IDENTIFYING AND ROUTING OF DOCUMENTS OF POTENTIAL INTEREST TO SUBSCRIBERS USING INTEREST DETERMINATION RULES
First Claim
1. A method for identifying documents of interest, the method comprising:
- identifying potential topics of interests of a subscriber based on a profile of said subscriber and knowledge sources using subscriber-interest determination rules, wherein said potential topics of interests are represented as pointers to concepts;
identifying concepts contained in each of a plurality of documents;
associating each identified concept with that document;
comparing said identified concepts in said plurality of documents with said concepts representing said potential topics of interests of said subscriber; and
identifying one or more documents in said plurality of documents whose concepts match with said concepts representing said potential topics of interests of said subscriber.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for identifying documents of interest. A profile of a subscriber is created based on information obtained about the subscriber. Subscriber-interest determination rules are used to identify potential topics of interest of the subscriber based on the subscriber'"'"'s profile as well as based on external knowledge sources. Each potential interest of the subscriber may be represented by a pointer that references a concept. Additionally, concepts in the documents published by the publishers are identified. A comparison may be made between the concepts identified in the documents published by the publishers with those concepts representing the potential topics of interests of the subscriber. Those documents with matching concepts may then be identified as potentially being of interest for the subscriber. In this manner, documents of interest are more accurately identified for the document seeker.
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1. A method for identifying documents of interest, the method comprising:
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identifying potential topics of interests of a subscriber based on a profile of said subscriber and knowledge sources using subscriber-interest determination rules, wherein said potential topics of interests are represented as pointers to concepts; identifying concepts contained in each of a plurality of documents; associating each identified concept with that document; comparing said identified concepts in said plurality of documents with said concepts representing said potential topics of interests of said subscriber; and identifying one or more documents in said plurality of documents whose concepts match with said concepts representing said potential topics of interests of said subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable storage medium for identifying documents of interest, the computer program product comprising the programming instructions for:
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identifying potential topics of interests of a subscriber based on a profile of said subscriber and knowledge sources using subscriber-interest determination rules, wherein said potential topics of interests are represented as pointers to concepts; identifying concepts contained in each of a plurality of documents; associating each identified concept with that document; comparing said identified concepts in said plurality of documents with said concepts representing said potential topics of interests of said subscriber; and identifying one or more documents in said plurality of documents whose concepts match with said concepts representing said potential topics of interests of said subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system, comprising:
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a memory unit for storing a computer program for identifying documents of interest; and a processor coupled to said memory unit, wherein said processor, responsive to said computer program, comprises; circuitry for identifying potential topics of interests of a subscriber based on a profile of said subscriber and knowledge sources using subscriber-interest determination rules, wherein said potential topics of interests are represented as pointers to concepts; circuitry for identifying concepts contained in each of a plurality of documents; circuitry for associating each identified concept with that document; circuitry for comparing said identified concepts in said plurality of documents with said concepts representing said potential topics of interests of said subscriber; and circuitry for identifying one or more documents in said plurality of documents whose concepts match with said concepts representing said potential topics of interests of said subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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