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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Leonid Bolshinsky, Karmiel, IL;

Inbal Ronen, Haifa, IL;

Eitan Shapiro, Haifa, IL;

Arnon Yogev, Misgav, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/33 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06F 16/33 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01);
Abstract

A method includes executing, via a processor, a document-oriented search based on a query in an index of documents to generate a set of document results, each document associated with at least one potential expert. The method includes analyzing the document results to produce a list of potential experts. The method includes calculating an expertise score for each potential expert based on a calculated content score and metadata score for each potential expert. The method includes calculating an evidence diversity score for each potential expert. The method includes calculating a confidence score for each potential expert based on a diversity-constrained content score and a diversity-constrained metadata score for each potential expert. The method includes displaying a list of potential experts with associated confidence scores.


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