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Method and apparatus for assigning a confidence level to a term within a user knowledge profile

  • US 6,832,224 B2
  • Filed: 04/01/2002
  • Issued: 12/14/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer implemented method comprisingdynamically discovering a term in a current electronic document without reference to a pre-defined value and without reference to a pre-defined category, the current electronic document being received from an entity;

  • deriving a current confidence level for the term to measure a current strength of a dynamic association between the entity and information represented by the term; and

    assigning the current confidence level to the term in a profile for the entity, the profile comprising terms representing an information focus of the entity.

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