Evaluating Associations Among Entities

• US 20090248709A1
• Filed: 03/26/2008
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pelleg, Dan, Fuhrmann, Oded
• Application Number:
  US12/055,330
• Publication Number:
  US 20090248709A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A method for monitoring associations between a plurality of entities comprises representing a relationship between a first entity and a second entity as an edge that connects a first node to a second node, wherein the first node and the second node respectively represent said first entity and said second entity; and assigning a weight value to said edge based on an association level detected between the first entity and the second entity.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

representing a relationship between a first entity and a second entity as an edge that connects a first node to a second node, wherein the first node and the second node respectively represent said first entity and said second entity; and

assigning a weight value or type to said edge based on an association level detected between the first entity and the second entity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the association level is determined based on level of activity between the first and second entities.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the level of activity is determined based on level of communication between the first and second entities.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the association level is determined based on number of common resources available to both the first entity and the second entity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the association level is determined based on number of common objects associated with both the first entity and the second entity.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the association level is determined based on number of common environments visited by both the first entity and the second entity.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the association level is determined based on number of common groups joined by both the first entity and the second entity.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the association level is determined based on number of related objects associated with both the first entity and the second entity.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the association level is determined based on number of related activities in which both the first entity and the second entity participate.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the association level is determined based on number of related environments which both the first entity and the second entity visit.

11. A system comprising:

logic unit to represent a relationship between a first entity and a second entity as an edge that connects a first node to a second node, wherein the first node and the second node respectively represent said first entity and said second entity; and

logic unit to assign a weight value or type to said edge based on an association level detected between the first entity and the second entity.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the association level is determined based on level of activity between the first and second entities.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the level of activity is determined based on level of communication between the first and second entities.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the association level is determined based on number of common resources available to both the first entity and the second entity.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the association level is determined based on number of common objects associated with both the first entity and the second entity.

16. A computer usable storage medium with logic code stored thereon, wherein execution of the logic code by a microcontroller causes a computing system to:

represent a relationship between a first entity and a second entity as an edge that connects a first node to a second node, wherein the first node and the second node respectively represent said first entity and said second entity; and

assign a weight value or type to said edge based on an association level detected between the first entity and the second entity.

17. The computer usable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the association level is determined based on level of activity between the first and second entities.

18. The computer usable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the level of activity is determined based on level of communication between the first and second entities.

19. The computer usable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the association level is determined based on number of common resources available to both the first entity and the second entity.

20. The computer usable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the association level is determined based on number of common objects associated with both the first entity and the second entity.