EP 1390875 A4 20051109 - METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND SOFTWARE FOR AUTOMATED GROWTH OF INTELLIGENT ON-LINE COMMUNITIES
Title (en)
METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND SOFTWARE FOR AUTOMATED GROWTH OF INTELLIGENT ON-LINE COMMUNITIES
Title (de)
VERFAHREN, SYSTEM UND SOFTWARE FÜR AUTOMATISIERTES WACHSTUM INTELLIGENTER ONLINEGEMEINDEN
Title (fr)
PROCEDES, SYSTEMES ET LOGICIEL DE GESTION AUTOMATISEE DE LA CROISSANCE DE COMMUNAUTES INTERNET EVOLUEES
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0209626 W 20020329
- US 29407001 P 20010529
- US 0025886 W 20000920
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO02097678A1] In recent years, computers have become everyday communication tools, fast approaching the commonness of telephones and televisions. Driving this approach is rapid growth of the much-heralded Internet, which functions as a planetary communications system, enabling users to communicate with each other, to transmit data to each other, and to search for data of particular interest. Two problems stemming from the rapid Internet growth are the time and effort often necessary for users to find data of particular interest and the difficulty for users to find and communicate with other users who share interests in similar kinds of information. Accordingly, the present inventor devised systems, methods, and related software for encouraging and managing growth of databases, particularly theme-oriented databases, such as health-in-formation databases (Figure 5). One exemplary method entails establishing a theme-oriented database (520), receiving user contributions to the database, and granting users access rights to the database (152, 154, 156, 158) based on their contributions. The exemplary method also scores user contributions for quality and/or relevance to the theme of the database, and grants access rights based on the scores. Additionally, the exemplary method records the queries users of the database and facilitates communications between users having similar queries.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G06F 17/30 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G06F 16/9535 (2018.12 - EP); G06F 16/9536 (2018.12 - US); G06F 16/9538 (2018.12 - US); G06F 16/958 (2018.12 - EP)
Citation (search report)
- [XY] EP 0848338 A1 19980617 - SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH [DE]
- [Y] WO 0124045 A2 20010405 - XML GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC [US], et al
- [Y] WO 0122292 A2 20010329 - BODY1 INC [US], et al
- [A] WO 9944152 A2 19990902 - KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV [NL], et al
- [A] US 5799151 A 19980825 - HOFFER STEVEN M [US]
- See references of WO 02097678A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 02097678 A1 20021205; CA 2455693 A1 20021205; EP 1390875 A1 20040225; EP 1390875 A4 20051109; JP 2005515521 A 20050526
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0209626 W 20020329; CA 2455693 A 20020329; EP 02725402 A 20020329; JP 2003500788 A 20020329