Automatic object reference identification and linking in a browseable fact repository
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for automatic object reference identification and linking in a browseable fact repository database are provided. In some implementations, a method includes, identifying a set of values from a plurality of facts associated with an entity. The plurality of facts are stored in a fact repository, and a respective fact includes: an attribute and a corresponding value. The method further includes, responsive to a search for a first value included in a first fact in the plurality of facts: identifying a second fact associated with the entity; and causing to be displayed to a user: a link associated with the second fact, and information representing a confidence value associated with the second fact. The link, when selected, invokes a search of the fact repository in accordance with one or more search parameters, which include a value corresponding to an attribute included in the second fact.
1. A method comprising:
at a computing device including one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs:
identifying a set of values from a plurality of facts associated with an entity, wherein the plurality of facts are stored in a fact repository, and a respective fact in the plurality of facts includes:
(i) an attribute descriptive of the fact; and
(ii) a value corresponding to the attribute;
responsive to a search for a first value, in the set of values, included in a first fact in the plurality of facts:
identifying, in the plurality of facts, a second fact associated with the entity; and
causing to be displayed to a user:
(A) a link to the second fact, wherein:
the link, when selected, invokes a search of the fact repository in accordance with one or more search parameters; and
the one or more search parameters include a value corresponding to an attribute included in the second fact; and
(B) information representing a confidence value associated with the second fact.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of facts are gathered from a source external to the fact repository.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: causing to be displayed to a user, (C) an importance value associated with the second fact.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first value corresponds to a name of a person, and further comprising: causing to be displayed to a user: (D) values representing one or more related persons.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein an anchor text of the link includes the value corresponding to the attribute included in the second fact.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second fact is also associated with a second entity, and further comprising: in accordance with a determination that the link is selected, causing to be displayed to a user: a second plurality of facts associated with the second entity.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attribute included in the second fact corresponds to two or more distinct values, and further comprising: causing to be displayed to a user: (E) the attribute included in the second fact; (F) the two or more distinct values; and (G) a corresponding source for each value in the two or more distinct values.
8. A computing device, comprising:
a processor;
memory; and
one or more programs for execution by the processor, the one or more programs when executed by the processor causing the computing device to:
identify a set of values from a plurality of facts associated with an entity, wherein the plurality of facts are stored in a fact repository, and a respective fact in the plurality of facts includes:
(i) an attribute descriptive of the fact; and
(ii) a value corresponding to the attribute;
responsive to a search for a first value, in the set of values, included in a first fact in the plurality of facts:
identify, in the plurality of facts, a second fact associated with the entity; and
cause to be displayed to a user:
(A) a link to the second fact, wherein:
the link, when selected, invokes a search of the fact repository in accordance with one or more search parameters; and
the one or more search parameters include a value corresponding to an attribute included in the second fact; and
(B) information representing a confidence value associated with the second fact.
9. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of facts are gathered from a source external to the fact repository.
10. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more programs further cause the computing device to: cause to be displayed to a user, (C) an importance value associated with the second fact.
11. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the first value corresponds to a name of a person, and the one or more programs further cause the computing device to: cause to be displayed to a user: (D) values representing one or more related persons.
12. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein an anchor text of the link includes the value corresponding to the attribute included in the second fact.
13. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the second fact is also associated with a second entity, and the one or more programs further cause the computing device to: in accordance with a determination that the link is selected, cause to be displayed to a user: a second plurality of facts associated with the second entity.
14. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the attribute included in the second fact corresponds to two or more distinct values, and the one or more programs further cause the computing device to: cause to be displayed to a user: (E) the attribute included in the second fact; (F) the two or more distinct values; and (G) a corresponding source for each value in the two or more distinct values.
15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by a computing device, the one or more programs when executed cause the computing device to:
identify a set of values from a plurality of facts associated with an entity, wherein the plurality of facts are stored in a fact repository, and a respective fact in the plurality of facts includes:
(i) an attribute descriptive of the fact; and
(ii) a value corresponding to the attribute;
responsive to a search for a first value, in the set of values, included in a first fact in the plurality of facts:
identify, in the plurality of facts, a second fact associated with the entity; and
cause to be displayed to a user:
(A) a link to the second fact, wherein:
the link, when selected, invokes a search of the fact repository in accordance with one or more search parameters; and
the one or more search parameters include a value corresponding to an attribute included in the second fact; and
(B) information representing a confidence value associated with the second fact.
16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of facts are gathered from a source external to the fact repository.
17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more programs when executed further cause the computing device to: cause to be displayed to a user, (C) an importance value associated with the second fact.
18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the first value corresponds to a name of a person, and the one or more programs when executed further cause the computing device to: cause to be displayed to a user: (D) values representing one or more related persons.
19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein an anchor text of the link includes the value corresponding to the attribute included in the second fact.
20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the second fact is also associated with a second entity, and the one or more programs when executed further cause the computing device to: in accordance with a determination that the link is selected, cause to be displayed to a user: a second plurality of facts associated with the second entity.