Facilitating collaborative searching using semantic contexts associated with information
First Claim
1. A collaboration method for facilitating social networking of a plurality of users pertaining to shared subject matter over a communications network, the method comprising:
- sending a search context to a collaboration server for use in determining another user of the collaboration server being associated with similar subject matter, the search context including at least one first context definition such that the first context definition has one or more words selected from a first plurality of information belonging to a first search information set of the user, said first plurality of information related to each other and such relation being represented by the first context definition of the search context; and
receiving an identification of a matching search context associated with said another user such that the matching search context contains at least one second context definition considered to match the first context definition, the matching second context definition including one or more words selected from a second plurality of information belonging to a second search information set associated with said another user.
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Abstract
A method and system include sending a search context to a collaboration server for use in determining another user of the collaboration server that is associated with similar subject matter, the search context including at least one first context definition such that the first context definition has one or more words selected from a first plurality of information belonging to a first search information set of the user. The first plurality of information is related to each other and such relation is represented by the first context definition of the search context. The system and method also include receiving an identification of a matching search context associated with the another user such that the matching search context contains at least one second context definition considered to match the first context definition. The matching second context definition includes one or more words selected from a second plurality of information belonging to a second search information set associated with the another user.
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38 Claims
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1. A collaboration method for facilitating social networking of a plurality of users pertaining to shared subject matter over a communications network, the method comprising:
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sending a search context to a collaboration server for use in determining another user of the collaboration server being associated with similar subject matter, the search context including at least one first context definition such that the first context definition has one or more words selected from a first plurality of information belonging to a first search information set of the user, said first plurality of information related to each other and such relation being represented by the first context definition of the search context; and receiving an identification of a matching search context associated with said another user such that the matching search context contains at least one second context definition considered to match the first context definition, the matching second context definition including one or more words selected from a second plurality of information belonging to a second search information set associated with said another user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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23. A collaboration system for facilitating social networking of a plurality of users pertaining to shared subject matter over a communications network, the method comprising:
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a context module adapted for sending a search context to a collaboration server for use in determining another user of the collaboration server being associated with similar subject matter, the search context including a first context definition such that the first context definition has one or more words selected from a first plurality of information belonging to a first search information set of the user, said first plurality of information related to each other and such relation being represented by the first context definition of the search context; and the context module further adapted for receiving an identification of a a matching search context associated with said another user such that the matching search context contains a second context definition considered to match the first context definition, the matching second context definition including one or more words selected from a second plurality of information belonging to a second search information set associated with said another user. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A collaboration system for determining a match between a first search context and a second search context, the first search context including a first context definition such that the first context definition has one or more words selected from a first plurality of information belonging to a first search information set of a user, said first plurality of information related to each other and such relation being represented by the first context definition of the first search context and the second search context including a second context definition such that the second context definition has one or more words selected from a second plurality of information belonging to a second search information set of another user different from said user, said second plurality of information related to each other and such relation being represented by the second context definition of the second search context, the system in communication with the devices of said user and said another user over a communications network, the system comprising:
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a communication module adapted for receiving the first search context associated with said user and the second context associated with said another user; a comparison module adapted for comparing the first context definition with the second context definition to determine if the comparison satisfies a match threshold; and the communications module further adapted for providing data representative of the comparison to the device of said user including the second search context in the event the match threshold is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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