IP Library Granted Patent US 7,512,628
Granted Patent B2
US 7,512,628 · App. 11/414,232 · Granted Mar 31, 2009

System and method for constructing a social network from multiple disparate, heterogeneous data sources

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,512,628
App. No.
11/414,232
Granted
Mar 31, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer implemented method of constructing a social network, the method including constructing the social network from a plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources, wherein at least one of the plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources includes a user generated data source; identifying a plurality of nodes and linkages; determining attributes of the nodes and linkages based on a plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources, wherein the plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources includes a combination of the user generated data source and at least one non-user generated source, wherein the attributes include at least one of a deterministic attribute, a probabilistic attribute, and a dynamic attribute; populating a mathemetical decision-making model based on the plurality of nodes and linkages, and the determined attributes of the plurality of nodes and linkages; determining attributes of the nodes and links at a second point in time; re-populating the mathematical decision-making model based on the plurality of nodes and linkages, and the determined attributes of the plurality of nodes and linkages at the second point in time.

Claims (16)

1. A computer implemented method of constructing a social network, the method comprising:

constructing said social network from a plurality of disparate, heterogeneous data sources,

wherein at least one of said plurality of disparate, heterogeneous data sources includes a user generated data source;

identifying a plurality of nodes and linkages;

determining attributes of said nodes and linkages based on said plurality of disparate, heterogeneous data sources,

wherein said plurality of disparate, heterogeneous data sources includes a combination of said user generated data source and at least one non-user generated source,

wherein said attributes comprise at least one of:

a deterministic attribute, a probabilistic attribute, and a dynamic attribute;

populating a mathematical decision-making model based on the plurality of nodes and linkages, and the determined attributes of said plurality of nodes and linkages;

determining attributes of said nodes and linkages at a second point in time;

re-populating said mathematical decision-making model based on the plurality of nodes and linkages, and the determined attributes of said plurality of nodes and linkages at said second point in time;

wherein said user generated data source includes at least one survey data source;

analyzing and diagnosing collaboration barriers and risks between said plurality of nodes of said social network;

wherein said determining attributes of said nodes and linkages at a second point in time comprises:

collecting data from said plurality of disparate, heterogeneous data sources, wherein said plurality of disparate, heterogeneous data sources further comprises:

at least one of a survey data, a social computing data, and a combination thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF 1/2 OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2007
From: CHESS, CATHERINE ANNE; EHRLICH, KATE; HELANDER, MARY ELIZABETH; KEARNEY, SANDRA; LIN, CHING-YUNG; MEDEIROS, SUE ANN; PENCHUK, KATHERINE
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018862/0344 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070255721A1 · Nov 1, 2007