SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONCEPT DISCOVERY WITH ONLINE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTS
Provided are systems and methods for referencing intent-based taxonomies to enable more natural approaches for users to specify problems to be solved, questions to be answered, and other content requests that can be delivered within online communities. Further embodiments include an active recruitment approach to ensure answers and interactions occur on a given case and/or question. The recruitment approach can be integrated with known or existing online communities to facilitate information exchange and generation. The recruitment approach can be configured to tap resources within an online community but also reach outside of the community to additional resources. Further, intent-based models of cases can be used across even language barriers to recruit across the largest knowledge base possible. Internationally accepted concepts can be used in conjunction with case definition/modeling and resulting case models can be translated through various languages. Such recruitment approaches can target individuals outside a community and across languages.
1 . A system for recruiting participation in an online information environment, the system comprising:
at least one processor operatively connected to a memory, the at least one processor configured to execute a plurality of system components from the memory, the system components comprising;
a case component configured to store case information, the case information including at least one of a question, a specialty requirement, and at least one concept;
a recruitment component, executed by the at least one processor, configured to:
access the case information;
determine any specialty requirement of the case;
access at least one professional network inside the environment and at least one individual outside the environment, wherein the at least one professional network contains a plurality of individuals;
determine the specialty of each individual among the plurality of individuals to identify qualified individuals;
determine a method of communication with each qualified individual; and
deliver a response request to each qualified individual through the determined method of communication.
2 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the case information includes at least two of a question, a specialty requirement, and at least one concept or wherein the case information includes a question, a specialty requirement, and at least one concept.
3 . (canceled)
4 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the recruitment component is configured to match the specialty of each individual with the specialty requirement in the case.
5 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the recruitment component is configured to automatically capture information from information sources outside the online information environment, wherein the information includes contact information for individuals or specialty information for individuals outside the environment or language information from individuals outside the environment.
6 . (canceled)
7 . (canceled)
8 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the recruitment component is configured to deliver a response request to individuals outside the online environment.
9 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of professional networks is an online community of users each with a user profile stored in a user profile database wherein the user profile stored in the user profile database comprises at least user specialty information and preferred user communication information.
10 . (canceled)
11 . The system according to claim 10 , wherein the recruitment component is configured to access the user profiles to determine the method of communication with each qualified individual within the online community of users based upon the preferred user communication information.
12 . (canceled)
13 . The system according to claim 11 , wherein the recruitment component is configured to determine the specialty of each individual within the online community of users based upon the user specialty information.
14 . (canceled)
15 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises:
a translation component, executed by the at least one processor, configured to translate cases from a first language to at least one second language.
16 . The system according to claim 15 , wherein the translation component is configured to extract concepts from the case to generate a concept model.
17 . (canceled)
18 . The system according to claim 16 , wherein the translation component is configured to insert words from the second language into the case.
19 . (canceled)
20 . The system according to claim 15 , wherein the recruitment component is configured to deliver a response request for a case stored in the system in the first language to individuals identified as speaking the at least one second language.
21 . A computer implemented for recruiting participation in an online information environment, the method comprising:
storing, by a computer system, case information, the case information including at least one of a question, a specialty requirement, and at least one concept;
accessing, by the computer system, the case information;
determining, by the computer system, any specialty requirement of the case;
accessing, by the computer system, at least one professional network inside the environment and at least one individual outside the environment, wherein the at least one professional network contains a plurality of individuals;
determining, by the computer system, the specialty of each individual among the plurality of individuals to identify qualified individuals;
determining, by the computer system, a method of communication with each qualified individual; and
delivering, by the computer system, a response request to each qualified individual through the determined method of communication.
22 . The method according to claim 21 , wherein storing the case information includes storing at least two of a question, a specialty requirement, and at least one concept or storing a question, a specialty requirement, and at least one concept.
23 . (canceled)
24 . The method according to claim 21 , wherein determining the specialty includes matching the specialty of each individual with the specialty requirement in the case.
25 . The method according to claim 21 , wherein accessing one individual outside the network includes capturing contact information for individuals outside the environment or capturing specialty information for individuals outside the environment or capturing specialty information for individuals outside the environment or delivering a response request to individuals outside the online environment.
26 . (canceled)
27 . (canceled)
28 . (canceled)
29 . The method according to claim 21 , wherein accessing the at least one of the plurality of professional networks includes accessing an online community of users each with a user profile stored in a user profile database wherein the use profile database includes at least user specialty information and preferred user communication information in the user profile.
30 . (canceled)
31 . The method according to claim 29 , wherein accessing the at least one of the plurality of professional networks includes accessing the user profiles and wherein determining the method of communication with each qualified individual within the online community of users includes determining the communication method responsive to the preferred user communication information in the user profile.
32 . (canceled)
33 . The method according to claim 31 , wherein determining the specialty of each individual within the online community of users includes determining the specialty of each individual responsive to the user specialty information in the user profile.
34 . (canceled)
35 . The method according to claim 29 , further comprising translating cases from a first language to at least one second language.
36 . The method according to claim 35 , wherein the act of translating cases includes extracting concepts from the case to generate a concept model and the act of translating cases includes translating concepts from the concept model.
37 . (canceled)
38 . The method according to claim 36 , wherein translating the cases includes inserting words from the second language into the case.
39 . (canceled)
40 . The method according to claim 35 , wherein delivering a response question includes delivering a response request for a case stored in the system in the first language to individuals identified as speaking the at least one second language.