Method and apparatus for determining expertise based upon observed usage patterns
First Claim
1. A method for identifying, extracting, capturing, and leveraging expertise and knowledge, comprising the steps of:
- observing usage patterns by a community (or subgroup) of users; and
any of;
calculating any of an expert and peer impact factor, a document impact factor, and rareness based on said observed usage patterns; and
determining any of importance of a document and expertise that individuals possess, without asking said individuals directly.
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Abstract
The invention comprises a set of complementary techniques that dramatically improve enterprise search and navigation results. The core of the invention is an expertise or knowledge index, called UseRank that tracks the behavior of website visitors. The expertise-index is designed to focus on the four key discoveries of enterprise attributes: Subject Authority, Work Patterns, Content Freshness, and Group Know-how. The invention produces useful, timely, cross-application, expertise-based search and navigation results. In contrast, traditional Information Retrieval technologies such as inverted index, NLP, or taxonomy tackle the same problem with an opposite set of attributes than what the enterprise needs: Content Population, Word Patterns, Content Existence, and Statistical Trends. Overall, the invention emcompasses Baynote Search—a enhancement over existing IR searches, Baynote Guide—a set of community-driven navigations, and Baynote Insights—aggregated views of visitor interests and trends and content gaps.
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1. A method for identifying, extracting, capturing, and leveraging expertise and knowledge, comprising the steps of:
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observing usage patterns by a community (or subgroup) of users; and
any of;
calculating any of an expert and peer impact factor, a document impact factor, and rareness based on said observed usage patterns; and
determining any of importance of a document and expertise that individuals possess, without asking said individuals directly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for identifying, extracting, capturing, and leveraging expertise and knowledge, comprising the steps of:
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observing individual and community usage patterns; and
using said observed usage patterns to automatically determine each user'"'"'s area of expertise. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for identifying, extracting, capturing, and leveraging expertise and knowledge, comprising:
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means for observing usage patterns by a community (or subgroup) of users; and
any of;
means for calculating any of an expert and peer impact factor, a document impact factor, and rareness based on said observed usage patterns; and
means for determining any of importance of a document and expertise that individuals possess, without asking said individuals directly. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus for identifying, extracting, capturing, and leveraging expertise and knowledge, comprising:
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means for observing individual and community usage patterns; and
means for using said observed usage patterns to automatically determine each user'"'"'s area of expertise. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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