Activities based dynamic data prioritization

• US 8,700,622 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2011
• Issued: 04/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Fay, Peter, Feigenbaum, Barry Alan, Woodward, Elizabeth Vera, Yan, Shunguo
• Primary Examiner(s): Richardson, James E
• Application Number:
  US13/328,981
• Publication Number:
  US 20130159296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 707731-733, 707/735
• US Class Current: 707/731
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

A system, and computer program product for activity based dynamic data prioritization are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A user activity corresponding to a user is selected. A query is constructed corresponding to the user activity. The query is executed on a data source to obtain a result set of data. A prioritization rule is constructed using a feature of the query and a policy. Data items in the result set of data are prioritized according to the prioritization rule to form prioritized data. The prioritized data is presented relative to the user activity.

Claims

1. A computer usable program product comprising a computer usable storage device including computer usable code for activity based dynamic data prioritization, the computer usable code comprising:

computer usable code for selecting a user activity corresponding to a user;

computer usable code for constructing a query corresponding to the user activity, wherein the query comprises a set of terms, wherein a term in the query is derived from a term appearing in the activity;

computer usable code for executing the query on a data source to obtain a result set of data;

computer usable code for constructing a prioritization rule using a feature of the query and a policy, wherein the constructing comprises identifying a correspondence between a term in the query and a term in the policy wherein the policy assigns a weight to the term in the policy, and assigning in the prioritization rule the weight to the term in the query;

computer usable code for prioritizing data items in the result set of data according to the prioritization rule to form prioritized data, wherein each data item in the result set has a corresponding computed weight, wherein a data item in the result set corresponds to a subset of terms in the query, wherein the subset of terms have associated therewith a corresponding subset of weights according to the prioritization rule, wherein a computed weight of the data item is computed using the subset of weights assigned to the subset of terms in the query, and wherein the prioritizing prioritizes the data items according to their corresponding computed weights; and

computer usable code for presenting the prioritized data relative to the user activity.

2. The computer usable program product of claim 1, further comprising:

computer usable code for receiving a set of user activities; and

computer usable code for ordering, using a processor and a memory, the set of user activities to form an ordered set of user activities, wherein selecting the user activity is selecting the user activity from the ordered set of user activities.

3. The computer usable program product of claim 2, wherein the set of user activities includes a planned activity and an expected activity.

4. The computer usable program product of claim 2, wherein an activity in the set of user activities is a planned meeting on a calendar application.

5. The computer usable program product of claim 2, wherein the ordering orders the set of user activities according to a chronological order.

6. The computer usable program product of claim 1, wherein the computer usable code is stored in a computer readable storage medium in a data processing system, and wherein the computer usable code is transferred over a network from a remote data processing system.

7. The computer usable program product of claim 1, wherein the computer usable code is stored in a computer readable storage medium in a server data processing system, and wherein the computer usable code is downloaded over a network to a remote data processing system for use in a computer readable storage medium associated with the remote data processing system.

8. A data processing system for activity based dynamic data prioritization, the data processing system comprising:

a storage device including a storage medium, wherein the storage device stores computer usable program code; and

a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code, and wherein the computer usable program code comprises;

computer usable code for selecting a user activity corresponding to a user;

computer usable code for constructing a query corresponding to the user activity, wherein the query comprises a set of terms, wherein a term in the query is derived from a term appearing in the activity;

computer usable code for executing the query on a data source to obtain a result set of data;

computer usable code for constructing a prioritization rule using a feature of the query and a policy, wherein the constructing comprises identifying a correspondence between a term in the query and a term in the policy wherein the policy assigns a weight to the term in the policy, and assigning in the prioritization rule the weight to the term in the query;

computer usable code for prioritizing data items in the result set of data according to the prioritization rule to form prioritized data, wherein each data item in the result set has a corresponding computed weight, wherein a data item in the result set corresponds to a subset of terms in the query, wherein the subset of terms have associated therewith a corresponding subset of weights according to the prioritization rule, wherein a computed weight of the data item is computed using the subset of weights assigned to the subset of terms in the query, and wherein the prioritizing prioritizes the data items according to their corresponding computed weights; and

computer usable code for presenting the prioritized data relative to the user activity.