Back to results
US 2010/0138414 A1Published application
Methods and systems for associative search
OwnerAndrew Newman, Ron Franczyk +2inventors
InventorsANDREW NEWMAN, Ron Franczyk, Jim Heising, Kalid Azad
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Provided are methods and systems for associative search to find an entity (for example, people, places, things, events, ideas and concepts) based on their association (affinity) to other entities.
Claims19
A method for affinity searching, comprising:
- determining a data source;
- extracting a plurality of entities from the data source, wherein the plurality of entities comprises a first entity and a second entity;
- extracting one or more relationships between the plurality of entities from the data source;
- storing each of the one or more relationships between the plurality of entities as a vector, wherein each relationship is represented by one vector;
- creating a graph by linking the plurality of entities to each vector that represents a relationship of the entity linked;
- and
- calculating an affinity between at least the first entity and the second entity based on the graph.
4 more elements
A method for affinity searching, comprising:
- receiving a query;
- and
- applying the query to an affinity database, wherein the affinity database was created by,
- determining a data source,
- extracting a plurality of entities from the data source, wherein the plurality of entities comprises a first entity and a second entity,
- extracting one or more relationships between the plurality of entities from the data source,
- storing each of the one or more relationships between the plurality of entities as a vector, wherein each relationship is represented by one vector,
- creating a graph by linking the plurality of entities to each vector that represents a relationship of the entity linked, and
- calculating an affinity between at least the first entity and the second entity based on the graph.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.