IP Library Patent Application 17889424
Patent Application
App. No. 17/889,424

DOMAIN EXPERT PREDICTOR

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App. No.
17/889,424
Abstract

Disclosed are various approaches for predicting a domain expert. In one such embodiment, application usage data corresponding to conversations between users of a collaboration messaging service on a particular topic is obtained and used to generate a knowledge graph representing the users involved in the conversations on the particular topic. Thus, based on the knowledge graph, at least one user can be identified as a domain expert for the particular topic, wherein the at least one user is represented in the knowledge graph.

Claims (36)

1 . An expert prediction system comprising:

at least one computing device;

at least one application executed by the at least one computing device, wherein the at least one application causes the at least one computing device to at least:

obtain application usage data corresponding to conversations between users of a collaboration messaging service on a particular topic;

generate from the application usage data a knowledge graph representing the users involved in the conversations on the particular topic;

obtain a request to provide a domain expert for the particular topic, the request received from a front-end interface to the at least one application; and

based on the knowledge graph, provide at least one user as a domain expert to the front-end interface, wherein the at least one user is represented in the knowledge graph.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the front-end interface comprises a chatbot client.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the application usage data is obtained from at least one of a management service or an identity manager, the management service remotely managing a client device associated with the at least one user user and the identity manager comprising a single sign-on service associated with the at least one user.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein application usage data comprises data measured by a management component running on a client device associated with the at least one user, wherein the management component reports application usage to the management service.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the application usage data comprises specific keywords included in the conversations between the users.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the application usage data comprises response times of the users in conversing about the particular topic.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one application causes the at least one computing device to at least:

categorize the users represented in the knowledge graph as an expert or as a practitioner for the particular topic.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the request further specifies a particular group of users, wherein the knowledge graph only represents users that are members of the particular group of users.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising machine-readable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to at least:

obtain application usage data corresponding to conversations between users of a collaboration messaging service on a particular topic;

generate from the application usage data a knowledge graph representing a team of users that are involved in the conversations on the particular topic;

obtain a request to provide a domain expert for the particular topic within the team of users from a client device; and

based on the knowledge graph for the team of users, provide at least one user as a domain expert to the client device, wherein the at least one user is represented in the knowledge graph.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the application usage data is obtained from at least one of a management service or an identity manager, the management service remotely managing the client device associated with the at least one user and the identity manager comprising a single sign-on service associated with the at least one user.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein application usage data comprises data measured by a management component running on the client device associated with the at least one user, wherein the management component reports application usage to the management service.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the application usage data comprises specific keywords included in the conversations between the users.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the application usage data comprises response times of the users in conversing about the particular topic.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to at least:

categorize the users represented in the knowledge graph as an expert or as a practitioner for the particular topic.

15 . A method comprising:

obtaining, via a computing device, application usage data corresponding to conversations between users of a collaboration messaging service on a particular topic;

generating, via the computing device, from the application usage data a knowledge graph representing the users involved in the conversations on the particular topic;

obtaining, via the computing device, a request to provide a domain expert for the particular topic; and

based on the knowledge graph, providing, via the computing device, at least one user as a domain expert to a client device, wherein the at least one user is represented in the knowledge graph.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the application usage data is obtained from at least one of a management service or an identity manager, the management service remotely managing the client device associated with the at least one user and the identity manager comprising a single sign-on service associated with the at least one user.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein application usage data comprises data measured by a management component running on the client device associated with the at least one user, wherein the management component reports application usage to the management service.

18 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the application usage data comprises specific keywords included in the conversations between the users and response times of the users in conversing about the particular topic.

19 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising categorizing, via the computing device, the users represented in the knowledge graph as an expert or as a practitioner for the particular topic.

20 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the request further specifies a particular team of users, wherein the knowledge graph only represents users that are members of the particular team of users.

Assignments (4)
PATENT ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 5, 2024
From: VMWARE LLC
To: OMNISSA, LLC
Reel/Frame 068327/0365 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2024
From: OMNISSA, LLC
To: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH
Reel/Frame 068118/0004 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 25, 2024
From: VMWARE, INC.
To: VMWARE LLC
Reel/Frame 067239/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2022
From: NAMBANNOR KUNNATH, RAMANANDAN; SHETTY, ROHIT PRADEEP
To: VMWARE, INC.
Reel/Frame 060827/0054 →