EVENT BASED OBJECT RANKING IN A DYNAMIC SYSTEM

• US 20140280083A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vmware LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VMware, Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sayed, Imran Q., Sathye, Adwait
• Granted Patent: US 10,846,292 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking

Abstract

A method of event based object ranking is described. An object query is computed based upon a user action. The results of the query are ranked based on one or more events associated with objects in the results to create ranked results. The ranked results are provided to the user in response to the query.

Claims

1. A method of event based object ranking, the method comprising:

computing an object query based upon a user action;

ranking results of the query based on one or more events associated with objects in the results to create ranked results; and

providing the ranked results to the user in response to the query.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing an object query based upon a user action comprises:

computing an object query based upon browsing interaction by the user within a dynamic system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing an object query based upon a user action comprises:

computing an object query based upon a specific query actively provided by the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the ranking results of the query based on one or more events associated with objects in the results to create ranked results comprises:

assigning a coefficient of importance to each of the one or more events associated with an object of the results.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the coefficient of importance is based upon a relative importance assigned to an event type of one or more events.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the relative importance of the one or more events is predetermined.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a predefined coefficient of importance of the one or more events is selected from the group consisting of:

a default setting, a contextual importance, a dynamic adjustment and an adjustment by a user.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the relative importance of the one or more events is dynamically based upon context of what action is being performed by the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more events are weighted by frequency of occurrence.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more events are weighted by recency of occurrence.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the ranking based upon number of the one or more events to occur with respect to an object with greater weight given to more recent events.

12. A non-transitory computer usable storage medium having instructions embodied therein that when executed causes a computer system to perform a method for event based object ranking, the method comprising:

computing an object query based upon a user action;

ranking results of the query based on events associated with objects in the results to create ranked results; and

providing the ranked results to the user in response to the query.

13. The non-transitory computer usable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the computing an object query based upon a user action comprises:

computing an object query based upon browsing interaction by the user within a dynamic system.

14. The non-transitory computer usable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the computing an object query based upon a user action comprises:

computing an object query based upon a specific query actively provided by the user.

15. The non-transitory computer usable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the ranking results of the query based on one or more events associated with objects in the results to create ranked results comprises:

assigning a coefficient of importance to each of the one or more events associated with an object of the results, wherein the coefficient of importance is based upon a relative importance assigned to an event type of one or more events.

16. The non-transitory computer usable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the one or more events are weighted from the group consisting of:

a pre-determined relative importance, a dynamic importance based upon context of what action is being performed by the user, a frequency of occurrence and a recency of occurrence.

17. The non-transitory computer usable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the ranking based upon number of the one or more events to occur with respect to an object with greater weight given to more recent events.

18. The non-transitory computer usable storage medium of claim 12, wherein a predefined coefficient of importance of the one or more events is selected from the group consisting of:

a default setting, a contextual importance, a dynamic adjustment and an adjustment by a user.

19. A computer implemented system for event based object ranking in a dynamic system, said computer implemented system comprising:

an object query module for computing an object query;

a query result receiver for receiving results of the query;

a query result ranker for ranking results of the query based on events associated with objects in the results to create ranked results; and

a result provider to provide the ranked results in a tangible user accessible format.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the object query module computes the object query based upon a user action.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the query result ranker dynamically adjusts the ranking results by observing event characteristics of objects that a user selects in the ranked results.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the query result ranker periodically re-ranks the objects that have been provided to a user based on a dynamic occurrence of an additional event in the system.