Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing ontological domain services

• US 7,941,519 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2009
• Issued: 05/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Tischer, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Jacobs; Lashonda T
• Application Number:
  US12/582,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20100042575A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/217, 709/219, 709/223, 709/224, 707/1, 707/3, 707/10, 707/100, 707/102, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4547 for personal communications, i.e. using a personal identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• 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

Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing ontological domain services are provided. A method includes gathering information elements relating to an individual from trusted sources of information via secure channels of communication. The method also includes creating an ontological domain that is specific to the individual using the information elements accrued from the sources. The information elements are acquired from detectable behaviors of the individual over time. The ontological domain is automatically generated from the detectable behaviors and absent any intervention by the individual. The method also includes determining an interest that is specific to the individual based upon relevancy analyses performed with respect to the information elements and making the interest available to the individual or entity.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for implementing ontological domain services, comprising:

gathering, via an application executing on a host system computer, information elements relating to an individual from trusted sources of information via secure channels of communication;

creating an ontological domain that is specific to the individual using the information elements accrued from the sources, the information elements acquired from detectable behaviors of the individual over time, the ontological domain automatically generated from the detectable behaviors and absent any intervention by the individual;

determining an interest that is specific to the individual based upon relevancy analyses performed with respect to the information elements; and

making the interest available to the individual or entity.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the creating an ontological domain includes:

determining primary terms from the information elements; and

for each set of information elements that correspond to a detectable behavior, creating a record including data fields;

populating one or more of the data fields with corresponding primary terms of the information elements.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the data fields include at least one of:

a date;

a time;

a location;

a name;

an address;

a behavior; and

a value.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the creating an ontological domain further comprises:

creating at least one sub-domain from contents of the data fields in the records, each of the at least one sub-domain corresponding to a category that is topically related to a subset of the contents in the data fields.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the relevancy analyses comprises:

continuously examining contents of the records and determining relevance using threshold criteria including at least one of;

a value threshold;

a frequency of occurrence threshold;

a pattern of occurrence threshold; and

a time-based threshold; and

prioritizing records in the ontological domain having met at least one of the threshold criteria, the computer-implemented method further comprising;

determining relationships between sub-domains of the ontological domain resulting from the determining relevance; and

anticipating the interest.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the detectable behaviors include at least one of:

a presence at a web site; and

an activity conducted at a web site; and

wherein the sources include at least one of;

a website;

a merchant;

a financial institution;

a search engine;

a service provider; and

the individual.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the detectable behaviors include:

an activity conducted at a physical location;

wherein the activity is determined by information elements derived from a combination of the sources.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the sources of information include a global positioning system, a source of weather information, and at least one of the website, merchant, financial institution, search engine, and service provider;

and

the information elements derived from the combination of sources include a global positioning system location of the individual as determined by the global positioning system, weather conditions at the global positioning system location as provided by the source of weather information, and nature of activity or event conducted at the physical location as determined by the at least one of the website, merchant, financial institution, search engine, and service provider;

wherein identifying an interest specific to the individual includes identifying a solution with respect to the activity, the solution based upon the information elements derived from the combination of sources.

9. A system for implementing ontological domain services, comprising:

a host system; and

an ontological domain application executing on the host system, the ontological domain application implementing;

gathering information elements relating to an individual from trusted sources of information via secure channels of communication;

creating an ontological domain that is specific to the individual using the information elements accrued from the sources, the information elements acquired from detectable behaviors of the individual over time, the ontological domain automatically generated from the detectable behaviors and absent any intervention by the individual;

determining an interest that is specific to the individual based upon relevancy analyses performed with respect to the information elements; and

making the interest available to the individual or entity.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the creating an ontological domain includes:

determining primary terms from the information elements; and

for each set of information elements that correspond to a detectable behavior, creating a record including data fields;

populating one or more of the data fields with corresponding primary terms of the information elements.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the creating an ontological domain further comprises:

creating at least one sub-domain from contents of the data fields in the records, each of the at least one sub-domain corresponding to a category that is topically related to a subset of the contents in the data fields.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the relevancy analyses comprises:

continuously examining contents of the records and determining relevance using threshold criteria including at least one of;

a value threshold;

a frequency of occurrence threshold;

a pattern of occurrence threshold; and

a time-based threshold; and

prioritizing records in the ontological domain having met at least one of the threshold criteria, the computer-implemented method further comprising;

determining relationships between sub-domains of the ontological domain resulting from the determining relevance; and

anticipating the interest.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the detectable behaviors include at least one of:

a presence at a web site; and

an activity conducted at a web site; and

wherein the sources include at least one of;

a website;

a merchant;

a financial institution;

a search engine;

a service provider; and

the individual.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the detectable behaviors include:

an activity conducted at a physical location;

wherein the activity is determined by information elements derived from a combination of the sources.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the sources of information include a global positioning system, a source of weather information, and at least one of the website, merchant, financial institution, search engine, and service provider;

and

the information elements derived from the combination of sources include a global positioning system location of the individual as determined by the global positioning system, weather conditions at the global positioning system location as provided by the source of weather information, and nature of activity or event conducted at the physical location as determined by the at least one of the website, merchant, financial institution, search engine, and service provider;

wherein identifying an interest specific to the individual includes identifying a solution with respect to the activity, the solution based upon the information elements derived from the combination of sources.

16. A computer program product for implementing ontological domain services, the computer program product including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

gathering information elements relating to an individual from trusted sources of information via secure channels of communication;

creating an ontological domain that is specific to the individual using the information elements accrued from the sources, the information elements acquired from detectable behaviors of the individual over time, the ontological domain automatically generated from the detectable behaviors and absent any intervention by the individual;

determining an interest that is specific to the individual based upon relevancy analyses performed with respect to the information elements; and

making the interest available to the individual or entity.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein the creating an ontological domain includes:

determining primary terms from the information elements; and

for each set of information elements that correspond to a detectable behavior, creating a record including data fields;

populating one or more of the data fields with corresponding primary terms of the information elements.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the creating an ontological domain further comprises:

creating at least one sub-domain from contents of the data fields in the records, each of the at least one sub-domain corresponding to a category that is topically related to a subset of the contents in the data fields.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the relevancy analyses comprises:

continuously examining contents of the records and determining relevance using threshold criteria including at least one of;

a value threshold;

a frequency of occurrence threshold;

a pattern of occurrence threshold; and

a time-based threshold; and

prioritizing records in the ontological domain having met at least one of the threshold criteria, the computer-implemented method further comprising;

determining relationships between sub-domains of the ontological domain resulting from the determining relevance; and

anticipating the interest.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein:

the detectable behaviors include at least one of;

a presence at a web site;

an activity conducted at a web site; and

an activity conducted at a physical location; and

wherein the sources include at least one of;

a website;

a merchant;

a financial institution;

a search engine;

a service provider; and

the individual;

wherein the activity is determined by information elements derived from a combination of the sources.