Collection and Storage of a Personalized, Searchable, Unstructured Corpora

An information handling system that serves as a question and answering (QA) system, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
• a network adapter that connects the information handling system to a computer network;
• and
• a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors to utilize unstructured corpora, wherein the set of instructions perform actions of:
• receiving, from a first user, a question at a question answering (QA) system;
• generating a private corpora associated with the first user, wherein the private corpora is generated from a first set of one or more private data stores associated with a first user and a second set of one or more private data stores associated with a set of one or more second users, wherein access to the second set of private data stores is provided to the first user by the set of second users;
• retrieving responsive data to the question from the private corpora, wherein the responsive data is ranked based on a relevance to the question;
• identifying one or more likely answers based on the ranked responsive data;
• and
• providing the one or more likely answers to the first user.

A computer program product stored in a computer readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to utilize unstructured corpora by performing actions comprising:

• receiving, from a first user, a question at a question answering (QA) system;
• generating a private corpora associated with the first user, wherein the private corpora is generated from a first set of one or more private data stores associated with a first user and a second set of one or more private data stores associated with a set of one or more second users, wherein access to the second set of private data stores is provided to the first user by the set of second users;
• retrieving responsive data to the question from the private corpora, wherein the responsive data is ranked based on a relevance to the question;
• identifying one or more likely answers based on the ranked responsive data;
• and
• providing the one or more likely answers to the first user.