Semantic web portal and platform

• US 20060004703A1
• Filed: 02/19/2005
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fiver LLC
• Original Assignee: Radar Networks Incorporated (EVRI Incorporated)
• Inventors: Spivack, Nova, Thorisson, Kristinn R., Wissner, James Matthew
• Granted Patent: US 7,433,876 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

The patent describes a single location and application on a network where a user can organize public, group, and private/personal information and have this single, location accessible to the public. A new, ontology-driven portal that organizes all three categories of data according to various “facets” using underlying ontologies to define each “facet” and wherein any type of information can be classified and linked to other types of information is disclosed. An application that enables a user to effectively utilize and manage knowledge and data the user posses and allows other users to effectively and seamlessly benefit from the user'"'"'s knowledge and data over a computer network is also disclosed. A method of processing content created by a user utilizing a semantic, ontology-driven portal on a computer network is described. The semantic portal application provides the user with a content base, such as a semantic form or meta-form, for creating a semantic posting. The semantic portal utilizes a knowledge data structure, such as a taxonomy or ontology, in preparing a semantic posting based on the information provided by the user via the content base. The semantic portal application prepares a preview of a semantic posting for evaluation by the user. The semantic posting is then either modified by the user or accepted and posted by the user for external parties to view.

Claims

1. A method of processing content created by a user utilizing a semantic, ontology-driven portal on a computer network, the method comprising:

providing a content base for a semantic posting;

utilizing a knowledge data structure;

preparing a preview of a semantic posting for evaluation by the user;

if desired by the user, enhancing the semantic posting.

2. A method of sharing information on a semantic-based network, the method comprising:

intercepting an e-mail message;

creating a semantic object from the e-mail message by examining syntax of the e-mail message inline; and

posting the semantic object for external parties to view.