Associating entities based on resource associations
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving a first profile in a system comprising one or more computers, wherein the first profile is for a first author, wherein the first profile links to one or more first documents, wherein the first author is an author of each of the one or more first documents;
identifying by operation of the system, one or more second authors, wherein each of the one or more second authors is a co-author of one or more of the first documents;
calculating by operation of the system and for each of the one or more second authors, a respective co-author score for the second author that is a measure of how connected the second author and the first author are as co-authors;
ranking by operation of the system, the one or more second authors based on their respective co-author scores;
associating by operation of the system, the one or more second authors with the first profile;
receiving a request from a user to access a profile for the first author; and
providing the first profile for presentation to the user, wherein, when presented to the user, the first profile includes a result list of retrieved and ranked resources associated with the first author and a listing of the one or more second authors in an order according to the ranking of the one or more second authors.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for associating resources based on resource associations. One of the methods includes receiving a first profile, wherein the first profile is for a first author, wherein the first profile links to one or more first documents, wherein the first author is an author of each of the one or more first documents; identifying, one or more second authors, wherein each of the one or more second authors is a co-author of one or more of the first documents; calculating, respective co-author scores for each of the one or more second authors; ranking, the one or more second authors based on their respective co-author scores; and associating, the one or more second authors with the first profile, the first profile includes a listing of the one or more second authors in an order according to the ranking.
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15 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving a first profile in a system comprising one or more computers, wherein the first profile is for a first author, wherein the first profile links to one or more first documents, wherein the first author is an author of each of the one or more first documents; identifying by operation of the system, one or more second authors, wherein each of the one or more second authors is a co-author of one or more of the first documents; calculating by operation of the system and for each of the one or more second authors, a respective co-author score for the second author that is a measure of how connected the second author and the first author are as co-authors; ranking by operation of the system, the one or more second authors based on their respective co-author scores; associating by operation of the system, the one or more second authors with the first profile; receiving a request from a user to access a profile for the first author; and providing the first profile for presentation to the user, wherein, when presented to the user, the first profile includes a result list of retrieved and ranked resources associated with the first author and a listing of the one or more second authors in an order according to the ranking of the one or more second authors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system, comprising:
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one or more computers configured to perform operations comprising; receiving a first profile in a system comprising one or more computers, wherein the first profile is for a first author, wherein the first profile links to one or more first documents, wherein the first author is an author of each of the one or more first documents; identifying by operation of the system, one or more second authors, wherein each of the one or more second authors is a co-author of one or more of the first documents; calculating by operation of the system and for each of the one or more second authors, a respective co-author score for the second author that is a measure of how connected the second author and the first author are as co-authors; ranking by operation of the system, the one or more second authors based on their respective co-author scores; associating by operation of the system, the one or more second authors with the first profile; receiving a request from a user to access a profile for the first author; and providing the first profile for presentation to the user, wherein, when presented to the user, the first profile includes a result list of retrieved and ranked resources associated with the first author and a listing of the one or more second authors in an order according to the ranking of the one or more second authors. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a first profile in a system comprising one or more computers, wherein the first profile is for a first author, wherein the first profile links to one or more first documents, wherein the first author is an author of each of the one or more first documents; identifying by operation of the system, one or more second authors, wherein each of the one or more second authors is a co-author of one or more of the first documents; calculating by operation of the system and for each of the one or more second authors, a respective co-author score for the second author that is a measure of how connected the second author and the first author are as co-authors; ranking by operation of the system, the one or more second authors based on their respective co-author scores; associating by operation of the system, the one or more second authors with the first profile; receiving a request from a user to access a profile for the first author; and providing the first profile for presentation to the user, wherein, when presented to the user, the first profile includes a result list of retrieved and ranked resources associated with the first author and a listing of the one or more second authors in an order according to the ranking of the one or more second authors. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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