METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF CONTENT ITEMS ASSOCIATION

• US 20100169326A1
• Filed: 12/31/2008
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Canfeng, Yang, Xiaogang, Ma, Jian
• Application Number:
  US12/347,764
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169326A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/749
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957

Abstract

An apparatus for providing analysis and visualization of content items associations may include a processor that may be configured to perform an analysis of a link relation between a source content item and at least one of a plurality of content items. The processor may further be configured to identify at least one content item relevant to the source content item by identifying a similarity between at least one attribute associated with the source content item and at least one attribute associated with the at least one relevant content item. The processor may also be configured to determine a weight of the link relation based at least in part on the identified similarity, and provide for display of a link relation between the source content item and the identified at least one relevant content item. A corresponding method and computer program product may also be provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

performing, at a link analyzer, an analysis of a link relation between a source content item and at least one of a plurality of content items;

identifying at least one content item relevant to the source content item, wherein identifying at least one content item relevant to the source content item comprises identifying a similarity between at least one attribute associated with the source content item and at least one attribute associated with the at least one relevant content item;

determining a weight of the link relation based at least in part on the identified similarity; and

providing for display of a link relation between the source content item and the identified at least one relevant content item.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing a comparison between the at least one attribute associated with the source content item and the at least one attribute associated with the at least one of a plurality of content items.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein providing for display of a link relation comprises generating a graphical representation indicative of an association between the source content item and the at least one relevant content item.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein generating a graphical representation comprises generating at least one of a circular graph, undirected graph, or a matrix arrangement.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a weight of the link relation comprises determining a weight of the link relation based at least in part on a total number of similar attributes between the source content item and the at least one relevant content item.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein performing an analysis of a link relation comprises performing an analysis of a link relation in response to receiving a selection of the source content item.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing for display of link relations for a plurality of content items wherein each one of the plurality of content items is linked to at least another one of the plurality of content items.

8. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising:

program code instructions for performing an analysis of a link relation between a source content item and at least one of a plurality of content items;

program code instructions for identifying at least one content item relevant to the source content item, wherein program code instructions identifying at least one content item relevant to the source content item comprises instructions identifying a similarity between at least one attribute associated with the source content item and at least one attribute associated with the at least one relevant content item;

program code instructions for determining a weight of the link relation based at least in part on the identified similarity; and

program code instructions for providing for display of a link relation between the source content item and the identified at least one relevant content item.

9. A computer program product according to claim 8, further comprising program code instructions for performing a comparison between the at least one attribute associated with the source content item and the at least one attribute associated with the at least one of a plurality of content items.

10. A computer program product according to claim 8, wherein program code instructions for providing for display of a link relation comprises instructions for generating a graphical representation indicative of an association between the source content item and the at least one relevant content item.

11. A computer program product according to claim 10, wherein program code instructions for generating a graphical representation comprises instructions for generating at least one of a circular graph, undirected graph, or a matrix arrangement.

12. A computer program product according to claim 8, wherein program code instructions for determining a weight of the link relation comprises instructions for determining a weight of the link relation based at least in part on a total number of similar attributes between the source content item and the at least one relevant content item.

13. A computer program product according to claim 8, wherein program code instructions for performing an analysis of a link relation comprises instructions for performing an analysis of a link relation in response to receiving a selection of the source content item.

14. A computer program product according to claim 8, further comprising program code instructions for providing for display of link relations for a plurality of content items wherein each one of the plurality of content items is linked to at least another one of the plurality of content items.

15. An apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

perform an analysis of a link relation between a source content item and at least one of a plurality of content items;

identify at least one content item relevant to the source content item, wherein the processor is configured to identify at least one content item relevant to the source content item by identifying a similarity between at least one attribute associated with the source content item and at least one attribute associated with the at least one relevant content item;

determine a weight of the link relation based at least in part on the identified similarity; and

provide for display of a link relation between the source content item and the identified at least one relevant content item.

16. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to perform a comparison between the at least one attribute associated with the source content item and the at least one attribute associated with the at least one of a plurality of content items.

17. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to provide for display of a link relation by generating a graphical representation indicative of an association between the source content item and the at least one relevant content item.

18. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a graphical representation by generating at least one of a circular graph, undirected graph, or a matrix arrangement.

19. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a weight of the link relation by determining a weight of the link relation based at least in part on a total number of similar attributes between the source content item and the at least one relevant content item.

20. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to perform an analysis of a link relation by performing an analysis of a link relation in response to receiving a selection of the source content item.

21. An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to provide for display of link relations for a plurality of content items wherein each one of the plurality of content items is linked to at least another one of the plurality of content items.

22. An apparatus comprising:

means for performing an analysis of a link relation between a source content item and at least one of a plurality of content items;

means for identifying at least one content item relevant to the source content item, wherein means for identifying at least one content item relevant to the source content item comprises means for identifying a similarity between at least one attribute associated with the source content item and at least one attribute associated with the at least one relevant content item;

means for determining a weight of the link relation based at least in part on the identified similarity; and

means for providing for display of a link relation between the source content item and the identified at least one relevant content item.

23. An apparatus according to claim 22, wherein means for performing an analysis of a link relation comprises means for performing an analysis of link relation in response to receiving a selection of the source content item.