System and methods to facilitate analytics with a tagged corpus

• US 9,208,460 B2
• Filed: 10/19/2012
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RELX Inc. (RELX PLC)
• Original Assignee: LexisNexis Group Inc. (RELX PLC)
• Inventors: Rosenburg, Dihan Marie, Meiser, Scott Edward, Slisz, Susan Marie, Keenan, Daren William, Daley, Raymond A., Sluterbeck, Michael Ronald, Chidambaram, Saravanan, Tonsaly, Mina, Schmeer, David L., Attenborough, John Scott, Sharma, Sanjay, Ritchie, James Antony
• Primary Examiner(s): Young, Kevin L
• Assistant Examiner(s): TORGRIMSON, TYLER J
• Application Number:
  US13/655,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20140114962A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,145 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2423 Interactive query statement specification based on a database schema
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2425 Iterative querying; Query formulation based on the results of a preceding query
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments provide a set of methods, systems, data structures, and computer-executable instructions for executing on a compute machine to automatically analyze data associated with an indexed corpora and to generate for graphical display a set of results associated with those analytic operations.

Claims

1. A system configured to perform analytics to facilitate issue awareness comprising:

at least one non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium on which a database management system is stored and configured to access an index of metadata corresponding to a set of content items related to at least one particular issue in a corpora of electronically stored content;

at least one sub-system configured to generate at least one interactive graphical user interface (GUI) for display on a computer-based visual sub-system;

at least one sub-system configured to receive a query request comprising at least one entity, the query request configured by a user in said interactive GUI, wherein;

said query request includes a user-defined threshold;

said at least one entity is associated with an entity profile comprising a set of tags, a supplier tier, a supplier tier weight, a supplier category, and a supplier category weight; and

said set of tags in said entity profile are included in said query request;

a computer machine configured to;

receive said query request as computer machine input;

search a set of metadata tags stored in said index for at least one term contained in said query request;

identify a set of metadata tags which match said query request;

identify at least one document, in said corpora, which is associated with said set of metadata tags;

calculate a content score for each document identified in the previous step;

when said content score exceeds said user-defined threshold;

surface said document;

calculate a summary score for a set of documents surfaced in the previous step based on the content scores associated with said documents, wherein said summary score averages said content scores for said set of surfaced documents for each of said at least one entity; and

display a second interactive user interface to communicate said summary score wherein said second interactive user interface is configured to display each summary score in a grid and permit a user to click through said summary score to reveal a set of documents from which said summary score was derived;

calculate a tier score by averaging said summary scores for all entities assigned to a given tier;

calculate a weighted tier score for said given tier by applying said supplier tier weight; and

calculate a supplier category score by selecting a maximum score associated with a supplier within a given supplier category and applying a supplier category weight.

2. A system configured to perform analytics to facilitate issue awareness as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said query request comprises at least one entity profile and at least one risk category and risk category weight;

said summary score averages said content scores for said set of surfaced documents for each of said at least one entity profile in each of said at least one risk category; and

said second interactive user interface displays each summary score in a grid juxtaposing a set of suppliers against a set of risk categories.

3. A system as claimed in claim 2 wherein said risk categories are chosen from the list consisting of environmental issues, economic issues, societal issues, political issues, technology issues, business-specific issues and legal issues.

4. A system as claimed in claim 3 wherein:

said second interactive user interface is further configured to expand said set of risk categories into a set of risk dimensions comprising a company perspective, an industry perspective, and a location perspective; and

said summary score for said company perspective is based on a subset of said surfaced documents comprising a match with at least one company name associated with said entity profile;

said summary score for said industry perspective is based on a subset of said surfaced documents comprising a match with at least one industry tag associated with said entity profile; and

said summary score for said location perspective is based on a subset of said surfaced documents comprising a match with at least one location tag associated with said entity profile.

5. A system as claimed in claim 4 further comprising an administrative subsystem configured to:

display, on a computer-based visual sub-system, an interactive administrative GUI to allow a user to configure at least one entity profile further comprising a supplier and a set of tags associated with said supplier including a supplier tier, a supplier tier weight, a supplier category, and a supplier category weight; and

receive and store said entity profile in a computer-readable storage medium.

6. A system configured to perform analytics to facilitate issue awareness as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said query request comprises at least two time periods and at least one geographic designation;

said query request further includes a subject chosen from a set of subjects contained in said metadata index;

said summary score counts said set of surfaced documents for each of said at least two time periods;

said second interactive user interface graphically compares said summary score associated with each of said at least two time periods.

7. A system as claimed in claim 6 wherein said at least two time periods comprise a baseline time period and a second time period and said threshold comprises a minimum relevance level.

