Method and system for creating a concept-object database
First Claim
1. A method for creating a concept-object database by an electronic computer, the method comprising:
- producing an initial set of semantic objects, each semantic object including a reference to encoded information and an initial list of one or more tags;
binding hyperlinks to semantic objects and processing the hyperlink-bound semantic objects in order to produce a set of first-level concept objects; and
binding additional hyperlinks to first-level concept objects and further processing the additional-hyperlink-bound first-level concept objects to produce a set of concept objects stored in a concept-object database bysearching electronically encoded information, such as web pages within the world-wide web, to identify hyperlinks within the electronically encoded information to identify hyperlinks contained in the electronically encoded information, each identified hyperlink encoded in a hyperlink-based object; and
for each semantic object,binding, to the semantic object, hyperlinks that reference the encoded information referenced by the semantic object to create a hyperlink context for each semantic object,determining whether a hyperlink-bound semantic object can be promoted to a first-level concept object, andwhen hyperlink-bound semantic object can be promoted to a first-level concept object, processing the hyperlink-bound semantic object to produce a corresponding first-level concept object associated with emergent terms.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to acquiring information from the worldwide web, organizing information acquired from the worldwide web, and using the acquired and organized information to facilitate web-page searching, web-page browsing, and other worldwide-web-based activities. In one embodiment of the present invention, a database of concept objects is created from an initial set of semantic objects and from hyperlink information obtained from web pages by one or more web crawlers. The initial set of semantic objects is processed using hyperlink based objects created by the web crawler. The processed semantic objects are then associated with additional hyperlink-based objects to create a concept-object database. In certain embodiments of the present invention, the concept-object database can be further refined and supplemented in an automated fashion by additional web crawling, subsequent association of hyperlink-based objects with concept objects, and creation of new concept objects as well as by user input to, and editing of, the concept-object database. The concept-object database may be employed, in various embodiments of the present invention, to facilitate web browsing, web-page searching, and other worldwide-web-base activities.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for creating a concept-object database by an electronic computer, the method comprising:
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producing an initial set of semantic objects, each semantic object including a reference to encoded information and an initial list of one or more tags; binding hyperlinks to semantic objects and processing the hyperlink-bound semantic objects in order to produce a set of first-level concept objects; and binding additional hyperlinks to first-level concept objects and further processing the additional-hyperlink-bound first-level concept objects to produce a set of concept objects stored in a concept-object database by searching electronically encoded information, such as web pages within the world-wide web, to identify hyperlinks within the electronically encoded information to identify hyperlinks contained in the electronically encoded information, each identified hyperlink encoded in a hyperlink-based object; and for each semantic object, binding, to the semantic object, hyperlinks that reference the encoded information referenced by the semantic object to create a hyperlink context for each semantic object, determining whether a hyperlink-bound semantic object can be promoted to a first-level concept object, and when hyperlink-bound semantic object can be promoted to a first-level concept object, processing the hyperlink-bound semantic object to produce a corresponding first-level concept object associated with emergent terms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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