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US 7,188,141 B2Granted
Method and system for collaborative web research
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorMarcos Nogueira Novaes
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Abstract
A collaborative Web research method (and system), includes organizing a plurality of documents in a N-dimensional space according to a collection of subject words, and based on the organizing, retrieving, by a user, said documents organized in the N-dimensional space according to the collection of subject words.
Claims19
A Web-based collaborative research method, comprising:
- determining coordinates for pages which are retrieved by a first user and mapping the coordinates into a space;
- and
- based on said coordinates of said pages, informing a second user of a closeness of a research by said first user,
- wherein an intersection of research by said first and second users is graphically displayed to said first and second users,
- wherein said determining comprises:
- determining a usage habit and a research topic of each of said first user and said second user, wherein said research topic of said first user includes at least one of a previously researched research topic and a current research topic which is currently being researched by said first user;
- and
- correlating said usage habit and said research topic of each of said first user and said second user, and
- wherein said notifying comprises:
- notifying said second user that said research topic of said first user is related to said research topic of said second user.
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A Web-based collaborative research system for a web portal, comprising:
- a unit for determining coordinates for pages which are retrieved by a first user and mapping the coordinates into a space;
- a notifier for informing, based on said coordinates of said pages, a second user of a closeness of a research by said first user;
- and
- a display for graphically displaying to said first and second users an intersection of research by said first and second users,
- wherein said unit for determining determines a usage habit and a research topic of each of said first user and said second user, wherein said research topic of said first user includes at least one of a previously researched research topic and a current research topic which is currently being researched by said first user;
- and
- wherein said unit for determining correlates said usage habit and said research topic of each of said first user and said second user, and
- wherein said notifier informs said second user that said research topic of said first user is related to said research topic of said second user.
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