Link association analysis systems and methods

A link association reasoning system, comprising:

• a link database configured to store a link object associated with a link creator, the link object including a pointer from a location on a site to linked content and a link creator identifier that identifies the link creator;
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• a link analysis engine computing device coupled with the link database and configured to:
• determine a context based on at least one of surrounding content at a location related to the linked content and an attribute associated with the link object;
• generate an association reason for the link creator to create a link associated with the link object based on how the link object relates to the surrounding content and the linked content;
• derive an association reason object based on the context and the association reason, wherein the association reason object comprises a mapping to at least one conceptual reason;
• select the association reason object among one or more other association reason objects associated with the link creator;
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• configure an output device to present one or more of the association reason objects as recommended content via an interface.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer instructions stored thereon for link association reasoning, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform one or more steps comprising:

• obtaining a link object associated with a human link creator, the link object including a pointer from a location on a site to linked content and a link creator identifier that identifies the human link creator;
• determining a context based on at least one of surrounding content at a location related to the linked content and an attribute associated with the link object;
• generating an association reason for the link creator to create a link associated with the link object based on how the link object relates to the surrounding content and the linked content;
• deriving an association reason object based on the context and the association reason, wherein the association reason object comprises a mapping to at least one conceptual reason;
• selecting the association reason object among one or more other association reason objects associated with the link creator;
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• configuring an output device to present one or more of the association reason objects as recommended content via an interface.

A method of link association reasoning comprising:

• obtaining, by a link analysis engine, a link object associated with a human link creator, the link object including a pointer from a location on a site to linked content and a link creator identifier that identifies the human link creator;
• determining, by a link analysis engine, a context based on at least one of surrounding content at a location related to the linked content and an attribute associated with the link object;
• generating, by a link analysis engine, an association reason for the link creator to create a link associated with the link object based on how the link object relates to the surrounding content and the linked content;
• deriving, by a link analysis engine, an association reason object based on the context and the association reason, wherein the association reason object comprises a mapping to at least one conceptual reason;
• selecting, by a link analysis engine, the association reason object among one or more other association reason objects associated with the link creator;
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• configuring an output device to present one or more of the association reason objects as recommended content via an interface.

A computing device comprising:

• a presentation interface configured to generate or obtain a link object associated with a human link creator, the link object including a pointer from a location on a site to linked content and a link creator identifier that identifies the human link creator;
• a communication interface;
• a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable memory storing software instructions;
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• at least one processor communicatively coupled with the presentation interface and the tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory which, upon execution of the software instructions, is configured to:
• communicate the link object to a link analysis engine via the communication interface, wherein the link analysis engine is configured to:
• determine a context based on at least one of surrounding content at a location related to the linked content and an attribute associated with the link object;
• generate an association reason for the link creator to create a link associated with the link object based on how the link object relates to the surrounding content and the linked content;
• derive an association reason object based on the context and the association reason, wherein the association reason object comprises a mapping to at least one conceptual reason;
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• select the association reason object among one or more other association reason objects associated with the link creator;
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• upon receipt from the link analysis engine via the communication interface, present one or more of the association reason objects as recommended content via an interface.