Information system based on time, space and relevance

• US 8,160,980 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2008
• Issued: 04/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DigiMedia Tech, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: YDreams - Informatica S.A.
• Inventors: Da Silva Fernandes, Theo Rangel Correia, Rodrigues Cardoso, Pedro Nuno, Dos Santos Danado, Jose Carlos, Da Conceicao Bilou, Tiago Miguel, Manuel Nabais, Fernando, Tojal Loia Soares Silva, Joao Pedro
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): KENNEDY, ADRIAN L
• Application Number:
  US12/171,892
• Publication Number:
  US 20090037354A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,376 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 706/45
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

An information system based on time, space and relevance is provided. The system comprises a client that displays information in a user-friendly manner and is located in a domestic environment; a proxy that handles the collection and parsing of data; a server that gathers usage data from the client; a database data mining cluster that allows for user profiling and time, space and relevance analysis; a set of information channels, which are periodically updated, and upon which automatic suggestions are given based on a user profile.

Claims

1. An information system based on time, space and relevance, said system comprising:

a client that displays information in a user-friendly manner;

a proxy that handles the collection and parsing of data;

a server that gathers usage data from the client;

a data mining cluster that allows for user profiling and time, space and relevance analysis;

a set of information channels, which are periodically updated, and upon which automatic suggestions are given based on a user profile.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the client is a thin client.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the proxy is divided between the client and the server.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the data handled by the proxy is in extensible markup language (XML) format.

5. An information system, said information system comprising:

at least one client that displays information related to a plurality of information channels;

a data mining cluster which performs user profiling and time, space and relevance analysis, wherein suggestions are provided to said at least one client based on a user profile and said time, space, and relevance analysis, and wherein said plurality of information channels are updated based on said suggestions.

6. The system, according to claim 5, wherein the at least one client is a thin client.

7. The system according to claim 5, wherein said at least one client comprises a proxy that collects and parses data.

8. The system according to claim 5, wherein said plurality of information channels are periodically updated.

9. The system according to claim 5, wherein said suggestions are automatically provided to said at least one client.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein the data collected by the proxy is in extensible markup language (XML) format.

11. A client device for obtaining information based on time, space and relevance analysis received from a data mining cluster, said device comprising:

at least one user interface for entering data;

a screen for displaying said information;

an input/output unit for receiving said information and transmitting said data, wherein automatic suggestions are received, via said input/output unit, based on a user profile and said time, space, and relevance analysis.

12. The client device according to claim 11, wherein the client device is a thin client device.

13. The client device according to claim 11, further comprising a proxy for pre-fetching said information.