IP Library Granted Patent US 8,589,419
Granted Patent B2
US 8,589,419 · App. 13/332,306 · Granted Nov 19, 2013

System and method for establishing relevance of objects in an enterprise system

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Patent No.
US 8,589,419
App. No.
13/332,306
Granted
Nov 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system, method, and computer program for establishing relevance of objects in an enterprise system is provided. One or more objects are assigned to content associated with an enterprise system. One or more query terms are received from a user. A preliminary relevance of the one or more objects is determined based on the query terms. Ratings are assigned to the one or more objects based on the preliminary relevance. An overall relevance of the one or more objects is established based on the ratings.

Claims (40)

1. A method for establishing relevance of objects in an enterprise system comprising:

assigning one or more objects to content associated with an enterprise system;

receiving one or more query terms from a user;

determining, by a processor, a preliminary relevance of the one or more objects based on the query terms;

assigning at least one rating to the one or more objects based on the preliminary relevance, the at least one rating comprising a domain weight associated with the one or more objects; and

establishing an overall relevance of the one or more objects based on the at least one rating.

2. The method recited in claim 1 , further comprising associating metadata with the one or more objects.

3. The method recited in claim 2 , further comprising associating the at least one rating with the metadata.

4. The method recited in claim 2 , wherein the determining of the preliminary relevance of the one or more objects is further based on at least one second preliminary relevance of at least one second object, the at least one second object having associated second metadata having at least one similarity with the metadata of the one or more objects.

5. The method recited in claim 1 , further comprising categorizing the one or more objects according to one or more domains.

6. The method recited in claim 5 , wherein the domain weight associated with one of the one or more objects is based on the domain in which the one of the one or more objects is categorized.

7. The method recited in claim 1 , further comprising returning search results to the user based on the overall relevance.

8. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one rating comprises connection strengths between the one or more objects.

9. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the domain weight associated with the one or more objects is based on the query terms.

10. A system for establishing relevance of objects in an enterprise system comprising:

an object module configured to assign one or more objects to content associated with an enterprise system;

a communications interface configured to receive one or more query terms from a user; and

a weight module configured to run on a processor to determine a preliminary relevance of the one or more objects based on the query terms, to assign at least one rating to the one or more objects based on the preliminary relevance and a domain weight associated with the one or more objects, and to establish an overall relevance of the one or more objects based on the at least one rating.

11. The system recited in claim 10 , wherein the object module is further configured to associate metadata with the one or more objects.

12. The system recited in claim 11 , wherein the object module is further configured to associate the at least one rating with the metadata.

13. The system recited in claim 10 , further comprising a domain module configured to categorize the one or more objects according to one or more domains.

14. The system recited in claim 10 , wherein the communications interface is further configured to return search results to the user based on the overall relevance.

15. The system recited in claim 10 , wherein the at least one rating comprises connection strengths between the one or more objects.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having recorded thereon a computer program, the computer program having instructions for establishing relevance of objects in an enterprise system, the instructions comprising:

assigning one or more objects to content associated with an enterprise system;

receiving one or more query terms from a user;

determining a preliminary relevance of the one or more objects based on the query terms;

assigning at least one rating to the one or more objects based on the preliminary relevance, the at least one rating comprising a domain weight associated with the one or more objects; and

establishing an overall relevance of the one or more objects based on the at least one rating.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium recited in claim 16 , further comprising associating metadata with the one or more objects.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium recited in claim 17 , further comprising associating the at least one rating with the metadata.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium recited in claim 16 , further comprising categorizing the one or more objects according to one or more domains.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium recited in claim 16 , further comprising returning search results to the user based on the overall relevance.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium recited in claim 16 , wherein the at least one rating comprises connection strengths between the one or more objects.

22. A method comprising:

receiving a query related to one or more objects;

computing, by a processor, a preliminary relevance to the query for the one or more objects based on at least one term associated with the query;

propagating the preliminary relevance between the one or more objects;

obtaining an overall relevance based on the propagation and a domain weight associated with the one or more objects; and

ranking search results to the query based on the overall relevance.

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To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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From: OPEN TEXT HOLDINGS, INC.
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2023
From: OPEN TEXT HOLDINGS, INC.
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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MERGER Recorded Jul 20, 2018
From: RECOMMIND, INC.
To: OPEN TEXT HOLDINGS, INC.
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CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: RECOMMIND, INC.
To: RECOMMIND, INC.
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From: RECOMMIND, INC.
To: RECOMMIND, INC.
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