System and method for establishing relevance of objects in an enterprise system

• US 7,747,631 B1
• Filed: 01/11/2007
• Issued: 06/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Text Holdings, Inc. (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Recommind Incorporated (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Hofmann, Thomas, Puzicha, Jan
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleurantin; Jean B
• Application Number:
  US11/653,136
• Time in Patent Office: 1,265 Days
• Field of Search: 707 1- 10, 707100-1041, 707200-206, 715/700
• US Class Current: 707/748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90335 Query processing

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program for establishing relevance of objects in an enterprise system is provided. One or more objects are assigned to content associated with an enterprise system. One or more query terms are received from a user. A preliminary relevance of the one or more objects is determined based on the query terms. Ratings are assigned to the one or more objects based on the preliminary relevance. An overall relevance of the one or more objects is established based on the ratings.

Claims

1. A method for establishing relevance of objects in an enterprise system via a computing device comprising:

assigning one or more objects to content associated with an enterprise system;

receiving one or more query terms from a user;

determining a preliminary relevance of the one or more objects based on the query terms;

assigning at least one rating to the one or more objects based on the preliminary relevance, wherein the at least one rating comprises a connection strength between the one or more objects that indicates the strength of transitive properties between the one or more objects; and

establishing an overall relevance of the one or more objects based on the at least one rating.

2. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising associating metadata with the one or more objects.

3. The method recited in claim 2, further comprising associating the at least one rating with the metadata.

4. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising categorizing the one or more objects according to one or more domains.

5. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising returning search results to the user based on the overall relevance.

6. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one rating comprises a domain weight associated with the one or more objects.

7. A system for establishing relevance of objects in an enterprise system, the system having at least one computing device, the system comprising:

an object module configured to assign one or more objects to content associated with an enterprise system;

a communications interface configured to receive one or more query terms from a user; and

a weight module configured to determine a preliminary relevance of the one or more objects based on the query terms, to assign at least one rating to the one or more objects based on the preliminary relevance, wherein the at least one rating comprises a connection strength between the one or more objects that indicates the strength of transitive properties between the one or more objects, and to establish an overall relevance of the one or more objects based on the at least one rating.

8. The system recited in claim 7, wherein the objects module is further configured to associate metadata with the one or more objects.

9. The system recited in claim 8, wherein the objects module is further configured to associate the at least one rating with the metadata.

10. The system recited in claim 7, further comprising a domain module configured to categorize the one or more objects according to one or more domains.

11. The system recited in claim 7, wherein the communications interface is further configured to return search results to the user based on the overall relevance.

12. The system recited in claim 7, wherein the at least one rating comprises a domain weight associated with the one or more objects.

13. A computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for establishing relevance of objects in an enterprise system, the method comprising:

assigning one or more objects to content associated with an enterprise system;

receiving one or more query terms from a user;

determining a preliminary relevance of the one or more objects based on the query terms;

assigning at least one rating to the one or more objects based on the preliminary relevance, wherein the at least one rating comprises a connection strength between the one or more objects that indicates the strength of transitive properties between the one or more objects; and

establishing an overall relevance of the one or more objects based on the at least one rating.

14. The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 13, further comprising associating metadata with the one or more objects.

15. The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 14, further comprising associating the at least one rating with the metadata.

16. The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 13, further comprising categorizing the one or more objects according to one or more domains.

17. The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 13, further comprising returning search results to the user based on the overall relevance.

18. The computer readable storage medium recited in claim 13, wherein the at least one rating comprises a domain weight associated with the one or more objects.