System and method for managing and identifying subject matter experts
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- on a computer system comprising at least one processor and memory, collecting communications from a plurality of sources;
the computer system selecting a set of topics and a set of users;
for each user, the computer system identifying, from the collected communications, conversations in which the user has participated;
for each said topic, for each said user;
the computer system measuring a proportion of the identified conversations that contain content suggestive of the topic, the measuring yielding at least one topical metric;
the computer system analyzing timing of the identified conversations, the analyzing yielding at least one timing metric;
the computer system examining relationships among data attributes of the identified conversations, the examining yielding at least one expertise-scope metric;
the computer system generating multidimensional expertise data from the at least one topical metric, the at least one timing metric, and the at least one expertise-scope metric, wherein the multidimensional expertise data is representative of the user'"'"'s expertise on the topic, wherein the multidimensional expertise data comprises a topical dimension, an expertise-scope dimension, and a timeline dimension;
wherein the multidimensional expertise data comprises an expertise index for the user; and
for each said topic, the computer system ranking the set of users by the expertise index; and
the computer system providing a searchable interface, wherein the multidimensional expertise data is searchable by one or more topical parameters mapped to the topical dimension, by one or more scope parameters mapped to the expertise-scope dimension, and by one or more timeline parameters mapped to the timeline dimension.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes collecting communications from a plurality of sources. The method further includes selecting a set of topics and a set of users. In addition, the method includes, for each user, identifying, from the collected communications, conversations in which the user has participated. Moreover, the method includes, for each topic, for each user: measuring a proportion of the identified conversations that contain content suggestive of the topic; analyzing timing of the identified conversations; and examining relationships among data attributes of the identified conversations. Further, the method includes generating multidimensional expertise data. The multidimensional expertise data is representative of the user'"'"'s expertise on the topic. The multidimensional expertise data includes a topical dimension, an expertise-scope dimension, and a timeline dimension. The method also includes, for each topic, ranking the set of users by expertise index. Also, the method includes providing a searchable interface.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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on a computer system comprising at least one processor and memory, collecting communications from a plurality of sources; the computer system selecting a set of topics and a set of users; for each user, the computer system identifying, from the collected communications, conversations in which the user has participated; for each said topic, for each said user; the computer system measuring a proportion of the identified conversations that contain content suggestive of the topic, the measuring yielding at least one topical metric; the computer system analyzing timing of the identified conversations, the analyzing yielding at least one timing metric; the computer system examining relationships among data attributes of the identified conversations, the examining yielding at least one expertise-scope metric; the computer system generating multidimensional expertise data from the at least one topical metric, the at least one timing metric, and the at least one expertise-scope metric, wherein the multidimensional expertise data is representative of the user'"'"'s expertise on the topic, wherein the multidimensional expertise data comprises a topical dimension, an expertise-scope dimension, and a timeline dimension; wherein the multidimensional expertise data comprises an expertise index for the user; and for each said topic, the computer system ranking the set of users by the expertise index; and the computer system providing a searchable interface, wherein the multidimensional expertise data is searchable by one or more topical parameters mapped to the topical dimension, by one or more scope parameters mapped to the expertise-scope dimension, and by one or more timeline parameters mapped to the timeline dimension. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An information handling system comprising:
a processing unit, wherein the at least one processing unit is operable to implement a method comprising; collecting communications from a plurality of sources; selecting a set of topics and a set of users; for each user, identifying, from the collected communications, conversations in which the user has participated; for each said topic, for each said user; measuring a proportion of the identified conversations that contain content suggestive of the topic, the measuring yielding at least one topical metric; analyzing timing of the identified conversations, the analyzing yielding at least one timing metric; examining relationships among data attributes of the identified conversations, the examining yielding at least one expertise-scope metric; generating multidimensional expertise data from the at least one topical metric, the at least one timing metric, and the at least one expertise-scope metric, wherein the multidimensional expertise data is representative of the user'"'"'s expertise on the topic, wherein the multidimensional expertise data comprises a topical dimension, an expertise-scope dimension, and a timeline dimension; wherein the multidimensional expertise data comprises an expertise index for the user; and for each said topic, ranking the set of users by the expertise index; and providing a searchable interface, wherein the multidimensional expertise data is searchable by one or more topical parameters mapped to the topical dimension, by one or more scope parameters mapped to the expertise-scope dimension, and by one or more timeline parameters mapped to the timeline dimension.
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22. A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:
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collecting communications from a plurality of sources; selecting a set of topics and a set of users; for each user, identifying, from the collected communications, conversations in which the user has participated; for each said topic, for each said user; measuring a proportion of the identified conversations that contain content suggestive of the topic, the measuring yielding at least one topical metric; analyzing timing of the identified conversations, the analyzing yielding at least one timing metric; examining relationships among data attributes of the identified conversations, the examining yielding at least one expertise-scope metric; generating multidimensional expertise data from the at least one topical metric, the at least one timing metric, and the at least one expertise-scope metric, wherein the multidimensional expertise data is representative of the user'"'"'s expertise on the topic, wherein the multidimensional expertise data comprises a topical dimension, an expertise-scope dimension, and a timeline dimension; wherein the multidimensional expertise data comprises an expertise index for the user; and for each said topic, ranking the set of users by the expertise index; and providing a searchable interface, wherein the multidimensional expertise data is searchable by one or more topical parameters mapped to the topical dimension, by one or more scope parameters mapped to the expertise-scope dimension, and by one or more timeline parameters mapped to the timeline dimension.
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