TAG CREATION SYSTEM

• US 20110029567A1
• Filed: 07/28/2009
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: BANDA, Ravi, LANG, Nancy Valerie, JAGGAVARAPU, Gopi, CHENOWETH, Kathi Lynn, GANESAN, Guga Prian
• Granted Patent: US 8,224,851 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/784
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

A system to create tags for tag cloud displays includes an authentication service to authenticate a user. The system includes a set of valid resources stored in a database system. A tag creation tool permits the authenticated user to create at least one tag that serves to identify a selected resource within the set of valid resources. Each tag includes a weighted value. Each tag may include a public attribute that indicates that the tag is accessible to authenticated users and non-authenticated users. Alternatively, each tag may include a private attribute that indicates that the tag is only accessible to the authenticated user. A user interface displays tags in a tag cloud in accordance with attributes of the tags and weighted values of the tags.

Claims

1. A computer readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

authenticate a user that is permitted to access a set of resources;

identify a resource that has been selected within the set of resources;

permit the authenticated user to create a tag for the selected resource, wherein the tag identifies the resource among the set of resources;

permit the authenticated user to specify attributes for the tag, wherein each attribute contributes to a display of the tag within a tag cloud; and

upon receiving the tag, determining that the resource is valid;

if the resource is not valid, the instructions further cause the processor to provide an indication that the resource is not valid; and

if the resource is valid, the instructions further cause the processor to associate the tag with the resource and update a weighted value of the tag, wherein the weighted value contributes to the display of the tag within the tag cloud.

2. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the resource is a job requisition associated with an employment site, and the set of resources refers to a set of job requisitions with the employment site that the authenticated user has permission to access.

3. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the tag includes a private attribute that indicates that the tag may be displayed in a private tag cloud, the private tag cloud displaying private tags that are accessible only to the authenticated user that created the private tag.

4. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the tag includes a public attribute that indicates that the tag may be displayed in a public tag cloud, the public tag cloud displaying public tags that are accessible to authenticated users and non-authenticated users.

5. The computer readable media of claim 4, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to determine if the authenticated user is responsible for managing the resource, wherein

if the authenticated user is not responsible for managing the resource, then the authenticated user is only authorized to modify tags that have been created exclusively by the authenticated user;

and

if the authenticated is responsible for managing the resource, then the authenticated user is authorized to modify (i) tags created by the authenticated user and (ii) tags with public attributes that have been created by other authenticated users.

6. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the authenticated user is permitted to create additional tags for the selected resource.

7. The computer readable media of claim 1, wherein the updating of the weighted value includes:

determining if the tag includes a significance attribute that indicates a level of relevance of the tag in relation to the resource; and

if the significance attribute indicates a low level of relevance, then adding a low value to the weighted value;

if the significance attribute indicates a medium level of relevance, then adding a middle value to the weighted value;

if the significance attribute indicates a high level of relevance, then adding a high value to the weighted value; and

if the tag does not have a significance attribute, then assigning a significance attribute indicating a low level of relevance and adding a low value to the weighted value.

8. A system for handling tags of tag clouds comprising:

an authentication service to authenticate a user of the system;

a set of valid resources stored in a database system;

a tag creation tool that permits the authenticated user to create at least one tag to identify a selected resource within the set of valid resources, wherein each tag includes a weighted value and at least one of;

a public attribute that indicates that the tag is accessible to authenticated users and non-authenticated users; and

a private attribute that indicates that the tag is only accessible to the authenticated user;

a user interface that displays tags in a tag cloud in accordance with attributes of the tags and weighted values of the tags.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein a weighted value of a tag indicates a magnitude of prominence that is given to the tag in relation to other tags when displayed in the tag cloud.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the tag cloud that is displayed in the user interface is a public tag cloud, the public tag cloud includes at least all tags having public attributes that are associated with the set of valid resources.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the tag cloud that is displayed in the user interface is a private tag cloud, the private tag cloud includes all tags having private attributes that correspond exclusively to the authenticated user.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein each tag further comprises:

a significance attribute that indicates a level of relevance of the tag in relation to the resource; and

if the tag has a significance attribute indicating a low level of relevance, then the weighted value is increased by a small value;

if the tag has a significance attribute indicating a medium level of relevance, then the weighted value is increased by an mid-value, the mid-value being greater than the small value;

if the tag has a significance attribute indicating a high level of relevance, then the weighted value is increased by a high value, the high value being greater than the mid-value.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a user interface to display a resource identifier for each resource that is associated with a tag that has been selected from the tag cloud user interface, wherein resource identifiers are displayed based on corresponding significance attributes in order of high, medium, and low levels of relevances.

14. A computer implemented method for displaying tags for tag cloud displays, the method comprising:

receiving a request to display a tag cloud;

determining all tags that correspond to valid resources;

determining if the tag cloud to be displayed is a public tag cloud;

if the tag cloud to be displayed is the public tag cloud, then the method includes;

determining all tags having public attributes that identify valid resources;

for each tag having a public attribute, identifying a weighted value of the tag and determining a magnitude of prominence of the tag in association with the weighted value of the tag;

if the tag cloud to be displayed is not the public tag cloud, then a private tag cloud is generated and the method includes;

determining all tags having private attributes that are associated with the authenticated user, wherein each tag identifies a valid resource;

for each tag having a private attribute associated with the authenticated user, identifying a weighted value of the tag and determining a magnitude of prominence of the tag in association with the weighted value of the tag,

displaying the public tag cloud or the private tag cloud, wherein tags having greater weighted values are displayed with greater prominence than tags having smaller weighted values.

15. The computer implemented method of claim 14, further comprising:

when a tag is selected from the tag cloud, displaying a user interface that includes resource identifiers for resources that are associated with the selected tag, wherein the resource identifiers are displayed in order of high, medium, and low levels of relevancies.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 15, wherein each resource includes a significance attribute that associates a high, medium, or low level of relevance with respect to the resource and the selected tag, wherein the significance attribute contributes to the order in which the resource identifiers are displayed.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 14, wherein the valid resources are job requisitions.