Collaborative modeling environment

• US 8,676,768 B1
• Filed: 07/18/2011
• Issued: 03/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
• Original Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
• Inventors: Mosterman, Pieter J., Abizeid, Farid Antoine, Simsek, Hidayet T., Wey, Claudia Gaudagnini, Shakeri, Mojdeh, Torgerson, Jay Ryan
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Wilson
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hershley, Mark E
• Application Number:
  US13/185,374
• Time in Patent Office: 974 Days
• Field of Search: 707/688, 707/723, 707/748
• US Class Current: 707/688
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2457 with adaptation to user needs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results

Abstract

A system may receive a model, extract information from the model, form a group of tags using the extracted information, and associate the group of tags with the model. The system may further receive a search query including one or more sequences of characters and determine whether to provide the model in a list of models created for the search query, based on the one or more sequences of characters and the group of tags.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to provide access to a model via a remote model creation environment,

the remote model creation environment being used to create models,

the model including information relating to a computation;

one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to receive a rating for the model;

one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to determine a rating for the model based on the received rating; and

one or more instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to cause the determined rating for the model to be displayed, in the remote model creation environment, with information identifying the model,

the information identifying the model including;

information identifying a quantity of comments received for the model,

information identifying a date or a range of dates when the model was received by the at least one processor, and

information identifying a quantity of downloads of the model.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising:

one or more instructions to receive another rating for the model;

one or more instructions to determine an updated rating for the model based on the other rating; and

one or more instructions to cause the updated rating for the model to be displayed, in the remote model creation environment, with the information identifying the model.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, where the one or more instructions to determine the rating for the model include:

one or more instructions to determine an average of ratings received for the model,

where the ratings include the received rating,

where the determined average of the ratings corresponds to the determined rating, and

where the information identifying the model, displayed with the determined rating in the remote model creation environment, further includes at least one of;

information identifying a value for purchasing the model, or

at least one of the comments.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, where the one or more instructions to determine the rating for the model include:

one or more instructions to determine a mean of ratings received for the model,

where the ratings include the received rating, and

where the determined rating is based on the determined mean of the ratings.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, the instructions further comprising:

one or more instructions to determine a variance of the determined mean of the ratings,

where the determined rating is further based on the determined variance.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, where the model includes at least one element that includes one or more input ports and one or more output ports,

the at least one element corresponding to the information relating to the computation, and

where the information identifying the model, displayed with the determined rating in the remote model creation environment, further includes at least one of:

information identifying a value for purchasing the model, or

information identifying an author of the model.

3. A method comprising:

receiving a model at a modeling infrastructure,

the model including information relating to a computation,

the receiving the model being performed by a computing device;

making the model available for peer review,

the making available being performed by the computing device;

receiving a comment for the model based on making the model available for peer review,

the receiving the comment being performed by the computing device;

causing the model to be made available for sharing with one or more users, via the modeling infrastructure, based on the peer review,

the causing being performed by the computing device; and

providing, to at least one of the one or more users, a document that includes information associated with the model and the comment based on a request from the at least one of the one or more users,

the information associated with the model including;

information identifying a quantity of comments received for the model,

information identifying a quantity of downloads of the model, and

information identifying a value for purchasing the model,

the providing being performed by the computing device.

4. The method of claim 3,

where the model includes at least one element that includes one or more input ports and one or more output ports,

where the information, relating to the computation, includes the at least one element

the method further comprising:

receiving the comment for the model via the document that includes the information associated with the model.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

storing the comment and the information associated with the model in a memory;

receiving a search query;

retrieving, from the memory and based on the search query, at least a portion of the comment and the information associated with the model.

6. The method of claim 5, where the request from the at least one of the one or more users includes the search query, and

where the retrieved at least a portion of the comment and the information associated with the model is provided based on receiving the search query.

7. The method of claim 5, where the comment is received from a user,

the method further comprising:

transmitting a request for authentication to the user;

receiving information authenticating the user; and

receiving the comment from the user when the user is authenticated.

8. The method of claim 3, where the model is received from a user, and

where the information associated with the model, included in the document, further includes information identifying the user,

the method further comprising:

storing the comment and the information associated with the model in a memory;

receiving the request from the at least one of the one or more users; and

providing, based on the request, at least one of the information identifying the user or the comment.

13. A system comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions in the memory to;

receive at least one of;

a rating for a model, or

a comment for the model,

the model being created by a user,

the model including information relating to a computation,

associate, in the memory, the at least one of the rating or the comment with information associated with the model,

receive a request for the model,

the request being received after associating the at least one of the rating or the comment with the information associated with the model, and

provide, based on receiving the request, a document that includes the information associated with the model and information that is based on the at least one of the rating or the comment,

the information associated with the model including;

information identifying a quantity of comments received for the model,

information identifying a date or a range of dates when the model was received by the processor, and

information identifying a quantity of downloads of the model.

14. The system of claim 13,

where the document further includes a plurality of elements to rate the model,

each of the plurality of elements corresponding to a different rating of a plurality of ratings,

where, when receiving the at least one of the rating or the comment, the processor is to detect selection of one of the plurality of elements, and

where, when associating the at least one of the rating or the comment with the information associated the model, the processor is to associate a rating that is based on a particular rating, of the plurality of ratings, corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of elements, with the information associated with the model.

15. The system of claim 13, where, when receiving the at least one of the rating or the comment, the processor is to receive the rating, and

where the processor is further to:

determine a mean of ratings received for the model,

where the ratings include the received rating, and

determine a rating for the model based on the determined mean,

where the information that is based on the at least one of the rating or the comment includes the determined rating.

16. The system of claim 15, where the processor is further to:

determine a variance of the determined mean of the ratings, and

where the determined rating is further based on the determined variance.

17. The system of claim 13, where, when receiving the at least one of the rating or the comment, the processor is to receive the rating, and

where the processor is further to:

receive another rating for the model,

determine a rating, for the model, that is based on the rating and the other rating,

where the information that is based on the at least one of the rating or the comment includes the determined rating.

18. The system of claim 13,

where the at least one of the rating or the comment is received via the document.

19. The system of claim 13, where the at least one of the rating or the comment is received from another user, and

where, when receiving the at least one of the rating or the comment, the processor is further to:

transmit a request for authentication to the other user;

receive information authenticating the other user; and

receive, from the other user, the at least one of the rating or the comment when the other user is authenticated.

20. The system of claim 13, where the model includes at least one element that includes one or more input ports and one or more output ports, and

where the information associated with the model further includes at least one of:

information identifying a value for purchasing the model, or

information identifying the user that created the model.