System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Concept Network Based Collaboration

• US 20070248026A1
• Filed: 04/19/2006
• Published: 10/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation (Perspecta, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bess, Charles
• Application Number:
  US11/379,342
• Publication Number:
  US 20070248026A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method including steps of receiving a first concept network having a plurality of connected nodes; receiving a second concept network having a plurality of connected nodes; and generating a third concept network, the third concept network having a plurality of connected nodes being a combination of the first and second concept networks. Related systems and computer program products are also included.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a first concept network having a plurality of connected nodes;

receiving a second concept network having a plurality of connected nodes; and

generating a third concept network, the third concept network having a plurality of connected nodes being a combination of the first and second concept networks.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing the nodes of the first concept network with the nodes of the second concept network.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the comparison is performed using semantic analysis techniques.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first concept network and the second concept network are created by different users on different data processing systems.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the third concept network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein each node of the third concept network can be visually identified as corresponding to one or both of the first concept network and the second concept network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the nodes is stored as an entry in a doubly-linked list.

8. A data processing system having at least a processor and accessible memory, comprising:

means for receiving a first concept network having a plurality of connected nodes;

means for receiving a second concept network having a plurality of connected nodes; and

means for generating a third concept network, the third concept network having a plurality of connected nodes being a combination of the first and second concept networks.

9. The data processing system of claim 8, further comprising means for comparing the nodes of the first concept network with the nodes of the second concept network.

10. The data processing system of claim 9, wherein the comparison is performed using semantic analysis techniques.

11. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein the first concept network and the second concept network are created by different users on different data processing systems.

12. The data processing system of claim 8, further comprising means for displaying the third concept network.

13. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein each node of the third concept network can be visually identified as corresponding to one or both of the first concept network and the second concept network.

14. The data processing system of claim 8, wherein each of the nodes is stored as an entry in a doubly-linked list in the data processing system.

15. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a machine usable medium, comprising:

instructions for receiving a first concept network having a plurality of connected nodes;

instructions for receiving a second concept network having a plurality of connected nodes; and

instructions for generating a third concept network, the third concept network having a plurality of connected nodes being a combination of the first and second concept networks.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising instructions for comparing the nodes of the first concept network with the nodes of the second concept network.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the comparison is performed using semantic analysis techniques.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the first concept network and the second concept network are created by different users on different data processing systems.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising instructions for displaying the third concept network.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein each node of the third concept network can be visually identified as corresponding to one or both of the first concept network and the second concept network.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein each of the nodes is stored as an entry in a doubly-linked list.