Interactive technique to automatically find and organize items similar to example items
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- recognizing a change to content of a user-populated list of items from an item space, wherein the user-populated list comprises two subgroups, said subgroups comprising a related-items group and a not-related-items group;
generating a query in response to the change, said query being based on characteristics of the items indicated in the user-populated list, wherein generating the query comprises;
finding positive characteristics among items indicated in the related items group;
assigning a positive relevance to each positive characteristic based on a weighted occurrence of a respective positive characteristic among the items indicated in the related-items group;
finding negative characteristics among items indicated in the not-related-items group; and
assigning a negative relevance to each negative characteristic based on a weighted occurrence of a respective negative characteristic among the items indicated in the not-related-items group; and
applying the query to the item space to identify a second list of items.
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Abstract
A technique for automatically finding and organizing items similar to example items includes providing related, not related, and suggestions group areas for one organization instance, each in these areas to contain items which may consist of documents. At least one example item for the one organization instance is provided by a user and placed in the related group area of the one organization instance. A database is searched using a relevance algorithm to try to locate at least one item which is related to the at least one item in the related group area based on a predetermined criterion and the located at least one item is placed in the suggestions group area of the one organization instance. The predetermined criterion is modified based on at least one of the user providing at least one additional example item and the user moving an item from one of the group areas to another of the group areas. The database is continually searched to locate and place additional items in the suggestions group area of the one organization instance which are related to the at least one item in the related group area based upon the modified predetermined criterion.
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1. A method comprising:
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recognizing a change to content of a user-populated list of items from an item space, wherein the user-populated list comprises two subgroups, said subgroups comprising a related-items group and a not-related-items group; generating a query in response to the change, said query being based on characteristics of the items indicated in the user-populated list, wherein generating the query comprises; finding positive characteristics among items indicated in the related items group; assigning a positive relevance to each positive characteristic based on a weighted occurrence of a respective positive characteristic among the items indicated in the related-items group; finding negative characteristics among items indicated in the not-related-items group; and assigning a negative relevance to each negative characteristic based on a weighted occurrence of a respective negative characteristic among the items indicated in the not-related-items group; and applying the query to the item space to identify a second list of items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A machine readable medium having stored thereon machine executable instructions, the execution of which to implement a method comprising:
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recognizing a change to content of a user-populated list of items from an item space, wherein the user-populated list comprises two subgroups, said subgroups comprising a related-items group and a not-related-items group; generating a query in response to the change, said query being based on characteristics of the items indicated in the user-populated list, wherein generating the query comprises; finding positive characteristics among items indicated in the related items group; assigning a positive relevance to each positive characteristic based on a weighted occurrence of a respective positive characteristic among the items indicated in the related-items group; finding negative characteristics among items indicated in the not-related-items group; and assigning a negative relevance to each negative characteristic based on a weighted occurrence of a respective negative characteristic among the items indicated in the not-related-items group; and applying the query to the item space to identify a second list of items. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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