METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MANAGING RESOURCE LINKS
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Abstract
Resource links also known as Unified Resource Links (URL'"'"'s), bookmarks, hyperlinks etc. located in a category hierarchy. The resource links are used to navigate on the world wide web, on a local machine, on the internet, or on an intranet. A method of assessing a users competence in a category in the category structure comprising the steps of analysing the users interaction with the resource links placed in the hierarchy table for that category and extracting a competence level for the user in that category.
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method of rating a list of resource links indexed by a plurality of categories, the resource links pointing to resources on a network, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a server computer, data representing user interactions by a plurality of users with resource links from a plurality of clients over the network, the resource links being associated with the plurality of categories; generating a usage table that includes a plurality of usage entries, wherein each of the plurality of usage entries includes a set of activity parameters that identifies a usage activity by one of the plurality of users of one of the resource links; calculating a user rating for each of the plurality of users in each of the plurality of categories using the usage table; and rating the resource links using the calculated user ratings. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method of obtaining a list of resource links, the resource links pointing to resources on a network, the method comprising:
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receiving data representing user interactions by a plurality of users with resource links from a plurality of clients over the network, the resource links being associated with the plurality of categories; generating a usage table that includes a plurality of usage entries, wherein each of the plurality of usage entries includes a set of activity parameters that identifies a usage activity by one of the plurality of users of one of the resource links; calculating a user rating for each of the plurality of users in each of the plurality of categories using the usage table; and rating the resource links using the calculated user ratings. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A data processing system, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor for storing instructions, which when executed from the memory, cause the processor to receive data representing user interactions by a plurality of users with resource links from a plurality of clients over the network, the resource links being associated with the plurality of categories; generate a usage table that includes a plurality of usage entries, wherein each of the plurality of usage entries includes a set of activity parameters that identifies a usage activity by one of the plurality of users of one of the resource links; calculate a user rating for each of the plurality of users in each of the plurality of categories using the usage table; and rate the resource links using the calculated user ratings. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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