Evaluating Entities Associations with their Respective Environments

• US 20090248852A1
• Filed: 03/30/2008
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pelleg, Dan, Fuhrmann, Oded
• Application Number:
  US12/058,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20090248852A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method comprising representing an association between a first entity and a first environment as a first 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 first environment; and assigning a first weight value or type to the first edge based on an association level detected between the first entity and the first environment.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

representing an association between a first entity and a first environment as a first 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 first environment; and

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

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

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

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the association level is determined based on groups with which the first entity and the first environment are commonly associated.

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 first environment.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the association level is determined based on number of entities visiting the first environment, wherein the visiting entities are associated with the first entity.

7. 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 first environment.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

representing an association between a second entity and a first environment as a second edge that connects a third node to the second node, wherein the third node represents said second entity; and

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

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

comparing the first weight value or type with the second weight value or type to determine difference between the associations between the first and second entities and the first environment.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

representing an association between the first entity and a second environment as a second edge that connects the first node to a third node, wherein the third node represents said second environment; and

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

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

comparing the first weight value or type with the second weight value or type to determine difference between the associations between the first entity and the first and second environments.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising analyzing information gathered from comparing weight values or types for patterns.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising controlling attributes associated with the first environment to change the first environment to a second environment.

15. A system comprising:

logic unit to represent an association between a first entity and a first environment as a first 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 first environment; and

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

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

logic unit to represent an association between a second entity and a first environment as a second edge that connects a third node to the second node, wherein the third node represents said second entity; and

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

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising logic unit to compare the first weight value or type with the second weight value or type to determine difference between the associations between the first and second entities and the first environment.

18. 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 an association between a first entity and a first environment as a first 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 first environment; and

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

19. The computer usable storage medium of claim 18, wherein execution of the logic code by a microcontroller further causes a computing system to:

represent an association between a second entity and a first environment as a second edge that connects a third node to the second node, wherein the third node represents said second entity; and

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

20. The computer usable storage medium of claim 19, wherein execution of the logic code by a microcontroller further causes a computing system to compare the first weight value or type with the second weight value or type to determine difference between the associations between the first and second entities and the first environment.