Semantic web portal and platform

• US 9,189,479 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2012
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fiver LLC
• Original Assignee: VCVC III LLC (Vulcan, Inc.)
• Inventors: Thorisson, Kristinn R., Spivack, Nova T., Wissner, James M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US13/612,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20130091090A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,161 Days
• Field of Search: 707/603, 707/608, 707/707, 707/736, 707/783, 707/784, 707/785, 707/794, 707/E17.111, 707/999.009, 709/204, 709/21, 709/219, 709/224, 709/225
• 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

An application that enables users 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 managing a set of interrelated knowledge objects, the method comprising:

receiving a user request to create a knowledge object of one of a plurality of object types that is associated with a predetermined semantic structure suitable to represent the knowledge object;

filling out a template specific to the object type having a plurality of predetermined fields based on instructions from the user;

creating the knowledge object of the object type in a web namespace based on the filled-out template;

analyzing the knowledge object to identify metadata associated with the knowledge object;

creating a semantic link between the knowledge object and another knowledge object of the set of interrelated knowledge objects, based on the identified metadata; and

managing a subscription by a second user to knowledge objects in the web namespace subject to on a plurality of rules specifying how the knowledge objects are filtered before delivery to the second user, how often the knowledge objects are delivered, and how the knowledge objects are routed to the second user,

wherein at least one of the steps is performed by a computer.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, tracking a set of rules governing permission to access the set of interrelated knowledge objects.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein, the set of rules are specifiable by an administrative user of the set of interrelated knowledge objects.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, the user is one or more of, the administrative user, or another using having access rights in the web namespace.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the template is user-modifiable to add a field to or remove a field from the plurality of predetermined fields.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, the knowledge object is associated with a knowledge database.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, the knowledge database is an ontology or taxonomy.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein, the plurality of object types includes a person, a project, a document, a question, and a topic.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving a request to create a customized web namespace from an administrator;

identifying user preferences specified by the administrator comprising permissions governing access rights by a visitor of the customized web namespace;

wherein the visitor is exclusive of the administrator;

enforcing the governing access rights of the customized web namespace by the visitor;

receiving a request from the administrator to add content to the customized web namespace;

filling out a template of a particular semantic structure based on an identified type of the content to be added;

adding the content to the customized web namespace based on the filled-out template;

associating the content with a knowledge data structure;

receiving an access request from the visitor to interact with the customized web namespace,

wherein the access request comprises one or more request for, viewing, writing, or editing one or more of the plurality of knowledge objects in the web namespace;

determining the permissions governing access or edit rights possessed by the visitor; and

in response to determining that the visitor possesses the permissions to satisfy the access request received from the visitor, enabling the visitor to interact with the web namespace,

wherein visibility or edit ability or the content to the visitor is determined by at least one privacy setting in the user preferences, and

wherein at least one of the steps is performed by a computer.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein, the template is user-specifiable or user-modifiable by selecting to show, hide, add, delete, or reordering slots in the template.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein, a particular semantic structure is associated with a content type for representing, a person, a project, a document, a question, or a topic.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising, granting default access and edit permissions of a web-object in the customized web namespace to the administrator.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising, managing a subscription to the content for the subscriber user based on the set of rules.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein, the visitor interacts with the customized web namespace via one or more of a web browser, an email client, and an Rich Site Summary (RSS) client.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein, the visitor interacts with the customized web namespace via one or more of Extensive Markup Language-Remote Procedure Call (XML-RPC) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) clients.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein, the customized web namespace is semantic-search enabled.

17. A system for managing a set of interrelated knowledge objects, the system comprising:

a processor and memory, cooperating to function as;

means for a receiving unit configured to receive a user request to create a knowledge object of one of a plurality of object types that is associated with a predetermined semantic structure suitable to represent the knowledge object;

means for a filling unit configured to fill out a template specific to the object type having a plurality of predetermined fields based on instructions from the user;

means for a creating unit configured to create the knowledge object of the object type in a web namespace based on the filled-out template;

means for an analyzing unit configured to analyze the knowledge object to identify metadata associated with the knowledge object;

means for a second creating unit configured to create a semantic link between the knowledge object and another knowledge object of the set of interrelated knowledge objects, based on the identified metadata; and

means for managing a subscription by a second user to knowledge objects in the web namespace subject to on a plurality of rules specifying how the knowledge objects are filtered before delivery to the second user, how often the knowledge objects are delivered, and the knowledge objects are routed to the second user.