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System and method for providing multi-core and multi-level topical organization in social indexes

US9031944B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 2010
Grant dateMay 12, 2015
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/353
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method affords multi-core and multi-level topical organization in social indexes. A corpus of articles is accessed. Each article includes online textual materials. A finite state pattern for a topic filters the articles as candidate articles, which are potentially on-topic. Similarity-based representations are formed for on-topic and off-topic core meanings of the topic. An aggregate score for each of the candidate articles is determined using the similarity-based representations to indicate whether the candidate article is sufficiently on-topic. The candidate articles are presented ordered by their aggregate scores. In a further embodiment, a hierarchy of topics is used to guide the presentation of articles from subtopics, with considerations of fairness of subtopic coverage, elimination of similarity-duplicates in articles, and article freshness.

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