HUMAN ASSOCIATION SEARCH ENGINE

• US 20140172819A1
• Filed: 07/31/2012
• Published: 06/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Niva Bar-Shimon, Yoram Yarkoni
• Original Assignee: Niva Bar-Shimon, Yoram Yarkoni
• Inventors: Bar-Shimon, Niva, Yarkoni, Yoram
• Application Number:
  US14/236,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20140172819A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

A method, computer system and computer-readable instructions for collecting and displaying associated items including: (a) presenting at least one Trigger Association Item to Uploading Users; (b) receiving Association Chains of Association Items from at least a portion of the Uploading Users in response to the presented Trigger Association Item, and (c) storing the Association Chains in an Association Database.

Claims

1. A computerized system comprising:

an Association Database including;

Trigger Association Items and Association Chains, each of said Association Chains including at least one Association Item in addition to a respective said Trigger Association Item;

a computer-readable non-transient memory, wherein are stored instructions that include;

(a) program code for a downloadable Association Collection Application (ACA); and

(b) program code for an Association Logic module for managing said Trigger Association Items and said Association Chains of the Association Database; and

a processor, for executing said program code.

2. The computerized system of claim 1, wherein said instructions further include:

(c) program code for an End User Interface (EUI), for interfacing between the computerized system and End Users.

3. The computerized system of claim 2, wherein said EUI interacts with said Association Logic module so as to provide a Search function, for selecting Association Chains according to instructions received from said End Users via said EUI.

4. The computerized system of claim 3, wherein said selected Association Chains are presented to said End Users via said EUI as search results.

5. The computerized system of claim 4, wherein said search results are presented via said EUI in a visualization format selected from the group including:

a spatial format, and a linear format.

6. The computerized system of claim 4, wherein said instructions further include:

(d) program code for a set of Filters, for filtering said search results.

7. The computerized system of claim 4, wherein said instructions further include:

(d) program code for a Search Cart, for electively storing a portion of Association Items included is said Association Chains of said search results.

8. The computerized system of claim 3, wherein said Search function selects said Association Chains having a format selected from the group including:

a text format, an image format, an audio format, a visual format, and a combination of any of the above.

9. The computerized system of claim 3, wherein said instructions further include:

(d) program code for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) mechanism, for learning patterns according to which said End Users use said Search function.

10. The computerized system of claim 1, wherein said downloadable ACA is adapted to present at least one said Trigger Association Item selected from the Association Database to Uploading Users, and further adapted to receive, from a portion of said Uploading Users, at least one said Association Chain related to said at least one Trigger Association Item.

11. The computerized system of claim 10, wherein each said received Association Chain is stored in the Association Database.

12. The computerized system of claim 10, further comprising a Data-Mining Database for storing user information of said Uploading Users.

13. The computerized system of claim 12, wherein said instructions further include:

(c) program code for an End User Interface (EUI), for interfacing between the computerized system and End Users,

wherein said EUI interacts with said Data-Mining Database so as to provide a Report function, for organizing said user information according to instructions received by said End Users via said EUI.

14. The computerized system of claim 13, wherein said organized user information is presented to said End Users via said EUI as reports.

15. The computerized system of claim 1, wherein said program code for said downloadable ACA further includes:

(i) program code for a Website Application, for downloading instances of said Website application for embedding into website pages,

(ii) program code for a Mobile Application, for downloading instances of said mobile application for installation in mobile devices, and

(iii) program code for a Personal Computer (PC) Application, for downloading instances of said PC application for installation in PC devices.

16. The computerized system of claim 1, wherein said instructions further include:

(c) program code for an External Application Interface, for interfacing between external applications and the computerized system.

17. A computing system for an association platform, comprising:

(a) at least one networked server;

(b) an Association Database, associated with said at least one networked server, for storing Trigger Association Items and Association Chains, each of said Association Chains including at least one additional Association Item in addition to a respective said Trigger Association Item; and

(c) a client computer-readable instruction set, associated with said at least one networked server and downloadable by a user,

wherein said instruction set is configured to present at least one Trigger Association Item selected from said Association Database to Uploading Users,

and further configured to receive, from at least a portion of said Uploading Users, at least one said Association Chain related to said at least one Trigger Association Item.

18. The computer system of claim 17, further comprising:

(d) an End User Interface (EUI), for interfacing between the computer system and End Users.

19. A method for collecting and displaying associated items, the method comprising the steps:

(a) presenting at least one Trigger Association Item to Uploading Users;

(b) receiving Association Chains from at least a portion of said Uploading Users in response to said presented at least one Trigger Association Item, each said Association Chain including at least one Association Item; and

(c) storing said Association Chains in an Association Database.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising the steps of:

(d) providing an End User Interface (EUI), for interfacing between said Association Database and an End User.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein said storing includes a recognition process including steps of:

(i) checking each unique said Association Item, in said Association Chains, for lingual proximity to a stored said Association Item;

(ii) correcting each said unique Association Item having said lingual proximity to a said stored Association Item; and

(iii) counting instances of each said Association Item.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising the steps of:

(d) receiving a search query at said Association Database; and

(e) presenting search results selected from said Association Database, said search results including at least one said Association Chain being responsive to said search query.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

(f) learning patterns in which said search queries are received and in which said search result are selected so as to provide enhanced searching features.

24. The method of claim 19, further comprising the steps of:

(d) collecting user information regarding said Uploading Users.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising the steps of:

(e) receiving a report request for said user information; and

(f) presenting report responsive to said report request.

26. The method of claim 19, wherein said Trigger Association Item includes a said Association Item selected from said Association Database.