SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FINDING RELATED DOCUMENTS BASED ON ACTIVITY SPECIFIC META DATA AND USERS' INTEREST PROFILES

• US 20080097979A1
• Filed: 10/19/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: O'Brien, Mike, Heidloff, Niklas
• Application Number:
  US11/550,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20080097979A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536

Abstract

A system and method of finding related documents based on activity specific meta data and users'"'"' interest profiles is described. The method includes searching an information source based upon a user'"'"'s interest profile; a search query; and a contextual setting. Additionally, the method includes calculating a priority value for each item of the search result, sorting the items of the search result according to the priority value, and displaying the sorted search result to the user.

Claims

1. A method of finding related documents, the method comprising:

determining a contextual setting;

retrieving a user'"'"'s interest profile;

entering a search query; and

searching at least one information source, wherein the search is based on the contextual setting, the user'"'"'s interest profile, and the search query.

2. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:

generating a search result;

calculating a priority value for each item of the search result; and

displaying the sorted search result to the user.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the contextual setting further comprises:

determining a current document meta data, wherein determining the current document meta data comprises;

determining document title;

determining document author;

determining document subject;

determining document category; and

determining document keywords.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein calculating the priority value comprises applying a weighting algorithm to each item of the search result, the weighting algorithm comprising weighting factors related to the contextual setting.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein calculating the priority value comprises applying a weighting algorithm to each item of the search result, the weighting algorithm comprising weighting factors related to the user'"'"'s interest profile.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein calculating the priority value comprises applying a weighting algorithm to each item of the search result, the weighting algorithm comprising weighting factors related to the search query.

7. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for finding related documents, the method comprising:

determining a contextual setting, wherein determining the contextual setting further comprises;

determining a current document meta data, wherein determining the current document meta data comprises;

determining document title;

determining document author;

determining document subject;

determining document category;

determining document keywords.;

retrieving a user'"'"'s interest profile;

entering a search query;

searching at least one information source, wherein the search is based on the contextual setting, the user'"'"'s interest profile, and the search query;

generating a search result;

calculating a priority value for each item of the search result, wherein calculating the priority value for each item of the search result comprises;

applying a weighting algorithm to each item of the search result, the weighting algorithm comprising weighting factors related to the contextual setting;

the user'"'"'s interest profile, and the search query; and

displaying the sorted search result to the user.

8. A related document finding system for retrieving related documents based on activity specific meta data and users'"'"' interest profiles, the system comprising:

a context module for providing context of a current document;

a user'"'"'s interest profile module for providing user'"'"'s interest; and

a search engine for providing a search query, wherein the search engine is connectable to the context module and the user'"'"'s interest profile module.

9. The related document finding system as in claim 8 further comprising a network connection connectable to an external search engine.

10. The related document finding system as in claim 8 further comprising an organizing module for prioritizing documents retrieved in accordance with the context of the current document, the user'"'"'s interest profile, and the search query.

11. The related document finding system as in claim 10 further comprising a display for displaying the organized results.