US5854923A
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Facility for the intelligent selection of information objects (persona)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1994-06-21
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Granted: 1998-12-29
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Expires: 2014-06-21
Abstract
Abstract A system to intelligently link a computer user to enormous databases of multi-media information. The system provides an automated facility to determine the value of information based on each user's subjective preferences. An execution is created by comparing these preferences with prior characterizations of information objects. Once the comparisons are made, an ordered list is compiled. The list provides a set of data sources starting with the most relevant and ending with the least relevant. By selecting and reviewing only the most significant references, the probability of locating a pertinent reference is increased dramatically while increasing the effectiveness of time spent reviewing results.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael J. Dockter
- 👤 Joel F. Farber
- 👤 Kevin D. Seppi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 01:25
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G06Q30/0201; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/907; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99935
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
A computer-based method for ordering information objects for presentation to a requester, comprising the steps of: receiving a set of information objects, connections between the information objects, and attributes associated with the connections; receiving a first profile descriptor representing a first user's information preferences and predetermined characteristics; said first profile descriptor including a preference field and a confidence field associated with said preference field; determining a subset of the information objects, connections, and attributes based on said first profile descriptor; computing at least first utility values for the connections in the determined subset as a function of the connection attributes and the first profile descriptor; normalizing the utility values, and wherein the preferences of the information objects identified by the connections are ordered according to the normalized utility values computed for the connections.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
A computer-based method for ordering information objects for presentation to a requester, comprising the steps of: receiving a set of information objects, connections between the information objects, and attributes associated with the connections; receiving a first profile descriptor representing a first user's information preferences and predetermined characteristics; said first profile descriptor including a preference field and a confidence field associated with said preference field; determining a subset of the information objects, connections, and attributes based on said first profile descriptor; computing at least first utility values for the connections in the determined subset as a function of the connection attributes and the first profile descriptor; normalizing the utility values, and wherein the preferences of the information objects identified by the connections are ordered according to the normalized utility values computed for the connections.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
109 words
The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the steps of: receiving a second profile descriptor representing a second user's information preferences and prior characterizations; determining a second subset of the information objects, connections, and attributes based on the second profile descriptor; computing utility values for the connections in the second determined subset as a function of the connection attributes and the profile descriptor for the second user; combining the normalized utility values for the first user with normalized utility values for the second user to form meta utility values, and ordering information objects identified by the connections according to the meta utility values computed for the connections.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the received first user profile descriptor represents user information preferences and prior characterizations for a computer user other than the first computer user receiving the user profile descriptor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the received user profile descriptor includes combined information preferences for a plurality of computer users.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the connection attributes are valued meta data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the function used to compute the utility values is a neural net.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the function used to compute the utility values is rule-driven.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the function used to compute the utility values is a regression.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the function used to compute the utility value is the combination of two or more mathematical functions which produce utility values.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the steps of: computing second utility values for the connections in the determined subset as a second function for the connection attributes and the first profile descriptor; normalizing the second utility values, and ordering information objects identified by the connections according to the normalized second utility values computed for the connections.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising the steps: comparing the normalized utility values to a pre-determined critical utility level; and highlighting or coloring the presentation of information objects associated with normalized utility values above the predetermined critical utility level.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method as recited in claim 1, wherein multiple user preferences may be layered.
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