Systems and methods for predicting usage of a web site using proximal cues
First Claim
1. A method for predicting usage of a collection of content portions comprising:
- entering a user information need, a requested user starting location and a requested number of iterations;
determining a connection topology of the collection of content portions, the connection topology including a plurality of connections, each of the plurality of connections being contained in a respective one of the content portions included in the collection of content portions and connecting the respective one of the content portions to another of the content portions;
for each connection determined, determining proximal information cue words associated with each connection, storing at least one of the proximal information cue words based on the connection;
determining a predicted user presence in the collection of content portions by determining similarity between the stored proximal information cue words and the user information need;
determining a user path from the requested user starting location to a final destination based on the user information need based on spreading activation using the predicted user presence in the collection of content portions and the requested starting location for the requested number of iterations.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for predicting the usage of a document collection given proximal cue information in the documents, a starting point and the user'"'"'s information needs. A document collection topology matrix is created indicating links between document content portions. The link entry documents are analyzed for proximal cue words based on link URL, surrounding text and title. For image links, the connected to document information may also be used. Proximal cue words are added to a matrix relating proximal cue words and links. The proximal scent matrix indicates a similarity between the user'"'"'s information need and the proximal cue word matrix. A distal scent information matrix is also calculated using distal document information and combined with the proximal scent matrix. Spreading activation is then applied to the resulting matrix using the starting location for a requested number of iterations and resulting in a predicted usage of the document collection.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for predicting usage of a collection of content portions comprising:
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entering a user information need, a requested user starting location and a requested number of iterations;
determining a connection topology of the collection of content portions, the connection topology including a plurality of connections, each of the plurality of connections being contained in a respective one of the content portions included in the collection of content portions and connecting the respective one of the content portions to another of the content portions;
for each connection determined, determining proximal information cue words associated with each connection, storing at least one of the proximal information cue words based on the connection;
determining a predicted user presence in the collection of content portions by determining similarity between the stored proximal information cue words and the user information need;
determining a user path from the requested user starting location to a final destination based on the user information need based on spreading activation using the predicted user presence in the collection of content portions and the requested starting location for the requested number of iterations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for predicting usage of a collection of content portions comprising:
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a controller;
a memory;
a topology determining circuit that determines a connection topology of a collection of content portions, the connection topology including plurality of connections, each of the plurality of connections being contained in a respective one of the content portions included in the collection of content portions and connecting the respective one of the collection portions to another of the content portions;
an input/output circuit for entering a user information need, user requested starting location in the collection of content portions and a requested number of iterations;
a connection determining circuit that identifies connections between content portions;
a proximal information cue word determining circuit that determines proximal cue words for each determined connection and stores at least one of the proximal information cue words based on the connection;
a user presence predicting circuit that determines a similarity between each stored proximal information cue word and the user information need to create an information scent array;
a spreading activation circuit that determines a user path based on user requested starting location in the collection of content portions to a final destination in the collection of content portions based on spreading activation applied the requested number of iterations to the information scent array and the user requested starting location in the collection of content portions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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