Recombinant Knowledge Assimilation

A system, comprising:

• one or more memory modules operable to store a plurality of content objects;
• one or more processing modules operable to:
• access one or more content objects from among the plurality of content objects, each of the accessed one or more content objects satisfying one or more parameters of a search request;
• determine a plurality of knowledge components associated with the received one or more content objects, the plurality of knowledge components including:
• a first knowledge component comprising a first discrete portion of information extracted from the one or more content objects;
• and
• a second knowledge component comprising a second discrete portion of information extracted from the one or more content objects;
• access a first importance factor indicating the relative importance of the first knowledge component among the plurality of knowledge components;
• access a second importance factor indicating the relative importance of the second knowledge component among the plurality of knowledge components;
• determine, based on the first and second importance factors, an association factor indicating the degree to which the first knowledge component and the second knowledge component are related to one another;
• and
• store the first knowledge component, the second knowledge component, and the determined association factor as a new content object.

Software embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the software operable when executed to:

• access one or more content object from among a plurality of content objects, each of the accessed one or more content objects satisfying one or more parameters of a search request;
• determine a plurality of knowledge components associated with the received one or more content objects, the plurality of knowledge components including:
• a first knowledge component comprising a first discrete portion of information extracted from the one or more content objects;
• and
• a second knowledge component comprising a second discrete portion of information extracted from the one or more content objects;
• access a first importance factor indicating the relative importance of the first knowledge component among the plurality of knowledge components;
• access a second importance factor indicating the relative importance of the second knowledge component among the plurality of knowledge components;
• determine, based on the first and second importance factors, an association factor indicating the degree to which the first knowledge component and the second knowledge component are related to one another;
• and
• store the first knowledge component, the second knowledge component, and the determined association factor as a new content object.