Patent ID: 7877391
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for managing resources, said resources including content resources and people resources comprising: receiving a plurality of nodes representing resources, said nodes including content nodes and person nodes, wherein each node contains a resource reference for referencing a corresponding resource; receiving one or more links representing one or more relationships between nodes within the plurality of resources, said links including one or more of a link between two content nodes, a link between two person nodes, and a link between a content node and a person node, each link comprising node references to identify nodes in a corresponding relationship and an importance value to identify an importance of a corresponding relationship; providing an interface through a computer for selecting one of the plurality of content nodes or person nodes; building a nomination list using a first nominator and voting on the nomination list using a first voter and a second voter; compiling votes from the first voter and the second voter; weighting the votes of the first voter and the votes of the second voter according to a voter ranking table, wherein the voter ranking table ranks each of the first voter and the second voter against each user to provide per-user weightings; estimating, in response to a selected node, a node having a likelihood of subsequent selection by a given user based on an importance value of a given user node's link to the selected node and the weighted votes of the first voter and the weighted votes of the second voter; and providing an interface through the computer for selecting said estimated node.