Systems and methods for information management using socially constructed graphs
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of collaboratively managing an entity-relationship database, comprising:
- displaying an entity-relationship graph showing a graphical representation of the entity-relationship database to a first user, said graph comprising a plurality of nodes representing entities stored in the entity-relationship database and a plurality of edges representing relations stored in said entity-relationship database;
creating a first new relationship in the entity-relationship database in response to an input from said first user, generating an updated version of said entity-relationship graph;
displaying the updated entity-relationship graph to a second user;
creating a second new relationship using the updated version of the entity-relationship graph in the entity-relationship database in response to an input from said second user;
assigning a voting weight to the first or the second relationships relative to another relationship in said entity-relationship database in response to an input from a voting user;
collecting data on expert status of the voting user, said expert status indicating whether the voting user is an expert on a given topic;
assigning a credibility weight to the voting weight from the voting user based on the expert status of the voting user;
disambiguating the first and the second relationship relative to other relationships in the entity-relationship database based on said voting weight and said credibility weight; and
storing the first new relationship and the second new relationship in the entity-relationship database and a result from the disambiguating step in memory.
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Abstract
The present invention allows for an easy-to-use, web-based, schema-less database system that provides organizations the ability to organically model, store, and access information in an iterative and evolutionary manner. Users are encouraged to grow and explore the information domain intuitively. One embodiment is a method of collaboratively managing an entity-relationship database, including: displaying an entity-relationship graph to a first user, and creating a new relationship in the database in response to an input from said first user. Then, displaying an updated entity-relationship graph to a second user, and creating a second new relationship in the database in response to an input from the second user. Finally, assigning a voting weight to one or more relationships in the database in response to an input from a voting user, and disambiguating two or more relationships based on the voting weight from the voting user.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of collaboratively managing an entity-relationship database, comprising:
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displaying an entity-relationship graph showing a graphical representation of the entity-relationship database to a first user, said graph comprising a plurality of nodes representing entities stored in the entity-relationship database and a plurality of edges representing relations stored in said entity-relationship database; creating a first new relationship in the entity-relationship database in response to an input from said first user, generating an updated version of said entity-relationship graph; displaying the updated entity-relationship graph to a second user; creating a second new relationship using the updated version of the entity-relationship graph in the entity-relationship database in response to an input from said second user; assigning a voting weight to the first or the second relationships relative to another relationship in said entity-relationship database in response to an input from a voting user; collecting data on expert status of the voting user, said expert status indicating whether the voting user is an expert on a given topic; assigning a credibility weight to the voting weight from the voting user based on the expert status of the voting user; disambiguating the first and the second relationship relative to other relationships in the entity-relationship database based on said voting weight and said credibility weight; and storing the first new relationship and the second new relationship in the entity-relationship database and a result from the disambiguating step in memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer system for collaboratively managing an entity-relationship database, the system comprising:
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one or more memories for storing program code; one or more communication links to the entity-relationship database; and one or more processors, operatively connected to the one or more memories, for executing the stored program code, which when executed causes the system to perform a process comprising the steps of; displaying an entity-relationship graph showing a graphical representation of the entity-relationship database to a first user, said graph comprising a plurality of nodes representing entities stored in the entity-relationship database and a plurality of edges representing relations stored in said entity-relationship database; creating a first new relationship in the entity-relationship database in response to an input from said first user, generating an updated version of said entity-relationship graph; displaying the updated entity-relationship graph to a second user; creating a second new relationship using the updated version of the entity-relationship graph in the entity-relationship database in response to an input from said second user; assigning a voting weight to the first or the second relationships relative to another relationship in said entity-relationship database in response to an input from a voting user; collecting data on expert status of the voting user, said expert status indicating whether the voting user is an expert on a given topic; assigning a credibility weight to the voting weight from the voting user based on the expert status of the voting user; disambiguating the first and the second relationship relative to other relationships in the entity-relationship database based on said voting weight and said credibility weight; and storing the first new relationship and the second new relationship in the entity-relationship database and a result from the disambiguating step in memory. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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