Method and apparatus for information surveying
First Claim
1. A method to conduct an information survey, the method including:
- transforming a survey niche using a computing system to produce a transformed survey niche; and
identifying at least one characterized partition of entities in the transformed survey niche, using the computing system.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are presented with which to conduct information surveys. Contemporary methods of accessing and exploiting information resources, including search techniques and category browsing, have become less effective and efficient at these tasks due to the growing infoglut and the widening knowledge gap between the content, structure, and navigational paths of information resources on the one hand, and what users know and desire of these on the other. The information survey method and apparatus disclosed herein enables a user to survey information in order to rapidly discover the area of the information resource that is most useful to them, the survey niche, and evaluate the knowledge and information found there.
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52 Claims
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1. A method to conduct an information survey, the method including:
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transforming a survey niche using a computing system to produce a transformed survey niche; and
identifying at least one characterized partition of entities in the transformed survey niche, using the computing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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- 29. A method to generate a survey lattice as a specialization of a predicate lattice.
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31. A method to form a predicate lattice, the method including:
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identifying one or more facts for the satisfiability of each predicate;
grouping the one or more facts by point of evidence to generate one or more groups of facts;
sorting the one or more groups of facts by a number of predicates satisfied;
rejecting duplicate groups of facts from the one or more groups of facts; and
using group containment of the one or more groups of facts as a partial order of the lattice. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method to represent predicate lattice elements, the method including:
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putting predicates which are atoms of a predicate lattice into a strict order, using a computing system; and
associating a predicate lattice element with a predicate in the strict order using the computing system, where the associated predicate lattice element contains the predicate.
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38. A method to augment an index by associating a predicate lattice element with an index entry, where the predicate lattice element contains the index entry.
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39. A method to augment a conceptual structure by associating a predicate lattice element with a component of a conceptual structure, where the predicate lattice element contains the component of the conceptual structure.
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40. A method to augment a category system by associating a predicate lattice element with a category of a category system, where the predicate lattice element contains the category of the category system.
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41. A method to augment a database system by associating a predicate lattice element with an attribute of a database system, where the predicate lattice element contains the attribute of the database system.
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42. A data structure wherein survey lattice elements are based on a source from a group of sources including an index, a conceptual structure, a database, and a category system.
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43. A system of an information structure augmented with a predicate lattice element, wherein the information structure belongs to a group including an index, a,conceptual structure, a database, and a category system.
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44. A system to conduct an information survey, the system including:
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an information resource manager to identify a plurality of information entities, the plurality of information entities being associated with the survey niche;
a survey niche manager to manage at least one generation of a survey niche;
a partition manager to identify at least one characterized partition associated with the survey niche; and
a transformation manager to manage transformation of the survey niche. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A user interface to enable a user to survey an information resource, the user interface including:
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a means for capturing user input to initialize a survey niche; and
a displaying means for presenting a plurality of characterized partitions to the user. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52)
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