System for linking hypermedia data objects in accordance with associations of source and destination data objects and similarity threshold without using keywords or link-difining terms

Claim 2

A data-handling system provided for operating in network systems each including a plurality of processor-database units each containing a plurality of structured hypermedia data objects retrievable by user via said network systems therefrom, said data-handling system comprising: a user interface for a user to enter and modify a user input of a source data-object and a destination data-object thus allowing a user to provide intuitive-associations of two data-objects without requiring specific input of link-defining terms, and to enter a user designated similarity threshold; an automatic link generator for receiving and processing said user input of said source data-object and said destination data-object for generating a system generated user-link-profile; and said automatic link generator further provided for applying said system generated user link profile and said similarity threshold to automatically generate a plurality of system generated links for linking a plurality of data-objects in said processor-database units conforming to said user designated similarity threshold whereby a plurality of system generated links can be generated based only on a user input of said source data-object and said destination data-object without requiring a user input of keywords or other link-defining terms.

Claim 3

The data-handling system of claim 1 wherein: said automatic link generator further includes a term vector computing means for computing a plurality of user-link term vectors for quantifying said system generated user link profile for said user generated link; and said automatic link generator further includes a link-similarity computing means for applying said user-link term vectors to compute a link-similarity between every two of said plurality of processor-database units in order to automatically generate said plurality of system-generated links for linking a plurality of processor-database units conforming to said user designated similarity threshold whereby each of said system-generated links .being generated based on said user input of said source data-object and destination data-object without requiring a user input of keywords or other link-defining terms.

Claim 4

The data-handling system of claim 1 wherein: said automatic link generator further provides said system-generated links to said user interface for said user to enter a new source data-object and a new destination data-object, and to enter a new user designated similarity threshold.

Claim 5

The data-handling system of claim 3 wherein: said automatic link generator further includes a storage means for storing said user input of source data-object and destination data-object said similarity thresholds, said system generated user link profiles, said term vectors, and said system-generated links.

Claim 6

A link management system provided for logging-on by a plurality of data-users for linking said data-users to a plurality of indexed data-objects distributed among a plurality of hypermedia databases, said link management system comprising: a link manager for receiving a similarity threshold and a user input of a first data-object and a second-data object in said hypermedia databases, said link manager includes a profile computing means for computing a user-link profile representing an association of said first data-object to said second data object;, said link manager further applying said user-link profile to compute a link-similarity between every two of said indexed data objects distributed among said data bases; and an automatic link generator for automatically generating a system-generated link between two of said indexed data objects when said link-similarity exceed said similarity threshold whereby a plurality of system generated links can be generated based only on a user input of said first data-object and said second data-object without requiring a user input of keywords or other link-defining terms.

Claim 7

A link management system provided for logging-on by a plurality of data-users for linking said data-users to a plurality of indexed data-objects distributed among a plurality of hypermedia databases, said link management system comprising: a link manager for receiving a similarity threshold and a user input of a first data-object and a second-data object in said hypermedia databases, said link manager includes a profile computing means for computing a user-link profile representing an association of said first data-object to said second data object;, said link manager further applying said user-link profile to compute a link-similarity between every two of said indexed data objects distributed among said data bases; and an automatic link generator for automatically generating a system-generated link between two of said indexed data objects when said link-similarity exceed said similarity threshold whereby a plurality of system generated links can be generated based only on a user input of said first data-object and said second data-object without requiring a user input of keywords or other link-defining terms.

Claim 8

The link management system of claim 5 wherein: a plurality of said indexed data-objects, represented by D-Obj k (1), where k=1, 2, 3, . . . , L and L is a positive integer, wherein each includes N k levels of sub-data-objects, represented by D-Obj k (i), where i=2, 3, . . . N k and N k is a positive integer, wherein D-Obj k (i) includes several D-Obj k (i+1); and said automatic link generator generating a system-generated link between two of said indexed data objects including any two of said D-Obj K (1) and said sub-data-objects D-Obj k (i) for k=1, 2, 3, . . . , L and i=2, 3, . . . N k , when said link-similarity exceed said similarity threshold whereby said system generated links can be generated without a data-object size limitation.

Claim 9

The link management system of claim 6 wherein: said link-profile computing means further includes a term vector computing means for applying a Salton Vector Space computation to compute a plurality of term vectors for quantifying said user link profile and said link-similarity between every two of said data objects and said sub-data-objects.

Claim 10

A link management system provided for logging-on by a plurality of data-users for linking said data-users to a plurality of indexed data-objects distributed among a plurality of hypermedia databases, said link management system comprising: a link manager for receiving a similarity threshold and a user input of a source data-object and a destination-data object in said hypermedia databases, said link manager includes a profile computing means for computing a user-link profile including a set of user-selected source term vectors for said user-selected source data-object and a set of user-selected destination term vectors for said user-selected destination data-object for representing an association of said source data-object to said destination data object; said link manager further applying said sets of user-selected source term vectors to compute a source-node similarity between said user-selected source data-object and each of said data objects, said link manager further applying said sets of user-selected destination term vectors to compute a destination-node similarity between said user-selected destination data-object and each of said data objects; an automatic link generator for automatically generating a system-generated link between a system generated source node having a source-node similarity exceeds said source-node similarity threshold and a system generated destination node having a destination-node similarity exceeds said destination-node similarity threshold whereby a plurality of system generated links can be generated between said system generated source node and said system generated destination node based only on a user input of said source data-object and said destination data-object without requiring a user input of keywords or other link-defining terms.

Claim 11

A link management system provided for logging-on by a plurality of data-users for linking said data-users to a plurality of indexed data-objects distributed among a plurality of hypermedia databases, said link management system comprising: a link manager for receiving a similarity threshold and a user input of a source data-object and a destination-data object in said hypermedia databases, said link manager includes a profile computing means for computing a user-link profile including a set of user-selected source term vectors for said user-selected source data-object and a set of user-selected destination term vectors for said user-selected destination data-object for representing an association of said source data-object to said destination data object; said link manager further applying said sets of user-selected source term vectors to compute a source-node similarity between said user-selected source data-object and each of said data objects, said link manager further applying said sets of user-selected destination term vectors to compute a destination-node similarity between said user-selected destination data-object and each of said data objects; an automatic link generator for automatically generating a system-generated link between a system generated source node having a source-node similarity exceeds said source-node similarity threshold and a system generated destination node having a destination-node similarity exceeds said destination-node similarity threshold whereby a plurality of system generated links can be generated between said system generated source node and said system generated destination node based only on a user input of said source data-object and said destination data-object without requiring a user input of keywords or other link-defining terms.

Claim 12

The link management system of claim 8 wherein: a plurality of said indexed data-objects, represented by D-Obj k (1), where k=1, 2, 3, . . . , L and L is a positive integer, wherein each includes N k levels of sub-data-objects, represented by D-Obj k (i), where i=2, 3, . . . N k and N k is a positive integer, wherein D-Obj k (i) includes several D-Obj k (i+1); and said automatic link generator generating a system-generated link between two of said indexed data objects including any two of said D-Obj K (1) and said sub-data-objects D-Obj k (i) for k=1, 2, 3, . . . , L and i=2, 3, . . . N k , when said link-similarity exceed said similarity threshold whereby said system generated links can be generated without a data-object size limitation.

Claim 13

The link management system of claim 9 wherein: said link-profile computing means further includes a term vector computing means for applying a Salton Vector Space computation to compute a plurality of term vectors for quantifying said user link profile and said link-similarity between every two of said data objects and said sub-data-objects.