Content analytics

• US 20070192338A1
• Filed: 01/27/2006
• Published: 08/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Hutzel, Daniel, Maier, Dietmar
• Application Number:
  US11/341,988
• Publication Number:
  US 20070192338A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/283 Multi-dimensional databases or data warehouses, e.g. MOLAP or ROLAP
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A method and system of content analytics wherein users can populate a database with documents or assets that have corresponding profiles containing metadata. Documents can later be retrieved during a database search. A content analysis view can display information, consisting of calculations of the documents'"'"' metadata based on a metric chosen by the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising,

receiving a plurality of files authored by a plurality of users based on a plurality of file templates;

associating a plurality of metadata in a profile for each document;

inputting the metadata into a database along with a reference to the associated files'"'"' storage locations; and

returning a content analysis view to a user corresponding to documents with content that match a requested view.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the file templates are pre-determined.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the file templates are created by a user.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein files input into a database have a profile that is automatically created.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein views can be customized by a user.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein metadata consists of profile values.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein metadata consists of document attribute data.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content analysis view has views that are customizable.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein content elements in the content analysis view that are empty are automatically detected and a user may be alerted to a potential absence of content.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein content elements in the content analysis view can display values based on metadata and calculated through a metric.

11. A method according to claim 1, wherein a document or content from a individual content element displayed by the content analysis view may be retrieved from the database it is stored in.

12. A method according to claim 11, wherein the profile of the document selected can be displayed to a user.

13. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content analysis view is created based on a search request by a user.

14. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content analysis view displays documents and the values from metadata that correspond to content elements.

15. A method according to claim 10, wherein values have a corresponding color.

16. A method according to claim 10, wherein the metric is quantity of text in a certain content element.

17. A method according to claim 10, wherein the metric is based on percent variation from at least one original content source.

18. A method according to claim 10, wherein the metric is based on a quality of the content.

19. A method according to claim 18, wherein the quality of the content is determined and input by a user.

20. A method according to claim 18, wherein the quality of the content is determined from natural language parsing that determines context.

21. A method according to claim 10, wherein the metric is based on a date of edit.

22. A method according to claim 10, wherein the metric is based on content age.

23. A method according to claim 10, wherein the metric is based on remaining content life.

24. A method according to claim 10, wherein the metric is based on content relevance for target user groups.

25. A method according to claim 10, wherein the metric is based on usage.

26. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content analysis view is displayed as a content matrix.

27. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content analysis view is displayed as a graphical view of the relations between the files.

28. A method according to claim 1, wherein the content analysis view changes views according to principles as found in online analytical processing environments.

29. A system comprising,

a computing device that can create a plurality of files authored by a plurality of users based on a plurality of file templates;

a database capable of;

associating a plurality of metadata in a profile for each document;

receiving the metadata along with references to the associated documents'"'"' storage locations; and

a computing device with a terminal that can display a content analysis view to a user containing documents with content that match a requested view.

30. A system according to claim 29, wherein the file templates are pre-determined.

31. A system according to claim 29, wherein the file templates are created by a user.

32. A system according to claim 29, wherein files input into a database have a profile that is automatically created.

33. A system according to claim 29, wherein metadata consists of profile values.

34. A system according to claim 29, wherein metadata consists of document attribute data.

35. A system according to claim 32, wherein profiles can be customized by a user.

36. A system according to claim 29, wherein the content analysis view has views that are customizable.

37. A system according to claim 29, wherein content elements in the content analysis view that are empty are automatically detected and a user may be alerted to a potential absence of content.

38. A system according to claim 29, wherein content elements in the content analysis view can display values based on metadata and calculated through a metric.

39. A system according to claim 29, wherein a document or content from an individual content element displayed by the content analysis view may be retrieved from the database it is stored in.

40. A system according to claim 39, wherein the profile of the document selected can be displayed to a user.

41. A system according to claim 29, wherein the content analysis view is created based on a search request by a user.

42. A system according to claim 29, wherein the content analysis view displays documents and the values from metadata that correspond to content elements.

43. A system according to claim 38, wherein values have a corresponding color.

44. A system according to claim 38, wherein the metric is quantity of text in a certain content element.

45. A system according to claim 38, wherein the metric is based on percent variation from at least one original content source.

46. A system according to claim 38, wherein the metric is based on a quality of the content.

47. A system according to claim 46, wherein the quality of the content is determined and input by a user.

48. A system according to claim 46, wherein the quality of the content is determined from natural language parsing that determines context.

49. A system according to claim 38, wherein the metric is based on a date of edit.

50. A system according to claim 38, wherein the metric is based on content age.

51. A system according to claim 38, wherein the metric is based on remaining content life.

52. A system according to claim 38, wherein the metric is based on content relevance for target user groups.

53. A system according to claim 38, wherein the metric is based on usage.

54. A system according to claim 29, wherein the content analysis view is displayed as a content matrix.

55. A system according to claim 29, wherein the content analysis view is displayed as a graphical view of the relations between the files.

56. A system according to claim 29, wherein the content analysis view changes views according to principles as found in online analytical processing environments.

57. A computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed result in a performance of a method comprising,

receiving a plurality of files authored by a plurality of users based on a plurality of file templates;

associating a plurality of metadata in a profile for each document;

inputting the metadata into a database along with references to the corresponding files'"'"' storage locations; and

returning a content analysis view to a user corresponding to documents with content that match a requested view.

58. A system comprising,

an arrangement for receiving a plurality of files authored by a plurality of users based on a plurality of file templates;

an arrangement for associating a plurality of metadata in a profile for each document;

an arrangement for inputting the metadata into a database along with references to the corresponding files'"'"' storage locations; and

an arrangement for returning a content analysis view to a user corresponding to documents with content that match a requested view.