Personalized search library based on continual concept correlation

• US 9,582,572 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2012
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Mo, Stanley, Wouhaybi, Rita H., Mian, Mubashir A., Kohlenberg, Tobias M., Baca, Jim S.
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Baoquoc N
• Application Number:
  US13/719,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20140172828A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,532 Days
• Field of Search: 707/748, 707/E07.108, 707/722, 707/661
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/337 Profile generation, learning or modification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/01 Automatic library building

Abstract

A system, devices, and methods for providing a personalized search library based on continual concept correlation include a client computing device and a personalized content server. Content events representing content accessed or manipulated by a user of the client computing device are continually generated. Content associated with the content events is continually parsed and analyzed to extract main concepts. The extracted concepts are correlated and weighted into a concept model, based on the order of the content events. The concept model parallels the structure of the user'"'"'s memory. Data sources are continually searched for content relevant to a current context of the concept model. Relevant content is indexed according to the concept model. The relevant content may be made available to the user upon request or proactively. Relevant content may be cached for future use by the user. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A computing device to provide a personalized search library based on continual concept correlation, the computing device comprising:

natural language analyzer circuitry to (i) receive event data representing content accessed by a user of a client computing device, wherein an order of the event data represents an order that the user of the client computing device accessed the content and (ii) analyze the event data to extract concepts of the content; and

correlation circuitry to (i) correlate the extracted concepts based on the order of the event data to generate a plurality of correlations between the extracted concepts, wherein each correlation is indicative of a relationship between a first extracted concept and a second extracted concept based on the order of the event data, (ii) adjust a weight associated with each extracted concept based on a frequency of the extracted concept occurring in the content to generate an adjusted weight, and (iii) store the correlations, adjusted weights, and extracted concepts in a concept model that identifies the relative correlation between each extracted concept and the adjusted weight associated with each extracted concept.

2. The computing device of claim 1, further comprising:

search circuitry to search one or more content sources for relevant search results based on a current context of the concept model; and

personalized content circuitry to (i) index the search results in the personalized search library according to the concept model and (ii) facilitate access to the personalized search library by the user.

3. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the personalized content circuitry is further to provide content from the personalized search library to the user in response to a search query from the user.

4. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the personalized content circuitry is further to (i) retrieve content indexed by the personalized search library and (ii) store the retrieved content in a content cache of the computing device.

5. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the personalized content circuitry is further to (i) retrieve content indexed by the personalized search library and (ii) provide the content to the user.

6. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the computing device is a personalized content server.

7. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the computing device is the client computing device.

8. One or more non-transitory, machine readable media comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed result in a computing device:

receiving event data representing content accessed by a user of a client computing device, wherein an order of the event data represents an order that the user of the client computing device accessed the content;

analyzing the event data to extract concepts of the content;

correlating the extracted concepts based on the order of the event data to generate a plurality of correlations between the extracted concepts, wherein each correlation is indicative of a relationship between a first extracted concept and a second extracted concept based on the order of the event data;

adjusting a weight associated with each extracted concept based on a frequency of the extracted concept occurring in the content to generate an adjusted weight; and

storing the correlations, adjusted weights, and extracted concepts in a concept model that identifies the relative correlation between each extracted concept and the adjusted weight associated with each extracted concept.

9. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable media of claim 8, further comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed result in the computing device:

searching one or more content sources for relevant search results based on a current context of the concept model;

indexing the search results in the personalized search library according to the concept model; and

facilitating access to the personalized search library by the user.

10. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable media of claim 9, wherein allowing the user to access the personalized search library comprises providing content from the personalized search library to the user in response to a search query from the user.

11. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable media of claim 9, wherein allowing the user to access the personalized search library comprises:

retrieving content indexed by the personalized search library; and

storing the retrieved content in a content cache of the computing device.

12. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable media of claim 9, wherein allowing the user to access the personalized search library comprises:

retrieving content indexed by the personalized search library; and

providing the content to the user.

13. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable media of claim 9, wherein the computing device is a personalized content server.

14. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable media of claim 9, wherein the computing device is the client computing device.

15. A method to provide a personalized search library based on continual concept correlation, the method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, event data representing content accessed by a user of a client computing device, wherein an order of the event data represents an order that the user of the client computing device accessed the content;

analyzing, by the computing device, the event data to extract concepts of the content;

correlating, by the computing device, the extracted concepts based on the order of the event data to generate a plurality of correlations between the extracted concepts, wherein each correlation is indicative of a relationship between a first extracted concept and a second extracted concept based on the order of the event data;

adjusting, by the computing device, a weight associated with each extracted concept based on a frequency of the extracted concept occurring in the content to generate an adjusted weight; and

storing, by the computing device, the correlations, adjusted weights, and extracted concepts in a concept model that identifies the relative correlation between each extracted concept and the adjusted weight associated with each extracted concept.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

searching, by the computing device, one or more content sources for relevant search results based on a current context of the concept model;

indexing, by the computing device, the search results in the personalized search library according to the concept model; and

facilitating, by the computing device, access to the personalized search library by the user.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein allowing the user to access the personalized search library comprises providing content from the personalized search library to the user in response to a search query from the user.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein allowing the user to access the personalized search library comprises:

retrieving content indexed by the personalized search library; and

storing the retrieved content in a content cache of the computing device.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the computing device comprises a personalized content server.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the computing device comprises the client computing device.