SOCIAL KNOWLEDGEBASE

• US 20130046744A1
• Filed: 08/01/2012
• Published: 02/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zaprica Co.
• Original Assignee: Zaprica Co.
• Inventors: Krishnaswamy, Vinay, Soin, Ravipal, Latuskiewicz, Anna
• Application Number:
  US13/564,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20130046744A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/705
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

The instant application discloses, among other things, ways to allow people to obtain information from sources that their friends may trust, and to cross-validate sources so that confidence may be increased.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

a knowledge receiving component, configured to receive knowledge;

a knowledge storing component, configured to store knowledge and knowledge metadata; and

a knowledge retrieval component, configured to retrieve knowledge and knowledge metadata.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a content receiving component, configured to receive content from a first user device;

a content analyzing component, configured to analyze received content;

a knowledge context recognizing component, configured to recognize relevant knowledge to the analyzed content; and

a knowledge returning component, configured to return relevant knowledge to the first user device.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a knowledge metadata receiving component, configured to receive metadata about the received knowledge, the metadata including at least one item selected from the group comprising;

a universal resource indicator, a creator, a promoter, context, and relevance; and

a knowledge metadata sending component, configured to send metadata about the received knowledge.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising a content returning component, configured to return knowledge as content in response to a request.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the knowledge receiving component further comprises:

a user-identifying component, configured to identify a user of the system;

a social feed component, configured to receive content from social networks;

an evaluation component, configured to evaluate the content from social networks; and

a knowledge promotion component, configured to promote content to knowledge based on the evaluation of the content.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the evaluation component further comprises:

a source-identifying component, configured to identify a promoter who indicates that the content is knowledge; and

a source-evaluation component, configured to evaluate the source based on a perception held by the user of the promoter.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the evaluation component evaluates content based on a number of citations to that content on the social networks.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the evaluation component further comprises:

a source-identifying component, configured to identify a promoter who indicates that the content is knowledge; and

a content promotion component, configured to promote the content to knowledge if the promoter is the user.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving an item of content from a first device;

analyzing the item of content;

finding that a first item of knowledge is relevant to the content; and

sending the first item of knowledge to the first device.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving an item of knowledge; and

storing the item of knowledge.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving a request to purchase a second item of knowledge from a second device; and

sending the second item of knowledge to the second device.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

determining relevance of an ad based on context; and

displaying the ad.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising sending metadata about the knowledge to the device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the metadata comprises at least one item selected from the list comprising:

a URI to the knowledge, a creator of the knowledge, context of the knowledge, a promoter of the knowledge, and relevance of the knowledge.

15. A computer readable storage media containing instructions thereon which, when executed, instruct a processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving an item of content from a first device;

analyzing the item of content;

finding that an item of knowledge is relevant to the content; and

sending the item of knowledge to the first device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving an item of knowledge from a second device; and

storing the item of knowledge.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising sending metadata about the item of knowledge to the first device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the metadata comprises at least one item selected from the list comprising:

a URI to the knowledge, a creator of the knowledge, context of the knowledge, a promoter of the knowledge, and relevance of the knowledge.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a request to purchase a second item of knowledge from a third device; and

sending the second item of knowledge to the third device.

20. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

determining relevance of an ad based on context; and

displaying the ad.