Alexa Internet

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

Patrick Tufts

Bran Ferren

William Daniel Hillis

Robert R Cook

Ken Skistimas

Kurt Bollacker

Tomi Pierce

Systems and methods are provided for editing and displaying a structured argument. An argument model comprises a plurality of parameters associated with a structured argument. A user interface graphically displays the plurality of parameters at a user accessible display and receives input from a user defining the value of a selected parameter. A computational engine alters the selected parameter to the defined value and updates the plurality of parameters according to the defined value of the selected parameter. The altered parameters are provided to the user interface, such that the display is updated in real time to reflect the user input.

Visual representation tool for structured arguments

Related web locations are identified from the web usage trails of a population of users. Each usage trail is preferably in the general form of a sequence of URLs accessed by a user during a browsing session. The usage trails are preferably collected using a special client application that operates in conjunction with a web browser and reports the navigation activities of users. In a preferred embodiment, the relatedness of two web locations A and B is determined using a minimum sensitivity calculation that takes into consideration the number of transitions that occurred between A and B relative to the total number of transitions that involved A and/or B. The method may be used independently, or may be used in combination with other methods for identifying related web locations.

Use of web usage trail data to identify relationships between browsable items

Related links for web sites or web pages are determined from the web usage trails of a population of users. Each usage trail is preferably in the general form of a sequence of URLs accessed by a user during a browsing session. The usage trails are preferably collected using a special client application that operates in conjunction with a web browser and reports the navigation activities of users. In a preferred embodiment, the relatedness of two web sites or pages A and B is determined using a minimum sensitivity calculation that takes into consideration the number of transitions that occurred between A and B relative to the total number of transitions that involved A and/or B. More specifically, the minimum sensitivity between A and B for a set of usage trail data is preferably determined by dividing the number of transitions between A and B by the greater of (i) the total number of transitions between A and all web sites and (ii) the total number of transitions between B and all web sites. The method may be used independently, or may be used in combination with other methods for identifying related links.

Use of web usage trail data to identify related links

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Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Patrick Tufts