factors generated to correct at least one of misattribution or non-coverage of media impressions logged by a database proprietor, a grouping controller to identify a first set of the initial adjustment factors as a set of donor adjustment factors based on (a) first audience members associated with the set of donor adjustment factors satisfying a first threshold and (b) first impressions associated with the first audience members satisfying a second threshold, and identify a second set of the initial adjustment factors as a set of recipient adjustment factors, and an imputation factor generator to generate imputation factors to correct ones of the recipient adjustment factors based on ones of the donor adjustment factors.