Patent · US Active

Information management and networking

US8990208B2 · kind B2 · utility

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41Claims

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Assignee

FUJITSU LIMITED · JP

Inventors

Jun Wang · San Jose, US
Kanji Uchino · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2011
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 15, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q50/01
WIPO fieldIT methods for management
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a personal information profile is constructed for a user having a collection of information items. The personal information profile comprises one or more information topics, and each information topic comprises one or more information items. Each information topic has an interesting score, which indicates a level of interest the user has in the information topic. In one embodiment, a social network is inferred among a group of users, each having a personal information profile. A connection exists between every two users that share at least one common-interest information topic, indicated by their respective personal information profiles.

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