Patent ID: 8051104
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A machine-implemented method, comprising: receiving, at a computer system, user-generated data through a user interface, the user-generated data comprising: receiving, at the computer system, a user request to add the new first concept to the existing machine-readable network of interrelated concepts; and adding, at the computer system, the new first concept in the existing machine-readable network of interrelated concepts by adding the primary term, the one or more other terms, the information specifying the relationship, the information specifying the relationship type, the information specifying the strength of the at least one relationship in the direction from the new first concept to the second concept, and the information specifying the strength of the at least one hierarchical relationship in the direction from the second concept to the new first concept, to the existing machine-readable network of interrelated concepts, wherein the strength in the direction from the new first concept to the second concept is different than the strength in a direction from the second concept to the new first concept.