8. A system as claimed in claim 7 wherein said index of metadata comprises a set of geographic tags and wherein each content item in said corpora of electronically stored content is associated with a tag corresponding to said content item'"'"'s region of publication.

9. A system as claimed in claim 8 wherein said second interactive user interface graphically displays said summary scores for each of said geographic designations.

10. A system as claimed in claim 9 said query request is further configured by providing a set of weights to use as computer machine input to determine if a document meets or exceeds said minimum relevance level wherein said set of weights are associated with said subject'"'"'s location and frequency in said document.

11. A system configured to perform analytics to facilitate issue awareness comprising:

at least one non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium on which a database management system is stored and configured to access an index of metadata corresponding to a set of content items in a corpora of electronically stored content;

at least one sub-system configured to generate at least one interactive graphical user interface (GUI) for display on a computer-based visual sub-system;

at least one sub-system configured to receive a query request configured by a user in said interactive GUI, wherein said query request includes a user-defined threshold, at least one entity profile, and at least one risk category and risk category weight, and wherein said risk categories are chosen from the list consisting of environmental issues, economic issues, societal issues, political issues, technology issues, business-specific issues and legal issues;

a computer machine configured to;

receive said query request as computer machine input;

search a set of metadata tags stored in said index for at least one term contained in said query request;

identify a set of metadata tags which match said query request;

identify at least one document, in said corpora, which is associated with said set of metadata tags;

calculate a content score for each document identified in the previous step;

when said content score exceeds said user-defined threshold;

surface said document;

calculate a summary score for a set of documents surfaced in the previous step based on the content scores associated with said documents, wherein said summary score averages said content scores for said set of surfaced documents for each of said at least one entity profile in each of said at least one risk category; and

display a second interactive user interface to communicate said summary score wherein said second interactive user interface is configured to;

display each summary score in a grid juxtaposing a set of suppliers against a set of risk categories;

permit a user to click through said summary score to reveal a set of documents from which said summary score was derived; and

expand said set of risk categories into a set of risk dimensions comprising a company perspective, an industry perspective, and a location perspective, wherein;

 

said summary score for said company perspective is based on a subset of said surfaced documents comprising a match with at least one company name associated with said entity profile;

 

said summary score for said industry perspective is based on a subset of said surfaced documents comprising a match with at least one industry tag associated with said entity profile; and

 

said summary score for said location perspective is based on a subset of said surfaced documents comprising a match with at least one location tag associated with said entity profile.

12. A system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising an administrative subsystem configured to:

display, on a computer-based visual sub-system, an interactive administrative GUI to allow a user to configure at least one entity profile further comprising a supplier and a set of tags associated with said supplier including a supplier tier, a supplier tier weight, a supplier category, and a supplier category weight; and

receive and store said entity profile in a computer-readable storage medium.

13. A system configured to perform analytics to facilitate issue awareness comprising:

at least one non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium on which a database management system is stored and configured to access an index of metadata corresponding to a set of content items in a corpora of electronically stored content, wherein said index of metadata comprises a set of geographic tags and wherein each content item in said corpora of electronically stored content is associated with a tag corresponding to said content item'"'"'s region of publication;

at least one sub-system configured to generate at least one interactive graphical user interface (GUI) for display on a computer-based visual sub-system;

at least one sub-system configured to receive a query request configured by a user in said interactive GUI, wherein;

said query request includes;

a user-defined threshold;

at least two time periods and at least one geographic designation, wherein said at least two time periods comprise a baseline time period and a second time period and said threshold comprises a minimum relevance level; and

a subject chosen from a set of subjects contained in said metadata index;

a computer machine configured to;

receive said query request as computer machine input;

search a set of metadata tags stored in said index for at least one term contained in said query request;

identify a set of metadata tags which match said query request;

identify at least one document, in said corpora, which is associated with said set of metadata tags;

calculate a content score for each document identified in the previous step;

when said content score exceeds said user-defined threshold;

surface said document;

calculate a summary score for a set of documents surfaced in the previous step based on the content scores associated with said documents, wherein said summary score counts said set of surfaced documents for each of said at least two time periods; and

display a second interactive user interface to communicate said summary score, wherein said second interactive user interface is configured to;

graphically compare said summary score associated with each of said at least two time periods,

graphically display said summary scores for each of said geographic designations, and

permit a user to click through said summary score to reveal a set of documents from which said summary score was derived.

14. A system as claimed in claim 13 said query request is further configured by providing a set of weights to use as computer machine input to determine if a document meets or exceeds said minimum relevance level wherein said set of weights are associated with said subject'"'"'s location and frequency in said document.