System and method for anonymously sharing and scoring information pointers, within a system for harvesting community knowledge
US8799501B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9538
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One embodiment of the method discloses: identifying an information resource accessed by a client computer; generating an information resource pointer including an address for the information resource; and transmitting a pointer message including the information resource pointer over a network. A second embodiment of the method discloses: generating a client profile; storing the profile; receiving a pointer message containing an information resource pointer; scoring the pointer message with respect to the profile; totaling a number of times that the information resource pointer is received, over a predetermined time period; initializing a timeliness score to a maximum value; decrementing the timeliness score by a predetermined percentage each time a predetermined time period elapses after transmission by a sending client computer; generating an aggregate score; and displaying the pointer message and the aggregate score. The system of the present invention, includes all means for implementing the method.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.