Automatic Generation of an Interest Network and Tag Filter
First Claim
1. A computer system comprising:
- a tag-based search engine responsive to a searcher-user, the tag-based search engine searching contents in a computer network including tagged contents, and retrieving tags matching searcher-user defined criteria,for each matching tag, the tag-based search engine retrieving;
semantic information stored in the matching tag and corresponding content of the matching tag, andsemantic information of a person who generated the matching tag, resulting in search retrieved semantic information;
a comparator responsive to and comparing the search retrieved semantic information to semantic information of the searcher-user, the comparator determining respective relevance of each person who generated one of the matching tags to the searcher-user; and
a data store holding indications of the search retrieved semantic information, the determined respective relevance and semantic information of the searcher-user in a manner forming a social interest network.
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Abstract
Computer system and method automatically generate a social interest network. The social interest network indicates or represents (1) respective relevance between system users and taggers, and (2) respective affinity between users and taggers. A tag-based search engine searches and retrieves tagged contents. The search engine also retrieves semantic information associated with the tagged contents and tagger. Semantic information about the searcher-user is compared to the search retrieved semantic information. A comparator determines respective relevance of taggers to the searcher-user and respective affinity of the searcher-user to the taggers. The social interest network results and enables collaboration between users/taggers and filtering of various search results.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer system comprising:
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a tag-based search engine responsive to a searcher-user, the tag-based search engine searching contents in a computer network including tagged contents, and retrieving tags matching searcher-user defined criteria, for each matching tag, the tag-based search engine retrieving; semantic information stored in the matching tag and corresponding content of the matching tag, and semantic information of a person who generated the matching tag, resulting in search retrieved semantic information; a comparator responsive to and comparing the search retrieved semantic information to semantic information of the searcher-user, the comparator determining respective relevance of each person who generated one of the matching tags to the searcher-user; and a data store holding indications of the search retrieved semantic information, the determined respective relevance and semantic information of the searcher-user in a manner forming a social interest network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer implemented method, comprising:
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(a) conducting a tag-based search responsive to a searcher-user by searching tagged contents in a computer network, and retrieving tags matching searcher-user defined criteria, (b) for each matching tag, retrieving; semantic information stored in the matching tag and corresponding content of the matching tag, and semantic information of a person who generated the matching tag, resulting in search retrieved semantic information; (c) comparing the search retrieved semantic information to semantic information of the searcher-user, the comparing determining respective relevance of each person who generated one of the matching tags to the searcher-user; and (d) holding in a data store indications of the search retrieved semantic information, the determined respective relevance and semantic information of the searcher-user in a manner forming a social interest network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product for automatically generating a social interest network, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising computer readable program code configured to; search tagged contents and retrieve tags matching searcher-user defined criteria; for each matching tag, retrieve (i) semantic information stored in the matching tag and corresponding tag content, and (ii) semantic information of a tagger of the matching tag, resulting in search retrieved semantic information; determine respective relevance of taggers to the searcher user and/or respective searcher-user affinity to different taggers, by comparing the search retrieved semantic information to semantic information of the searcher-user; and automatically generate a social interest network from the determinations.
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