Profile management system
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1. Apparatus for generating a user profile for use in an information management system, the user profile comprising interests deemed to be relevant to a user, the apparatus comprising:
- classification means for classifying a user as a type of entity;
a mapping store comprising data indicative of mappings between entity type and interests;
a template store comprising one or more templates each comprising a plurality of interests;
identifying means in operative association with the mapping store and the classification means and arranged, in use, to identify data indicative of interests relevant to a user in accordance with classification of the user;
to retrieve a template from the template store; and
to generate a user profile from the retrieved template in accordance with the identified interests.
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Abstract
A profile management system, for use with information processing applications which retrieve information on behalf of a user. The system comprises a profile generator which generates default user profiles. The profile generator can identify user-specific information from, for instance, an organisation chart such that new members of an organisation are automatically assigned a profile. This enables information processing applications to provide new members with information that is relevant to their role within an organisation.
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1. Apparatus for generating a user profile for use in an information management system, the user profile comprising interests deemed to be relevant to a user, the apparatus comprising:
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classification means for classifying a user as a type of entity;
a mapping store comprising data indicative of mappings between entity type and interests;
a template store comprising one or more templates each comprising a plurality of interests;
identifying means in operative association with the mapping store and the classification means and arranged, in use, to identify data indicative of interests relevant to a user in accordance with classification of the user;
to retrieve a template from the template store; and
to generate a user profile from the retrieved template in accordance with the identified interests. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of generating a user profile for use in an information management system, the user profile comprising interests deemed to be relevant to a user, the method comprising the steps of:
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classifying a user as a type of entity;
accessing mappings between entity type and interests in order to identify interests corresponding to the classified user;
retrieving a template from a template store, the template store comprising one or more templates each comprising a plurality of interests;
generating a user profile from the retrieved template in accordance with the identified interests.
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11. A user profile for use by one or more information management means in retrieval of information, the profile comprising
first data identifying a plurality of interests, and comprising, for each interest, subject-related terms related to the said interest and subject-related terms un-related to the said interest, second data identifying attributes characterising an interest, the second data being used by the information management means to filter information identified as being relevant to the first data.
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