Method and apparatus for constructing and maintaining a user knowledge profile
First Claim
1. A method of constructing an entity profile associated with an entity, the method comprising:
- identifying content within a collection of information associated with the entity, the content being potentially descriptive of an information focus of the entity;
enabling the entity to provide an authorization regarding the content; and
including the content within at least a portion of the entity profile only if the entity provides the authorization.
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Abstract
A method of constructing an entity profile, having private and public portions with different access restrictions, commences with the assignment of a confidence level to content within an electronic document. The electronic document may be associated with a first entity. The content may be descriptive of the first entity. If the confidence level assigned to the content is less than a predetermined threshold, the content is automatically rejected for inclusion within the entity profile. If the confidence level assigned to the content exceeds the predetermined threshold, the content is included within the private portion of the entity profile. Thereafter, the content can be automatically presented to the first entity for authorization, by the first entity, for inclusion of the content within the public portion of the profile. The public portion of the entity profile may be freely accessible by other entities, whereas the private portion may have access restrictions.
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70 Claims
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1. A method of constructing an entity profile associated with an entity, the method comprising:
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identifying content within a collection of information associated with the entity, the content being potentially descriptive of an information focus of the entity;
enabling the entity to provide an authorization regarding the content; and
including the content within at least a portion of the entity profile only if the entity provides the authorization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of constructing an entity profile associated with an entity, the method comprising:
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characterizing content within a document associated with the entity, the content being potentially descriptive of the entity;
automatically presenting the content to the entity for authorization for inclusion within the entity profile if the content meets a predetermined criterion; and
including at least some of the content within the entity profile if the entity authorizes inclusion of the at least some of the content within the entity profile. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A data processing system comprising:
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confidence logic to identify content within a collection of information associated with the entity, the content being potentially descriptive of an information focus of the entity;
a profiler to enable the entity to provide an authorization regarding the content;
the profiler further to include the content within at least a portion of an entity profile only if the entity provides the authorization. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A data processing system comprising:
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confidence logic to characterize content within a document associated with an entity, the content being potentially descriptive of the entity;
a profiler to automatically present the content to the entity for authorization for inclusion within an entity profile if the content meets a predetermined criterion, the profiler to include at least some of the content within the entity profile if the entity authorizes the profiler to include the at least some of the content within the entity profile. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A data processing system comprising:
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means for characterizing content within a document associated with an entity, the content being potentially descriptive of the entity;
means for automatically presenting the content to the entity for authorization for inclusion within the entity profile if the content meets a predetermined criterion; and
means for including at least some of the content within the entity profile if the entity authorizes inclusion of the at least some of the content within the entity profile. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A machine-readable medium storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a process comprising:
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characterizing content within a document associated with an entity, the content being potentially descriptive of the entity;
automatically presenting the content to the entity for authorization for inclusion within the entity profile if the content meets a predetermined criterion; and
including at least some the content within the entity profile if the entity authorizes inclusion of the at least some of the content within the entity profile. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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