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Method and system for electronic resource annotation including proposing tags

  • US 10,216,716 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2009
  • Issued: 02/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of electronic resource annotation comprising operating a computer system to:

  • arrange a plurality of tags applied by a plurality of users into at least two groups of tags favored by respective groups of users;

    store the arrangement of the plurality of tags into the at least two groups of tags favored by respective groups of users;

    store a tagging history for a user which aggregates tags used by said user in tagging a plurality of electronic resources;

    establish a degree to which each of the groups of tags favored by respective groups of users is represented in the tags included in the user'"'"'s tagging history by comparing said user'"'"'s tagging history with each of said plurality of groups of tags favored by respective groups of users to thereby provide a plurality of comparisons;

    based on the comparisons, identify one or more of said groups of tags favored by respective groups of users as being under-represented in the user'"'"'s tagging history;

    based on the identification, propose tags from said identified under-represented group or groups of tags to said user as said user applies tags to a resource; and

    as a result of selection by the user of at least one of the proposed tags from said identified under-represented group or groups of tags, update the respective degrees to which each of the groups of tags favored by respective groups of users is represented in the tags included in the user'"'"'s tagging history toward respective target values.

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