# US 2014/0156743 A1 · Tagging Content Within a Networking Environment Based Upon Recipients Receiving the Content > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0156743 A1 - Document ID: US20140156743A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/690,055 - Filed: 2012-11-30 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: Cisco Technology, Inc. - Applicants: Cisco Technology, Inc. - Inventors: Vishal Veda; Nithya N. Vijayakumar; Namrata Arora; Keith Griffin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140156743A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06F 16/345: {Summarisation for human users} - G06F 16/951: Indexing; Web crawling techniques - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A networking environment accessible by a plurality of computing devices is established to facilitate communications between participants associated with the computing devices, where content is generated and shared by participants via the networking environment. An item of content is shared with a group of recipients associated with computing devices via the networking environment, where the shared item of content includes one or more tags associated with the content, and each tag includes an initial weight value associated with the tag. A relevance factor associated with the group is determined, where the relevance factor is based upon information obtained from profiles of recipients from the group, and the initial weight value of each tag associated with the shared item of content is adjusted based at least in part upon the collective relevance factor associated with the group. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: establishing a networking environment accessible by a plurality of computing devices to facilitate communications between participants associated with the computing devices, wherein content is generated and shared by participants via the networking environment; sharing an item of content with a group of recipients associated with computing devices via the networking environment, wherein the shared item of content includes one or more tags associated with the content, and each tag includes an initial weight value associated with the tag; determining a relevance factor associated with the group, wherein the relevance factor is based upon information obtained from profiles of recipients from the group; and adjusting the initial weight value of each tag associated with the shared item of content based at least in part upon the collective relevance factor associated with the group. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the initial weight value for each tag associated with the shared item of content is generated based upon a frequency of occurrence of the tag within the shared item of content, and the relevance factor associated with the group is determined by: assigning group weight values to tags associated with the profiles of recipients associated with the group based upon a frequency of occurrence of each tag with the recipient profiles. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the adjusting the weight value of each tag associated with the shared item of content further comprises: matching tags associated with the profiles of recipients with tags for the shared item of content; and for each matched tag, combining the group weight value with the initial weight value associated with the matched tag. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising: identifying a semantic meaning for each tag associated with each recipient profile; wherein a matched tag is identified in response to the semantic meaning of a tag of a recipient profile corresponding with a meaning of a tag associated with the shared item of content. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: associating additional tags with the shared item of content based upon tags obtained from profiles of recipients from the group. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: sharing with a second group of recipients associated with computing devices via the networking environment the item of content previously shared with the group of recipients; determining a relevance factor associated with the second group, wherein the relevance factor is based upon information obtained from profiles of recipients from the second group; and adjusting the initial weight value of each tag associated with the shared item of content based at least in part upon a collective relevance factor associated with the second group, wherein the collective relevance factor is based upon information obtained from profiles of recipients from the second group and the weight values of the second group, and the adjusted weight value of at least one tag based upon the collective relevance factor of the second group differs from the adjusted weight value of the at least one tag based upon the collective relevance factor of the first group. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: automatically recommending at least one further recipient to add to the group of recipients. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein automatically recommending at least one further recipient further comprises: finding the at least one further recipient based upon a comparison of tags associated with a profile for the at least one further recipient and tags associated with the item of content. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising, in response to addition of the at least one further recipient to the group of recipients so as to form a revised group of recipients: determining a second collective relevance factor associated with the revised group of recipients, wherein the revised collective relevance factor is based upon the collective relevance factor as well as information obtained from profiles of the at least one further recipient; and modifying the adjusted weight value of each tag associated with the shared item of content based at least in part upon the second collective relevance factor associated with the revised group. ### Claim 10 An apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store instructions including one or more applications that monitor items of content provided to one or more groups of recipients within a networking environment, wherein the networking environment is accessible by a plurality of computing devices to facilitate communications between participants associated with the computing devices, and content is generated and shared by participants via the networking environment; and a processor configured to execute and control operations of the one or more applications so as to: analyze an item of content shared with a group of recipients associated with computing devices via the networking environment, wherein the shared item of content includes one or more tags associated with the content, and each tag includes an initial weight value associated with the tag; determine a relevance factor associated with the group, wherein the relevance factor is based upon information obtained from profiles of recipients from the group; and adjust the initial weight value of each tag associated with the shared item of content based at least in part upon the collective relevance factor associated with the group. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the initial weight value is generated for each tag associated with the shared item of content based upon a frequency of occurrence of the tag within the shared item of content, and the processor is further configured to determine the relevance factor associated with the group by assigning group weight values to tags associated with the profiles of recipients associated with the group based upon a frequency of occurrence of each tag with the recipient profiles. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the adjusting the weight value of each tag associated with the shared item of content further comprises: matching tags associated with the profiles of recipients with tags for the shared item of content; and for each matched tag, combining the group weight value with the initial weight value associated with the matched tag. