Processing user profiles of users in an electronic community

A data processing system comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing program code configured to be executed by the processor via the memory to implement a method for processing user profiles of a plurality of users in an electronic community, said method comprising:

• said processor extracting noun phrases from activities of each user logged in an activity log server, each user having an existing user profile stored in a user profile and relationship database that is external to the activity log server;
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• said processor updating the existing user profiles in the user profile and relationship database from the extracted noun phrases, a keyword being associated with each determined noun phrase and being within a semantic hierarchical tree, said updating based on a usage frequency of the extracted noun phrases and an importance value of the keywords.

A data processor readable medium, said medium comprising program code stored therein, said medium not being a transitory signal, said program code configured to be executed by a processor of a data processing system to perform a method for processing user profiles of a plurality of users in an electronic community, said method comprising:

• said processor extracting noun phrases from activities of each user logged in an activity log server, each user having an existing user profile stored in a user profile and relationship database that is external to the activity log server;
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• said processor updating the existing user profiles in the user profile and relationship database from the extracted noun phrases, a keyword being associated with each determined noun phrase and being within a semantic hierarchical tree, said updating based on a usage frequency of the extracted noun phrases and an importance value of the keywords.