Method and Apparatus for Identifying, Extracting, Capturing, and Leveraging Expertise and Knowledge
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for determining knowledge and/or expertise, comprising the steps of:
- identifying a target community (or subgroup) of users;
observing usage patterns of Web documents and other online assets by said target community (or subgroup) of users; and
based upon said observed usage patterns, detecting which of said Web documents and other online assets that are most used and useful to said target community (or subgroup) of users.
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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 encompasses 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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14 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for determining knowledge and/or expertise, comprising the steps of:
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identifying a target community (or subgroup) of users;
observing usage patterns of Web documents and other online assets by said target community (or subgroup) of users; and
based upon said observed usage patterns, detecting which of said Web documents and other online assets that are most used and useful to said target community (or subgroup) of users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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