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to execute and control operations of the one or more applications so as to: identify a semantic meaning for each tag associated with each recipient profile; wherein a matched tag is identified in response to the semantic meaning of a tag of a recipient profile corresponding with a meaning of a tag associated with the shared item of content. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to execute and control operations of the one or more applications so as to: associate additional tags with the shared item of content based upon tags obtained from profiles of recipients from the group. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to execute and control operations of the one or more applications so as to: in response to the item of content being shared with a second group of recipients associated with computing devices via the networking environment, determine a relevance factor associated with the second group, wherein the relevance factor is based upon information obtained from profiles of recipients from the second group; and adjust the initial weight value of each tag associated with the shared item of content based at least in part upon a collective relevance factor associated with the second group, wherein the collective relevance factor is based upon information obtained from profiles of recipients from the second group and the weight values of the second group, and the adjusted weight value of at least one tag based upon the collective relevance factor of the second group differs from the adjusted weight value of the at least one tag based upon the collective relevance factor of the first group. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to execute and control operations of the one or more applications so as to: recommend at least one further recipient to add to the group of recipients. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to execute and control operations of the one or more applications so as to: find the at least one further recipient based upon a comparison of tags associated with a profile for the at least one further recipient and tags associated with the item of content. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to execute and control operations of the one or more applications so as to, in response to addition of the at least one further recipient to the group of recipients so as to form a revised group of recipients: determine a second collective relevance factor associated with the revised group of recipients, wherein the revised collective relevance factor is based upon the collective relevance factor as well as information obtained from profiles of the at least one further recipient; and modify the adjusted weight value of each tag associated with the shared item of content based at least in part upon the second collective relevance factor associated with the revised group. ### Claim 19 One or more computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to: establish a networking environment accessible by a plurality of computing devices to facilitate communications between participants associated with the computing devices, wherein content is generated and shared by participants via the networking environment; share an item of content with a group of recipients associated with computing devices via the networking environment, wherein the shared item of content includes one or more tags associated with the content, and each tag includes an initial weight value associated with the tag; determine a relevance factor associated with the group, wherein the relevance factor is based upon information obtained from profiles of recipients from the group; and adjust the initial weight value of each tag associated with the shared item of content based at least in part upon the collective relevance factor associated with the group. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The computer readable storage media of claim 19, wherein the initial weight value for each tag associated with the shared item of content is generated based upon a frequency of occurrence of the tag within the shared item of content, and the instructions are operable to determine the relevance factor associated with the group by: assigning group weight values to tags associated with the profiles of recipients associated with the group based upon a frequency of occurrence of each tag with the recipient profiles. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The computer readable storage media of claim 20, wherein the instructions are operable to adjust the weight value of each tag associated with the shared item of content by: matching tags associated with the profiles of recipients with tags for the shared item of content; and for each matched tag, combining the group weight value with the initial weight value associated with the matched tag. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The computer readable storage media of claim 21, wherein the instructions are further operable to: identify a semantic meaning for each tag associated with each recipient profile; wherein a matched tag is identified in response to the semantic meaning of a tag of a recipient profile corresponding with a meaning of a tag associated with the shared item of content. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The computer readable storage media of claim 19, wherein the instructions are further operable to: associate additional tags with the shared item of content based upon tags obtained from profiles of recipients from the group. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The computer readable storage media of claim 19, wherein the instructions are further operable to: share with a second group of recipients associated with computing devices via the networking environment the item of content previously shared with the group of recipients; determine a relevance factor associated with the second group, wherein the relevance factor is based upon information obtained from profiles of recipients from the second group; and adjust the initial weight value of each tag associated with the shared item of content based at least in part upon a collective relevance factor associated with the second group, wherein the collective relevance factor is based upon information obtained from profiles of recipients from the second group and the weight values of the second group, and the adjusted weight value of at least one tag based upon the collective relevance factor of the second group differs from the adjusted weight value of the at least one tag based upon the collective relevance factor of the first group. ### Claim 25 (depends on 19) The computer readable storage media of claim 19, wherein the instructions are further operable to: recommend at least one further recipient to add to the group of recipients. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The computer readable storage media of claim 25, wherein the instructions are operable to recommend at least one further recipient by: finding the at least one further recipient based upon a comparison of tags associated with a profile for the at least one further recipient and tags associated with the item of content. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The computer readable storage media of claim 26, wherein the instructions are further operable to, in response to addition of the at least one further recipient to the group of recipients so as to form a revised group of recipients: determine a second collective relevance factor associated with the revised group of recipients, wherein the revised collective relevance factor is based upon the collective relevance factor as well as information obtained from profiles of the at least one further recipient; and modify the adjusted weight value of each tag associated with the shared item of content based at least in part upon the second collective relevance factor associated with the revised group.