Automated ranking of contributors to a knowledge base
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1. A method comprising:
- accessing one or more memories that store document information about documents in a knowledge base, the document information identifying relationships between the documents and contributors to the knowledge base, and personal network information with respect to personal networks of respective contributors to the knowledge base, each personal network defining personal connections between respective contributors forming part of the personal network, wherein each personal network is structured such that nodes of the network are provided by the respective contributors, each personal connection comprises a connection defined directly between two of the nodes of the personal network; and
in an automated operation using one or more processors, calculating respective ranking values for two or more of the contributors, the calculating of the respective ranking values comprising, for each of the two or more contributors;
calculating a document factor calculated as a quantified value based on one or more properties of the document information for the corresponding contributor,calculating a personal network factor calculated as a quantified value based on one or more properties of the personal network information of the corresponding contributor, andcalculating the ranking actor based at least in part on the document factor and based at least in part on the personal network factor.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided to rank contributors to a knowledge base. In an automated operation, a ranking value is calculated for each of a plurality of knowledge-based contributors based both on document information and on personal network information pertaining to the respective contributor. The document information identifies relationships being documents in the knowledge base and the particular contributor, indicating, for example, whether the contributor authored the document, read the document, or rated the document. The personal network information indicates personal connections in the knowledge base between the respective contributors.
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35 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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accessing one or more memories that store document information about documents in a knowledge base, the document information identifying relationships between the documents and contributors to the knowledge base, and personal network information with respect to personal networks of respective contributors to the knowledge base, each personal network defining personal connections between respective contributors forming part of the personal network, wherein each personal network is structured such that nodes of the network are provided by the respective contributors, each personal connection comprises a connection defined directly between two of the nodes of the personal network; and in an automated operation using one or more processors, calculating respective ranking values for two or more of the contributors, the calculating of the respective ranking values comprising, for each of the two or more contributors; calculating a document factor calculated as a quantified value based on one or more properties of the document information for the corresponding contributor, calculating a personal network factor calculated as a quantified value based on one or more properties of the personal network information of the corresponding contributor, and calculating the ranking actor based at least in part on the document factor and based at least in part on the personal network factor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a knowledge base information module comprising one or more computer processor devices configured to access one or more memories that store document information about documents in a knowledge base, the document information identifying relationships between the documents and contributors to the knowledge base, and personal network information with respect to personal networks of respective contributors to the knowledge base, each personal network defining personal connections between respective contributors forming part of the personal network, wherein each personal network is structured such that nodes of the network are provided by the respective contributors, each personal connection comprises a connection defined directly between two of the nodes of the personal network; a ranking calculator comprising at least one computer processor device configured to perform one or more automated operations to calculate respective ranking values for two or more of the contributors, the ranking calculator comprising; a document factor module to calculate for each of the two or more contributors a document factor calculated as a quantified value based on one or more properties of the document information for the corresponding contributor, and a personal network factor module to calculate for each of the two or more contributors a personal network factor calculated as a quantified value based on one or more properties of the personal network information of the corresponding contributor, the ranking calculator being configured to calculate the respective ranking factors based at least in part on the corresponding document factor and based at least in part on the corresponding personal network factor. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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access one or more memories that store document information about documents in a knowledge base, the document information identifying relationships between the documents and contributors to the knowledge base, and personal network information that with respect to personal networks of respective contributors to the knowledge base, each personal network defining personal connections between respective contributors forming part of the personal network, wherein each personal network is structured such that nodes of the network are provided by the respective contributors, each personal connection comprises a connection defined directly between two of the nodes of the personal network; and calculate respective ranking values for two or more of the contributors, the calculating of the respective ranking values comprising, for each of the two or more contributors; calculating a document factor calculated as a quantified value based on one or more properties of the document information for the corresponding contributor, calculating a personal network factor calculated as a quantified value based on one or more properties of the personal network information of the corresponding contributor, and calculating the ranking factor based at least in part on the document factor and based at least in part on the personal network factor.
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