Method and System for Identifying Expertise

• US 20110119277A1
• Filed: 01/21/2011
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John G. Sotos
• Original Assignee: John G. Sotos
• Inventors: Sotos, John G.
• Application Number:
  US13/011,460
• Publication Number:
  US 20110119277A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/749
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references

Abstract

A system and method of identifying entities having expertise in one or more subjects. Among other features, the method includes querying a database for documents (e.g., articles, papers, periodicals) relevant to a subject; and calculating a first score for each relevant document. The method also identifies entities affiliated with one or more relevant documents; and calculates a second score for each entity based on the one or more first scores of the one or more relevant documents affiliated with the entity. A step of ranking expertise of the entities based on the respective second scores of the entities is included.

Claims

1. A method of identifying entities having expertise in one or more subjects, the method comprising:

querying a database for documents relevant to a subject;

calculating a first score for each relevant document;

determining entities affiliated with one or more relevant documents;

calculating a second score for each entity based on the one or more first scores of the one or more relevant documents affiliated with the entity; and

ranking expertise of the entities based on the respective second scores of the entities.

2. A system for identifying expertise in a subject, the system comprising a server system coupled with a database of documents, the server system having a memory including:

a first code configured to receive a subject from a user;

a second code configured to query the database for documents relevant to the subject;

a third code configured to calculate a first score for each relevant document;

a fourth code configured to identify entities affiliated with one or more of the relevant documents;

a fifth code configured to calculate a second score for each entity based on the one or more scores of the one or more relevant documents affiliated with the entity; and

a sixth code configured to provide to the user a ranking of the expertise of the entities based on the respective scores of the entities.