Storing and retrieving tags
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method by a server, comprising:
- receiving, from a tag widget associated with a resource and within a client, a request for tags associated with the resource;
executing, responsive to the request, a tag weighting engine that identifies the tags and determines, respectively, individual overall weighting factors for each of the tags; and
forwarding, to the tag widget within the client, the tags and associated overall weighting factors, whereinthe individual overall weighting factors for a particular tag is based upon a combination of;
a quantitative weighting factor for the particular a tag,a reputation weighting factor for the particularly tag,a context weight factor for the particular tag, andan expiry weighting factor for the particular tag, andthe context weighting factor for the particular tag is based upon;
a past context for the particular tag specified by a past user andan active context in which a user of the tag widget is operating.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for storing and retrieving tags. Each tag is associated with a resource, upon a user'"'"'s request. A tagging GUI is displayed which presents the available tags for one particular resource and/or a tag cloud GUI is displayed which presents tags for more than one resource. The tagging GUI allows to assign new tags to single resources. The tag cloud GUI enables users to search for resources which have been assigned certain tags. In the tag cloud GUI the relevancy of each single tag is visually reflected by its weighting factor which is determined by the frequency of occurrence. The method is characterized by the further steps:
- determining a quantitative weighting factor for each single tag by invoking a quantitative-engine, and/or
- determining a reputation weighting factor for each single tag by invoking a reputation-engine, and/or
- determining a context weighing factor for each single tag by invoking of a context-engine,
- determining a expiry weighting factor for each single tag by invoking a expiry-engine, and/or
- determining a overall weighting factor for each of said single tag by calculating the average of all the weighting factors, and
- visually reflecting the relevance of each single tag in the tag cloud based on said determined overall weighting factor.
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1. A computer-implemented method by a server, comprising:
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receiving, from a tag widget associated with a resource and within a client, a request for tags associated with the resource; executing, responsive to the request, a tag weighting engine that identifies the tags and determines, respectively, individual overall weighting factors for each of the tags; and forwarding, to the tag widget within the client, the tags and associated overall weighting factors, wherein the individual overall weighting factors for a particular tag is based upon a combination of; a quantitative weighting factor for the particular a tag, a reputation weighting factor for the particularly tag, a context weight factor for the particular tag, and an expiry weighting factor for the particular tag, and the context weighting factor for the particular tag is based upon; a past context for the particular tag specified by a past user and an active context in which a user of the tag widget is operating. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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