Effort based relevance
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving an activity data concerning messages associated with members of a set of topics associated with an electronic discussion forum, the activity data including a view count (Vw) and one or more of, a book mark count (Bf), a reference count (Rf), and a reply count (Rp);
computing an effort based relevance measurement for a member of the set of topics based on Vw for the member and one or more of, Bf for the member, Rf for the member, and Rp for the member; and
logically ordering the set of topics with respect to effort based relevance measurements.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, media, and other embodiments associated with effort based relevance in discussion forums are described. One example method includes receiving an activity data concerning messages associated with electronic discussion forum topics. The activity data may include a view count (Vw), a book mark count (Bf), a reference count (Rf), and a reply count (Rp). The effort based relevance may be computed from Vw and one or more of, Bf, Rf, and Rp. Topics may be logically ordered using the effort based relevance.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving an activity data concerning messages associated with members of a set of topics associated with an electronic discussion forum, the activity data including a view count (Vw) and one or more of, a book mark count (Bf), a reference count (Rf), and a reply count (Rp);
computing an effort based relevance measurement for a member of the set of topics based on Vw for the member and one or more of, Bf for the member, Rf for the member, and Rp for the member; and
logically ordering the set of topics with respect to effort based relevance measurements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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receiving an activity data concerning messages associated with members of a set of topics associated with an electronic discussion forum, the activity data including a view count (Vw) and one or more of, a book mark count (Bf), a reference count (Rf), a reply count (Rp), and a rating data (Rd);
computing effort based relevance for a configurable period of time for members of the set of topics based on Vw and one or more of, Bf, Rf, and Rp;
weighting effort based relevance based on Rd;
logically ordering the set of topics with respect to effort based relevance;
acquiring a user data concerning a user visiting the discussion forum, the user data including one or more of, a set of viewed topics, a set of viewed messages, and a set of queries provided by the user;
determining a context in which the user is operating, the context being associated with a task the user is performing, the context being one of, following a topic, participating in a topic, referencing an element in a topic, and performing a combination of following a topic, participating in a topic, and referencing an element in a topic;
providing a recommendation to the user concerning a set of topics, the recommendation being based, at least in part, on the context in which the user is operating and effort based relevance for members of the set of topics; and
automatically generating a set of frequently asked questions based, at least in part, on effort based relevance for members of the set of topics;
where computing effort based relevance includes;
computing an X axis component of an effort based relevance measurement based on Vw and Rp;
computing a Y axis component of the effort based relevance measurement based on Vw, Bf, and Rf;
computing an X axis partitioning measure (α
) based on the average of (Rp/Vw) for the set of topics;
computing a Y axis partitioning measure (β
) based on the average of ((Rf+Bf)/Vw) for set of topics; and
computing the effort based relevance based on one or more of, a Euclidean distance from a first point described by the intersection of an X axis and a Y axis, and a Euclidean distance from a second point described by the intersection of α and
β
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12. A computer-readable medium storing processor executable instructions operable to perform a method, the method comprising:
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receiving an activity data concerning messages associated with members of a set of topics associated with an electronic discussion forum, the activity data including a view count (Vw) and one or more of, a book mark count (Bf), a reference count (Rf), and a reply count (Rp);
computing an effort based relevance measurement for a member of the set of topics based on Vw and one or more of, Bf, Rf, and Rp; and
logically ordering the set of topics with respect to effort based relevance.
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13. A computing system, comprising:
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an action logic configured to track actions taken by users on a message associated with a topic in an electronic discussion forum; and
an action relevance logic configured to determine an action based relevance for a topic based, at least in part, on the actions taken by users. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system, comprising:
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means for tracking user actions taken on topics in a discussion forum;
means for determining effort based relevance for the topics based on the user actions; and
means for recommending topics to a user based on effort based relevance.
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21. A set of application programming interfaces embodied on a computer-readable medium for execution by a computer component in conjunction with computing an effort based relevance for a topic in a discussion forum, comprising:
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a first interface for communicating a view count data;
a second interface for communicating a response count data;
a third interface for communicating a reference count data; and
a fourth interface for communicating the effort based relevance computed from the view count data, the response count data, and the reference count data.
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