Automated ranking of contributors to a knowledge base
AssigneeHCL America Inc.
InventorNavin Sabharwal
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Abstract
A system and method is provided to rank contributors to a knowledge base. In an automated operation, a ranking value is calculated for each of a plurality of knowledge-based contributors based both on document information and on personal network information pertaining to the respective contributor. The document information identifies relationships being documents in the knowledge base and the particular contributor, indicating, for example, whether the contributor authored the document, read the document, or rated the document. The personal network information indicates personal connections in the knowledge base between the respective contributors.
Claims36
A method comprising:
- accessing one or more memories that store
- document information about documents in a knowledge base, the document information identifying relationships between the documents and contributors to the knowledge base, and
- personal network information that indicate defined personal connections in the knowledge base between the contributors;
- and
- in an automated operation using one or more processors, calculating respective ranking values for two or more of the contributors based at least in part on the document information and on the personal network information.
A system comprising:
- a knowledge base information module to access one or more memories that store
- document information about documents in a knowledge base, the document information identifying relationships between the documents and contributors to the knowledge base, and
- personal network information that indicate defined personal connections in the knowledge base between the contributors;
- a ranking calculator to calculate respective ranking values for two or more of the contributors based at least in part on the document information and on the personal network information;
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when performed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- access one or more memories that store
- document information about documents in a knowledge base, the document information identifying relationships between the documents and contributors to the knowledge base, and
- personal network information that indicate defined personal connections in the knowledge base between the contributors;
- and
- calculate respective ranking values for two or more of the contributors based at least in part on the document information and on the personal network information.
A system comprising:
- means for accessing one or more memories that store
- document information about documents in a knowledge base, the document information identifying relationships between the documents and contributors to the knowledge base, and
- personal network information that indicate defined personal connections in the knowledge base between the contributors;
- and
- means for calculating respective ranking values for two or more of the contributors based at least in part on the document information and on the personal network information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.