Cybernetic search with knowledge maps
AssigneeTata Consultancy Services Limited
InventorsKumar Anand, Nori Vithal, Mandaleeka Guru Lakshmi Narayana
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Abstract
A precision information collating device is disclosed. The device comprises means for inputting keywords and key phrases and defining level of traverse for establishing interlinks and interdependencies between keywords and key phrases entered and using previously stored interlinks and interdependencies to form a map. The device facilitates searching for keywords and key phrases and filtering out unwanted results, indexing, rating and posting of the result obtained and means for browsing the result.
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An information collating device for collating information available on a computer network, said network comprising a processing unit, a data storage means, inputting means and displaying means, said collating device comprising:
- (i) a querying component adapted to receive a plurality of keywords and/or key phrases from a user via inputting means;
- (ii) a traversing component adapted to define a level of traverse;
- (iii) an inserting and modifying component adapted to insert and modify said keyword or key phrases provided to said querying component;
- (iv) an expandable interlink and interdependency repository adapted to store for future use, interlinks and interdependencies between keywords and key phrases and the level of traverse needed to access the interlinks and interdependencies between individual keywords or key phrases;
- (v) an analyzing component adapted to receive keywords, key phrases and traversing level from said querying component and said tree traversing component respectively, said analyzing component further adapted to establish new interlinks and interdependencies between keywords and key phrases depending on level of traverse and draw on stored interlinks and interdependencies of the previously created same or similar keywords or key phrases from said interlink and interdependency repository to create an analysis;
- (vi) a knowledge map building component adapted to receive said analysis and create a map in said data storage means containing discrete spaces allocated to each of said keywords and/or key phrases in a one to one or one to many correspondence;
- (vii) at least one data mining component adapted to mine data at different locations in said network, said data mining component comprising:
- (a) a navigational component adapted to navigate various locations in said network to search for said keywords and for key phrases;
- (b) a selector component adapted to direct said navigational component to navigate various selected locations in the network;
- (c) a crawler component adapted to scan individual items in the selected locations and further adapted to match and extract items of data from said individual data items containing at least some of said keywords and/or key phrases;
- (viii) a translation component adapted to receive data from said crawler component and translate each item of the received data to a predetermined standard format;
- (ix) an indexing component adapted to receive translated data from said translating component and index items in the translated data in accordance with a predetermined rating;
- (x) a posting component for posting indexed rated items of translated data in at least one location in said map to form collated information;
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- (xi) a browsing component for browsing and viewing said collated information and interlinks in said displaying means.
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