Compiling user profile information from multiple sources

US7765166B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Joerg Beringer · Frankfurt, DE
• Annette Lenz · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 2003
• Grant date: Jul 27, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0633
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and techniques to compile profile information for a user of a computer network into a user object. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: collecting profile information implicitly and explicitly from structured data sources; collecting profile information implicitly from unstructured data sources; and importing profile information inherited from collaborative entities with which the user is associated.