Techniques for identifying and linking related content
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1. A method that is executed by a processor to perform:
- receiving a content network node for a principal representing principal-shared content for a principal-defined topic;
acquiring local content from a local processing environment of the principal by excluding any pieces of content from the local processing environment that has been flagged by the principal and indicates the principal does not want those pieces of content being acquired from the local processing environment, the local processing environment is storage locally controlled by and accessible to the principal;
deriving relationships for the principal-shared content and the local content, the relationships include the principal-defined topic, multiple identities for the principal that was used to author the local content and the principal-shared content, or one or more reputation ratings assigned to the multiple identities, wherein at least one reputation rating assigned to a particular one of the multiple identities based on a voting mechanism by a virtual community;
establishing a content network having the content network node and one or more additional content network nodes having the local content, the content network node and the additional content network nodes linked in the content network via the relationships, wherein the virtual community is associated with the content network; and
categorizing and ranking the content network node and the relationships using the reputation ratings.
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Abstract
Techniques for identifying and linking related content are provided. A principal content network node is received having principal-defined content organized around a principal-defined topic. Local content of the principal is also acquired. The principal-defined content and the local content are evaluated to derive relationships associated with principal identities, principal reputations, and the principal-defined topic. A content network is established that links the principal content network node to other content network nodes having the local content; the links are maintained in response to the relationships.
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1. A method that is executed by a processor to perform:
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receiving a content network node for a principal representing principal-shared content for a principal-defined topic; acquiring local content from a local processing environment of the principal by excluding any pieces of content from the local processing environment that has been flagged by the principal and indicates the principal does not want those pieces of content being acquired from the local processing environment, the local processing environment is storage locally controlled by and accessible to the principal; deriving relationships for the principal-shared content and the local content, the relationships include the principal-defined topic, multiple identities for the principal that was used to author the local content and the principal-shared content, or one or more reputation ratings assigned to the multiple identities, wherein at least one reputation rating assigned to a particular one of the multiple identities based on a voting mechanism by a virtual community; establishing a content network having the content network node and one or more additional content network nodes having the local content, the content network node and the additional content network nodes linked in the content network via the relationships, wherein the virtual community is associated with the content network; and categorizing and ranking the content network node and the relationships using the reputation ratings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method that is executed by a processor to perform:
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integrating content nodes into a content network, each content node having content for a particular topic, wherein at least one content node is defined by a first principal and at least one content node is acquired from local content located in a local processing environment of the first principal, the local processing environment is storage locally controlled by and accessible to the first principal; establishing a plurality of links between the content nodes in response to reputations ratings for the first principal and other principals and discounting at least one reputation rating discounted within the content network until that reputation rating is attested to by an identity service, and wherein at least one reputation rating assigned to the first principal based on a voting mechanism by a virtual community associated with the content network; custom organizing and ranking the content nodes and content within the content nodes based on principal-supplied criteria, and wherein custom organizing and ranking further includes categorizing and ranking the content nodes and relationships defined the links using the reputation ratings; and automatically managing the content network and the links via one or more policies. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A processor-implemented system, comprising:
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a processor configured with a semantic analyzer implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and to execute on the processor; and the processor or another processor of the network configured with a content network manager implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and to execute on the processor or another processor of a network; wherein the semantic analyzer derives relationships from local content included in a local processing environment of a principal and provides those relationships and local content to the content network manager, the local content acquired from a local processing environment of the principal and excludes pieces of content that were flagged by the principal indicating the principal does not want those pieces of content acquired, the local processing environment is storage controlled by the principal and accessible locally to the principal, the content network manager uses the relationships with a content network node defining a particular topic for the principal to establish a content network for the principal, the content network having the content network node and other content network nodes assembled from the local content and the content network node and the other content network nodes linked within the content network via the relationships, and the relationship includes multiple principal identities used by the principal, and wherein the relationships further include reputation ratings for each of the identities, and wherein at least one reputation rating assigned to a particular one of the multiple principal identities based on a voting mechanism by a virtual community, wherein the content network nodes and the relationships are categorized and ranked using the reputation ratings. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26)
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21. A processor-implemented system, comprising:
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a processor of a network configured with a content network manager implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and to execute on the processor of the network; and the processor also configured to access a content network implemented in one or more non-transitory storage repositories and managed via the content network manager that executes on the processor; wherein the content network manager integrates multiple content nodes, each of which have content, together within the content network, and wherein the content nodes are linked in response to derived relationships and at least one relationship identifies reputation ratings for authors of the content and the content nodes, each content node associated with a particular topic within the content network, and the content is custom organized and ranked within the content network based on principal-supplied criteria received from a principal, and each content node having content that is culled from each principal having local content in a local processing environment of that principal controlled locally by the principal and that participates in the content network where each principal identifies specific content that is not to be shared from that principal'"'"'s local processing environment and wherein at least one reputation rating is discounted within the content network until that reputation rating is attested to by an identity service, and wherein a particular one of the reputation ratings assigned to a particular principal based on a voting mechanism by a virtual community associated with the content network, and wherein the content nodes and the relationships are categorized and ranked using the reputation ratings. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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