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US 9,286,400 B2Granted
Presenting tag clouds based on user information
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAl Chakra, Yongcheng Li, Yuping C. Wu
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a method comprises detecting a request to display a tag cloud, where the tag cloud includes a plurality of tags and the tags hyperlink to related web content. The method can also comprise determining a user's interests and preferences based on the information provided by the user. The method can include using the information to determine the tags relevant to the user's preferences and interests. The method can also include displaying the tags in the tag cloud.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting a request to display a tag cloud, wherein the tag cloud includes a plurality of tags, wherein the tags hyperlink to web content;
- determining interests of a user based on information provided by the user;
- determining, based on the information provided by the user, a first percentage value associated with a first interest of the user and a second percentage value associated with a second interest of the user;
- determining, based on the information provided by the user, a plurality of tags relevant to the interests of the user, the plurality of tags comprising a first group of the plurality of tags corresponding to the first interest and a second group of the plurality of tags corresponding to the second interest, wherein a first quantity of the first group of the plurality of tags constitutes the first percentage value of the plurality of tags and wherein a second quantity of the second group of the plurality of tags constitutes the second percentage value of the plurality of tags;
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- displaying the plurality of tags comprising the first group of tags and the second group of tags in the tag cloud.
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One or more machine-readable storage devices having stored therein a program product, which when executed by a set of one or more processor units causes the set of one or more processor units to perform operations that comprise:
- detecting a request to display a tag cloud, wherein the tag cloud includes a plurality of tags, wherein the tags hyperlink to web content;
- determining interests of a user based on information provided by the user;
- determining, based on the information provided by the user, a first percentage value associated with a first interest of the user and a second percentage value associated with a second interest of the user;
- determining, based on the information provided by the user, a plurality of tags relevant to the interests of the user, the plurality of tags comprising a first group of the plurality of tags corresponding to the first interest and a second group of the plurality of tags corresponding to the second interest, wherein a first quantity of the first group of the plurality of tags constitutes the first percentage value of the plurality of tags and wherein a second quantity of the second group of the plurality of tags constitutes the second percentage value of the plurality of tags;
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- displaying the plurality of tags comprising the first group of tags and the second group of tags in the tag cloud.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a memory comprising a program product;
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- a processor configured to execute the program product, the program product when executed causing the processor to perform operations that comprise:
- detecting a request to display a tag cloud, wherein the tag cloud includes a plurality of tags, wherein the tags hyperlink to web content;
- determining interests of a user based on information provided by the user;
- determining, based on the information provided by the user, a first percentage value associated with a first interest of the user and a second percentage value associated with a second interest of the user;
- determining, based on the information provided by the user, a plurality of tags relevant to the interests of the user, the plurality of tags comprising a first group of the plurality of tags corresponding to the first interest and a second group of the plurality of tags corresponding to the second interest, wherein a first quantity of the first group of the plurality of tags constitutes the first percentage value of the plurality of tags and wherein a second quantity of the second group of the plurality of tags constitutes the second percentage value of the plurality of tags;
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- displaying the plurality of tags comprising the first group of tags and the second group of tags in the tag cloud.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.