Semantic web portal and platform

• US 7,433,876 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2005
• Issued: 10/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fiver LLC
• Original Assignee: Radar Networks Incorporated (EVRI Incorporated)
• Inventors: Wissner, James Matthew, Thorisson, Kristinn R., Spivack, Nova
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleurantin, Jean Bolte
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US11/062,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20060004703A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,326 Days
• Field of Search: 707/2, 707/4, 707/10, 707100-102, 707/104.1, 709217-223, 706/55
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

The patent describes a single location and application on a network where a user can organize public, group, and private/personal information and have this single, location accessible to the public. A new, ontology-driven portal that organizes all three categories of data according to various “facets” using underlying ontologies to define each “facet” and wherein any type of information can be classified and linked to other types of information is disclosed. An application that enables a user to effectively utilize and manage knowledge and data the user posses and allows other users to effectively and seamlessly benefit from the user'"'"'s knowledge and data over a computer network is also disclosed. A method of processing content created by a user utilizing a semantic, ontology-driven portal on a computer network is described. The semantic portal application provides the user with a content base, such as a semantic form or meta-form, for creating a semantic posting. The semantic portal utilizes a knowledge data structure, such as a taxonomy or ontology, in preparing a semantic posting based on the information provided by the user via the content base. The semantic portal application prepares a preview of a semantic posting for evaluation by the user. The semantic posting is then either modified by the user or accepted and posted by the user for external parties to view.

Claims

1. A method of a semantics-driven web-portal having a plurality of knowledge objects provided by users on a computing network, the method comprising:

receiving a request to create the web-portal from a creator user;

granting default access and edit permissions of the plurality of knowledge objects to the creator user;

identifying a set of user preferences specified by the creator user, the set of user preferences further comprising permissions governing access or edit rights of the plurality of knowledge objects by a guest user;

wherein the guest user is exclusive of the creator user;

enforcing the governing access or edit rights of the plurality of knowledge objects by the guest users;

receiving, a request from the creator user to add content for generating a semantic posting;

analyzing the content;

associating the content with a knowledge data structure for the semantic posting;

creating a new knowledge data structure, the new knowledge data structure being configured to represent a part of the content;

linking the semantic posting to the new knowledge data structure;

wherein the new knowledge data structure is created to represent at least one selected from the group comprising;

a person, a concept, and an unspecified type; and

providing access to the semantic posting in the web-portal to the guest user based on the governing access or edit rights;

wherein visibility or editability of the semantic posting is determined by at least one privacy setting in the set of user preferences.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an access request from the guest user to interact with the web-portal;

wherein the access request comprises one or more of a request for, viewing, writing, or editing one or more of the plurality of knowledge objects in the web-portal;

determining the permissions governing access or edit rights possessed by the guest user; and

in response to determining that the guest user possesses the permissions to satisfy the access request received from the guest user, enabling the guest user to interact with the web-portal.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, enhancing the semantic posting via mining at least part of the content base and determining whether any other knowledge data structure available in the portal satisfies a relatedness criterion with regard to the semantic posting.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein it is determined that at least one knowledge data structure satisfies the relatedness criterion, further comprising:

linking the semantic posting to the at least one other knowledge data structure.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising, providing a template of a predetermined format based on an identified type of the content to be added, the template specifiable by the creator user to facilitate generation of the semantic posting;

wherein the predetermined format is optionally user modifiable.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, the web-portal is semantic-search enabled.

7. A method of a semantics-driven web-portal having a plurality of knowledge objects provided by users on a computing network, the method comprising:

receiving a request to create the web-portal from a creator user;

granting default access and edit permissions of the plurality of knowledge objects to the creator user;

identifying a set of user preferences specified by the creator user, the set of user preferences further comprising permissions governing access or edit rights of the plurality of knowledge objects by a guest user;

wherein the guest user is exclusive of the creator user;

enforcing the governing access or edit rights of the plurality of knowledge objects by the guest users;

receiving a request from the creator user to add content for generating a semantic posting;

providing a template of a predetermined format based on an identified type of the content to be added, the template is user-specifiable to facilitate generation of the semantic posting;

wherein the predetermined format is optionally user modifiable;

analyzing the content;

associating the content with a knowledge data structure for the semantic posting;

creating a new knowledge data structure, the new knowledge data structure being configured to represent a part of the content;

linking the semantic posting to the new knowledge data structure;

wherein the new knowledge data structure is created to represent at least one selected from the group comprising;

a person, a concept, and an unspecified type;

providing access to the semantic posting in the web-portal to the guest user based on the governing access or edit rights;

wherein visibility or editability of the semantic posting is determined by at least one privacy setting in the set of user preferences;

receiving an access request from the guest user to interact with the web-portal;

wherein the access request comprises one or more of a request for, viewing, writing, or editing one or more of the plurality of knowledge objects in the web-portal;

determining the permissions governing access or edit rights possessed by the guest user; and

in response to determining that the guest user possesses the permissions to satisfy the access request received from the guest user, enabling the guest user to interact with the web-portal.