Method and system for constructing a knowledge profile of a user having unrestricted and restricted access portions according to respective levels of confidence of content of the portions
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of constructing a user knowledge profile, the method including:
- automatically assigning a confidence level to content within an electronic document associated with a first user, the content being potentially indicative of a user knowledge base of the first user; and
storing the content in either a first or a second portion of a user knowledge profile of the first user according to the assigned confidence level,wherein the first and the second portions of the user knowledge profile of the first user have different access restrictions with respect to a second user.
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Abstract
A method of constructing a user knowledge profile, having distinct public and private portions with different access restrictions, requires assigning a confidence level to content within an electronic document. The electronic document is associated with a user, such as for example the author of the document. The content may be potentially indicative of a knowledge base of the user. The content is then stored in either the public or private portion of the user knowledge profile dependent upon whether the confidence level exceeds, or falls below, a predetermined threshold level. The public portion of the user knowledge profile is freely accessible by third parties, whereas the private portion has restricted access.
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67 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of constructing a user knowledge profile, the method including:
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automatically assigning a confidence level to content within an electronic document associated with a first user, the content being potentially indicative of a user knowledge base of the first user; and storing the content in either a first or a second portion of a user knowledge profile of the first user according to the assigned confidence level, wherein the first and the second portions of the user knowledge profile of the first user have different access restrictions with respect to a second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A data processing system for constructing a user knowledge profile, the system comprising:
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confidence logic to examine an electronic document, associated with a first user, and to assign a confidence level to content within the electronic document, the content being potentially indicative of a user knowledge base of the first user; and a profiler to store the content in either the first or second portion of the user knowledge profile of the first user according to the assigned confidence level, wherein the first and the second portions of the user knowledge profile of the first user have different access restrictions with respect to a second user. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A data processing system for constructing a user knowledge profile, the system comprising:
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confidence means for examining an electronic document, associated with a first user, and for assigning a confidence level to content within the electronic document, the content being potentially indicative of a user knowledge base of the first user; and profiling means for storing the content in either the first or the second portion of the user knowledge profile of the first user according to the assigned confidence level, wherein the first and the second portions of the user knowledge profile of the first user have different access restrictions with respect to a second user.
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67. A computer-readable medium for use by a computer for constructing a user knowledge profile storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the steps of:
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automatically assigning a confidence level to content within an electronic document associated with a first user, the content being potentially indicative of a user knowledge base of the first user; and storing the content in either the first or second portion of a user knowledge profile of the first user according to the assigned confidence level, wherein the first and the second portions of the user knowledge profile of the first user have different access restrictions with respect to a second user.
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