Facility for the intelligent selection of information objects (persona)
First Claim
1. A computer-based method for ordering information objects for presentation to a requester, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a set of information objects, connections between the information objects, and attributes associated with the connections;
receiving a first profile descriptor representing a first user'"'"'s information preferences and predetermined characteristics;
said first profile descriptor including a preference field and a confidence field associated with said preference field;
determining a subset of the information objects, connections, and attributes based on said first profile descriptor;
computing at least first utility values for the connections in the determined subset as a function of the connection attributes and the first profile descriptor;
normalizing the utility values, andwherein the preferences of the information objects identified by the connections are ordered according to the normalized utility values computed for the connections.
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Abstract
A system to intelligently link a computer user to enormous databases of multi-media information. The system provides an automated facility to determine the value of information based on each user'"'"'s subjective preferences. An execution is created by comparing these preferences with prior characterizations of information objects. Once the comparisons are made, an ordered list is compiled. The list provides a set of data sources starting with the most relevant and ending with the least relevant. By selecting and reviewing only the most significant references, the probability of locating a pertinent reference is increased dramatically while increasing the effectiveness of time spent reviewing results.
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1. A computer-based method for ordering information objects for presentation to a requester, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a set of information objects, connections between the information objects, and attributes associated with the connections; receiving a first profile descriptor representing a first user'"'"'s information preferences and predetermined characteristics; said first profile descriptor including a preference field and a confidence field associated with said preference field; determining a subset of the information objects, connections, and attributes based on said first profile descriptor; computing at least first utility values for the connections in the determined subset as a function of the connection attributes and the first profile descriptor; normalizing the utility values, and wherein the preferences of the information objects identified by the connections are ordered according to the normalized utility values computed for the connections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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