Method and apparatus for constructing and maintaining a user knowledge profile
First Claim
1. A method of constructing an entity profile including first and second portions having different access restrictions, the method including:
- automatically assigning a confidence level to content within an electronic document associated with a first entity, the content being potentially descriptive of the first entity;
if the confidence level assigned to the content is less than a predetermined threshold, then automatically rejecting the content for inclusion within the entity profile;
if the confidence level assigned to the content exceeds the predetermined threshold, then automatically including content within the first portion of the entity profile, and automatically presenting the content to the first entity for authorization by the first entity for inclusion of the content within the second portion of the entity profile, wherein the first and second portions of the entity profile have different access restrictions with respect to a second entity.
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Abstract
A method of constructing an entity profile, having private and public portions with different access restrictions, commences with the assignment of a confidence level to content within an electronic document. The electronic document may be associated with the first entity (e.g., may have been authored by or addressed to the first entity). The content may furthermore potentially be descriptive of the first entity. If the confidence level assigned to the content is less than a predetermined threshold, the content is automatically rejected for inclusion within the entity profile. On the other hand, if the confidence level assigned to the content exceeds the predetermined threshold, the content is included within the private portion of the entity profile. Thereafter, the content is automatically presented to the first entity for authorization, by the first entity, for inclusion of the content within the public portion of the profile. The public portion of the entity profile may be freely accessible by other entities, whereas the private portion may have access restrictions.
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59 Claims
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1. A method of constructing an entity profile including first and second portions having different access restrictions, the method including:
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automatically assigning a confidence level to content within an electronic document associated with a first entity, the content being potentially descriptive of the first entity;
if the confidence level assigned to the content is less than a predetermined threshold, then automatically rejecting the content for inclusion within the entity profile;
if the confidence level assigned to the content exceeds the predetermined threshold, then automatically including content within the first portion of the entity profile, and automatically presenting the content to the first entity for authorization by the first entity for inclusion of the content within the second portion of the entity profile, wherein the first and second portions of the entity profile have different access restrictions with respect to a second entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A data processing system to construct an entity profile including first and second portions having different access restrictions, the system comprising:
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confidence logic to examine an electronic document, associated with a first entity, and to assign a confidence level to content within the electronic document, the content being potentially descriptive of the first entity; and
a profiler, if the confidence level assigned to the content is less than a predetermined threshold, automatically to reject the content for inclusion within the entity profile and, if the confidence level assigned to the content exceeds the predetermined threshold, automatically to include the content within the first portion of the entity profile and automatically to present the content to the first entity for authorization by the first entity for inclusion of the content within the second portion of the entity profile, wherein the first and second portions of the entity profile have different access restrictions with respect to a second entity. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A data processing system to construct an entity profile including first and second portions having different access restrictions, the system comprising:
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first means for examining an electronic document, associated with a first entity, and for assigning a confidence level to content within the electronic document, the content being potentially descriptive of the first entity; and
second means, if the confidence level assigned to the content is less than a predetermined threshold, for automatically rejecting the content for inclusion within the profile and, if the confidence level assigned to the content exceeds the predetermined threshold, for automatically including the content within the first portion of the profile entity and for automatically presenting the content to the first entity for authorization by the first entity for inclusion of the content within the second portion of the entity profile, wherein the first and second portions of the entity profile have different access restrictions with respect to a second entity.
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59. A machine-readable medium storing a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform the steps of:
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automatically assigning a confidence level to content within an electronic document associated with a first entity, the content being potentially descriptive of the first entity;
if the confidence level assigned to the content is less than a predetermined threshold, then automatically rejecting the content for inclusion within the entity profile;
if the confidence level assigned to the content exceeds the predetermined threshold, then automatically including content within the first portion of the entity profile, and automatically presenting the content to the first entity for authorization by the first entity for inclusion of the content within the second portion of the entity profile, wherein the first and second portions of the entity profile have different access restrictions with respect to a second entity.
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