Patent ID: 6208989
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for recognizing and retrieving a subset of objects related to a selected object based on stored evaluations of relationships between connected objects comprising the steps of:a. Creating a profile or selecting a prestored profile, said profile comprising user preferences;b. Setting parameters defining connections between objects to be evaluated;c. Recognizing a connection of one or more objects connected to said selected object based on said parameters;d. Retrieving domain attributes of said recognized connection from said stored evaluations;e. Selecting specific values of one or more of said retrieved domain attributes;f. Setting default values for a connection not containing a selected specific value;g. Creating a resultant value based on the relationship of said stored evaluations to said profile;h. Scaling said resulting value;i. Repeating steps c-h for a plurality of connections, andj. Returning to said user an ordered list of said objects having the highest resultant value.