Periodic update of data in a relationship system
AssigneeSpoke Software
InventorsAndrew Rosenbaum, Joy Su, Mark Interrante, Gary Sawka
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Abstract
A method and system for periodically updating data in a relationship system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying a set of desired data concerning elements of a relationship graph. The elements of the relationship graph include nodes representing entities and edges representing relationships between entities. The method further includes determining which pieces of the desired data are important to users and finding one or more information suppliers for each important piece of the desired data.
Claims26
A computerized method comprising:
- identifying a set of desired data concerning elements of a relationship graph, the elements of the relationship graph including nodes representing entities and edges representing relationships between the entities;
- determining which pieces of desired data in the set are important to users;
- and
- finding one or more information suppliers for each important piece of desired data.
The computerized method of claim 11 wherein determining whether each of the identified entities is likely to provide a corresponding important piece of the desired data comprises:
- evaluating survey preferences of each of the identified entities;
- and
- determining whether each of the identified entities is likely to suffer from survey fatigue.
A machine-readable medium having executable instructions to cause a machine to perform a method comprising:
- identifying a set of desired data concerning elements of a relationship graph, the elements of the relationship graph including nodes representing entities and edges representing relationships between the entities;
- determining which pieces of desired data in the set are important to users;
- and
- finding one or more information suppliers for each important piece of desired data.
An apparatus comprising:
- a desired data identifier to identify a set of desired data concerning elements of a relationship graph, the elements of the relationship graph including nodes representing entities and edges representing relationships between the entities;
- a desired data prioritizer to determine which pieces of desired data in the set are important to users;
- and
- a desired data requestor to find one or more information suppliers for each important piece of desired data.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for identifying a set of desired data concerning elements of a relationship graph, the elements of the relationship graph including nodes representing entities and edges representing relationships between the entities;
- means for determining which pieces of desired data in the set are important to users;
- and
- means for finding one or more information suppliers for each important piece of desired data.
A system comprising:
- a processor coupled to a memory through a bus, and further coupled to an I/O interface through the bus;
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- an update process executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to identify set of desired data concerning elements of a relationship graph, the elements of the relationship graph including nodes representing entities and edges representing relationships between the entities, to determine which pieces of desired data in the set are important to users, and to find one or more information suppliers for each important piece of desired data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.