Generating search results based on determined relationships between data objects and user connections to identified destinations
First Claim
1. A method for searching a system, the method including:
- receiving by a processor based device a user context that identifies a search context relative to a personal identity of an individual seeking a search result;
identifying by the processor based device a portion of a connection context as relevant to the user context, the connection context identifying relationships between chosen destinations accessible via information sources that are reachable via a network, the chosen destinations including data objects and address identifiers for identified individuals having respective personal identities, each of the relationships having a strength increased by an aggregation of artifacts recorded in the network by the system and that represent accessing of at least a corresponding first and second of the chosen destinations by different individuals having different personal identities, each artifact identifying the corresponding personal identity and the corresponding chosen destination, at least one of the relationships established based on a determined correlation between a first and a second of the artifacts recorded within a time interval, the first artifact recorded in response as a first of the individuals accesses the first chosen destination using a first available user device and the second artifact recorded in response as the first individual accesses the second chosen destination using a second available user device distinct and independent from the first available user device, the strength of the one relationship increased by the aggregation of the associated artifacts, representing the accessing of the first and second chosen destinations by the different individuals, relative to the respective determined correlations; and
generating by the processor based device as the search result an ordered list of destination targets, including selected identified individuals identified based on their respective personal identities, including ordering the ordered list according to the portion of the connection context;
wherein the first and second available user devices are at a same location.
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Abstract
A search system generates an ordered list of destination targets including identified individuals and data objects, based on applying a user context to an information context and to a connection context. The user context identifies a search context (i.e., the information the user is seeking) relative to an identity of the user, and the information context identifies destinations accessible by the user, including data objects and communications-based actions (e.g., voice over IP telephony calls, instant messaging session transcripts, etc.). The connection context identifies relationships between chosen destinations throughout the system, and the strength of those relationships determined from artifacts of the chosen destinations: the connection context is updated based on artifact detection. The portion of the connection context that is relevant to the user context is used to order the portion of the information context that is relevant to the user context, resulting in the ordered list of destination targets.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for searching a system, the method including:
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receiving by a processor based device a user context that identifies a search context relative to a personal identity of an individual seeking a search result; identifying by the processor based device a portion of a connection context as relevant to the user context, the connection context identifying relationships between chosen destinations accessible via information sources that are reachable via a network, the chosen destinations including data objects and address identifiers for identified individuals having respective personal identities, each of the relationships having a strength increased by an aggregation of artifacts recorded in the network by the system and that represent accessing of at least a corresponding first and second of the chosen destinations by different individuals having different personal identities, each artifact identifying the corresponding personal identity and the corresponding chosen destination, at least one of the relationships established based on a determined correlation between a first and a second of the artifacts recorded within a time interval, the first artifact recorded in response as a first of the individuals accesses the first chosen destination using a first available user device and the second artifact recorded in response as the first individual accesses the second chosen destination using a second available user device distinct and independent from the first available user device, the strength of the one relationship increased by the aggregation of the associated artifacts, representing the accessing of the first and second chosen destinations by the different individuals, relative to the respective determined correlations; and generating by the processor based device as the search result an ordered list of destination targets, including selected identified individuals identified based on their respective personal identities, including ordering the ordered list according to the portion of the connection context; wherein the first and second available user devices are at a same location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for searching a system, the apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and memory coupled to said processor and having stored thereon instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to execute operations comprising; receiving a user context that identifies a search context relative to a personal identity of an individual seeking a search result, identifying a portion of a connection context as relevant to the user context, the connection context identifying relationships between chosen destinations accessible via information sources that are reachable via a network, the chosen destinations including data objects and address identifiers for identified individuals having respective personal identities, each of the relationships having a strength increased by an aggregation of artifacts recorded in the network by the system and that represent accessing of at least a corresponding first and second of the chosen destinations by different individuals having different personal identities, each artifact identifying the corresponding personal identity and the corresponding chosen destination, at least one of the relationships established based on a determined correlation between a first and a second of the artifacts recorded within a time interval, the first artifact recorded in response as a first of the individuals accesses the first chosen destination using a first available user device and the second artifact recorded in response as the first individual accesses the second chosen destination using a second available user device distinct and independent from the first available user device, the strength of the one relationship increased by the aggregation of the associated artifacts, representing the accessing of the first and second chosen destinations by the different individuals, relative to the respective determined correlations, and generating as the search result an ordered list of destination targets, including selected identified individuals identified based on their respective personal identities, including ordering the ordered list according to the portion of the connection context, the apparatus implemented as a processor-based device; wherein the first and second available user devices are at a same location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions for searching a system by a processor based device, the sequences of instructions including instructions for:
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receiving by the processor based device a user context that identifies a search context relative to a personal identity of an individual seeking a search result; identifying by the processor based device a portion of a connection context as relevant to the user context, the connection context identifying relationships between chosen destinations accessible via information sources that are reachable via a network, the chosen destinations including data objects and address identifiers for identified individuals having respective personal identities, each of the relationships having a strength increased by an aggregation of artifacts recorded in the network by the system and that represent accessing of at least a corresponding first and second of the chosen destinations by different individuals having different personal identities, each artifact identifying the corresponding personal identity and the corresponding chosen destination, at least one of the relationships established based on a determined correlation between a first and a second of the artifacts recorded within a time interval, the first artifact recorded in response as a first of the individuals accesses the first chosen destination using a first available user device and the second artifact recorded in response as the first individual accesses the second chosen destination using a second available user device distinct and independent from the first available user device, the strength of the one relationship increased by the aggregation of the associated artifacts, representing the accessing of the first and second chosen destinations by the different individuals, relative to the respective determined correlations; and generating by the processor based device as the search result an ordered list of destination targets, including selected identified individuals identified based on their respective personal identities, including ordering the ordered list according to the portion of the connection context;
,wherein the first and second available user devices are at a same location.
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