SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AN INTEREST PROFILE FOR A USER
First Claim
1. A method implemented by a processor of a profiling system, the method comprising:
- based on a document corpus containing a plurality of documents, creating a topic set, at least some of the topics in the topic set being organized in a hierarchical structure which includes a plurality of topic levels including an upper topic level and a lower topic level, each topic in the lower topic level being a subtopic of at least one of the topics in the upper topic level;
monitoring interest in a plurality of documents for a user to identify one or more documents-of-interest to the user; and
based on the monitored interest for the user, creating an interest profile for the user by determining a measure of topical interest for the user for at least one of the topics at the upper topic level and for a subtopic of that topic, the subtopic being at the lower topic level.
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Abstract
Profiling systems and methods of creating and using user interest profiles are described. In some example embodiments, the method includes: creating a topic set which includes topics which are organized in a hierarchical structure which includes a plurality of topic levels including an upper topic level and a lower topic level, each topic in the lower topic level being a subtopic of at least one of the topics in the upper topic level; monitoring interest in a plurality of documents for a user to identify one or more documents-of-interest to the user; and based on the monitored interest for the user, creating an interest profile for the user by determining a measure of topical interest for the user for at least one of the topics at the upper topic level and for a subtopic of that topic, the subtopic being at the lower topic level.
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26 Claims
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1. A method implemented by a processor of a profiling system, the method comprising:
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based on a document corpus containing a plurality of documents, creating a topic set, at least some of the topics in the topic set being organized in a hierarchical structure which includes a plurality of topic levels including an upper topic level and a lower topic level, each topic in the lower topic level being a subtopic of at least one of the topics in the upper topic level; monitoring interest in a plurality of documents for a user to identify one or more documents-of-interest to the user; and based on the monitored interest for the user, creating an interest profile for the user by determining a measure of topical interest for the user for at least one of the topics at the upper topic level and for a subtopic of that topic, the subtopic being at the lower topic level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A profiling system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing processor executable instructions which, when executed by the processor cause the processor to; based on a document corpus containing a plurality of documents, create a topic set, at least some of the topics in the topic set being organized in a hierarchical structure which includes a plurality of topic levels including an upper topic level and a lower topic level, each topic in the lower topic level being a subtopic of at least one of the topics in the upper topic level; monitor interest in a plurality of documents for a user to identify one or more documents-of-interest to the user; and based on the monitored interest for the user, create an interest profile for the user by determining a measure of topical interest for the user for at least one of the topics at the upper topic level and for a subtopic of that topic, the subtopic being at the lower topic level. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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