Consolidating Tags

• US 20100153392A1
• Filed: 06/16/2009
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Branca, Salvatore
• Granted Patent: US 8,799,268 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/157 using dictionaries or tables
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/247 Thesauruses; Synonyms

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for searching a resource associated with a tag. The method may include receiving a search request comprising a first tag for identifying the resources associated with the tag, replacing the tag of the search request with a tag in a standardized form and running a search query comprising the standardized tag to identify the resource associated with the standardized tag.

Claims

1. A method for associating a tag with an object in a web page, the method comprising:

receiving a first phrase to be associated with the object, the phrase comprising a first set of at least two words;

identifying a first word and a second word in the first phrase, the first and second words belonging to a first dictionary;

identifying a second set comprising at least one character from the first phrase, wherein none of the identified characters belong to the identified first or said second words;

modifying the second set by discarding a character from the second set if it corresponds to a first predefined character;

generating a second phrase, comprising the first and second words, and a third word comprising each character of the modified second set, the first, second and third words being separated by a second predefined character; and

associating the second phrase with the object so as to define the second phrase as a tag for the object.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a predefined synonymous word in response to a search request into a thesaurus for the first word; and

replacing the first word in the second phrase by the predefined synonymous word while generating the second phrase.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the predefined synonymous word is arbitrarily selected.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the predefined synonymous word is selected based upon number of occurrences of the synonymous word in tag submissions.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

detecting a spelling error in the first word; and

replacing the first word in the second phrase by a fourth word while generating the second phrase, the fourth word corresponding to the first word with corrected spelling.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

detecting whether the first word is in plural form; and

replacing the first word in the second phrase by a fifth word while generating the second phrase, the fifth word corresponding to the first word in singular form.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising using the second phrase instead of the first phrase when searching for the object, the search being in response to a search request submitted by a user, the search request comprising the first phrase.

8. A computer program product for associating a tag with an object in a web page comprising:

a computer-readable medium including;

computer program instructions for receiving a first phrase to be associated with the object, the phrase comprising a first set of at least two words;

computer program instructions for identifying a first word and a second word in the first phrase, the first and second words belonging to a first dictionary;

computer program instructions for identifying a second set comprising at least one character from the first phrase, wherein none of the identified characters belong to the identified first or said second words;

computer program instructions for modifying the second set by discarding a character from the second set if it corresponds to a first predefined character;

computer program instructions for generating a second phrase, comprising the first and second words, and a third word comprising each character of the modified second set, the first, second and third words being separated by a second predefined character; and

computer program instructions for associating the second phrase with the object so as to define the second phrase as a tag for the object.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising:

computer program instructions for receiving a predefined synonymous word in response to a search request into a thesaurus for the first word; and

computer program instructions for replacing the first word in the second phrase by the predefined synonymous word while generating the second phrase.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising computer program instructions for arbitrarily selecting the predefined synonymous word.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising computer program instructions for selecting the predefined synonymous word based upon number of occurrences of the synonymous word in tag submissions.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising:

computer program instructions for detecting a spelling error in the first word; and

computer program instructions for replacing the first word in the second phrase by a fourth word while generating the second phrase, the fourth word corresponding to the first word with corrected spelling.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising:

computer program instructions for detecting whether the first word is in plural form; and

computer program instructions for replacing the first word in the second phrase by a fifth word while generating the second phrase, the fifth word corresponding to the first word in singular form.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 further comprising computer program instructions for using the second phrase instead of the first phrase when searching for the object, the search being in response to a search request submitted by a user, the search request comprising the first phrase.

15. A system for for associating a tag with an object in a web page comprising:

a processor; and

a computer memory operatively coupled to the processor;

wherein the computer memory has disposed within it;

computer program instructions for receiving a first phrase to be associated with the object, the phrase comprising a first set of at least two words;

computer program instructions for identifying a first word and a second word in the first phrase, the first and second words belonging to a first dictionary;

computer program instructions for identifying a second set comprising at least one character from the first phrase, wherein none of the identified characters belong to the identified first or said second words;

computer program instructions for modifying the second set by discarding a character from the second set if it corresponds to a first predefined character;

computer program instructions for generating a second phrase, comprising the first and second words, and a third word comprising each character of the modified second set, the first, second and third words being separated by a second predefined character; and

computer program instructions for associating the second phrase with the object so as to define the second phrase as a tag for the object.

16. The system of claim 15 further comprising:

computer program instructions for receiving a predefined synonymous word in response to a search request into a thesaurus for the first word; and

computer program instructions for replacing the first word in the second phrase by the predefined synonymous word while generating the second phrase.

17. The system of claim 15 further comprising:

computer program instructions for detecting a spelling error in the first word; and

computer program instructions for replacing the first word in the second phrase by a fourth word while generating the second phrase, the fourth word corresponding to the first word with corrected spelling.

18. The system of claim 15 further comprising:

computer program instructions for detecting whether the first word is in plural form; and

computer program instructions for replacing the first word in the second phrase by a fifth word while generating the second phrase, the fifth word corresponding to the first word in singular form.

19. The system of claim 15 further comprising computer program instructions for using the second phrase instead of the first phrase when searching for the object, the search being in response to a search request submitted by a user, the search request comprising the first phrase.

20. The system of claim 15, further comprising a tag engine, the tag engine collecting one or more tags for rationalization into a meta tag.