Link association analysis systems and methods
AssigneeNant Holdings IP, LLC
InventorsLuke Soon-Shiong, Patrick Soon-Shiong
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Abstract
Link association analysis systems are presented. Disclosed systems are configured to analyze links created by users and to determine possible reasons underpinning why a user would create such a link. The system derives such reasons by analyzing the context within which the link was created and to which the link points, and then presents the reasons as a data object to users for feedback. The system can be made to be self-refining by collecting survey data regarding its accuracy, so that the more users interact with the system, the more accurate the system is at deriving reasons for link creation.
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A computer-implemented method of providing search results associated with linked content, the method comprising:
- storing, in a tangible non-transitory computer-readable memory of a reason database, association reason objects indexed by an attribute namespace,
- wherein each association reason object is derived from a motivation of creating a link pointer that points from a site location to a linked content, and
- wherein at least the link pointer and a link creator identifier form a link object corresponding to the association reason object;
- obtaining a query related to a query association reason object, wherein the query association reason object has attributes in the attribute name space;
- searching the reason database for similar association reason objects having similar attributes to the query association reason object according to the attribute namespace;
- and
- returning a search result of content, wherein that content in the search result correspond to the linked content from the similar association reason objects satisfying the query.
A computer program product embedded in a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for providing search results associated with linked content, which, when executed, configure one or more computer processors to perform a method comprising:
- storing, in a tangible non-transitory computer readable memory of a reason database, association reason objects indexed by an attribute namespace,
- wherein each association reason object is derived from a motivation of creating a link pointer that points from a site location to a linked content, and
- wherein at least the link pointer and a link creator identifier form a link object corresponding to the association reason object;
- obtaining a query related to a query association reason object wherein the query association reason object has attributes in the attribute name space;
- searching the reason database for similar association reason objects having similar attributes to the query association reason object according to the attribute namespace;
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- returning a search result of content, wherein that content in the search result correspond to the linked content from the similar association reason objects satisfying the query.
A computer-implemented system for providing search results associated with linked content, the system comprising:
- a tangible non-transitory computer readable memory of a reason database configured to store association reason objects indexed by an attribute namespace,
- wherein each association reason object is derived from a motivation of creating a link pointer that points from a site location to a linked content, and
- wherein at least the link pointer and a link creator identifier form a link object corresponding to the association reason object;
- at least one processor coupled with the memory and, upon execution of the software instructions for providing search results associated with linked content, is configured to:
- obtain a query related to a query association reason object wherein the query association reason object has attributes in the attribute name space;
- search the reason database for similar association reason objects having similar attributes to the query association reason object according to the attribute namespace;
- and
- return a search result of content, wherein that content in the search result correspond to the linked content from the similar association reason objects satisfying the query.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.