Patent ID: 7433876
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of a semantics-driven web-portal having a plurality of knowledge objects provided by users on a computing network, the method comprising: receiving a request to create the web-portal from a creator user; granting default access and edit permissions of the plurality of knowledge objects to the creator user; identifying a set of user preferences specified by the creator user, the set of user preferences further comprising permissions governing access or edit rights of the plurality of knowledge objects by a guest user; wherein the guest user is exclusive of the creator user; enforcing the governing access or edit rights of the plurality of knowledge objects by the guest users; receiving, a request from the creator user to add content for generating a semantic posting; analyzing the content; associating the content with a knowledge data structure for the semantic posting; creating a new knowledge data structure, the new knowledge data structure being configured to represent a part of the content; linking the semantic posting to the new knowledge data structure; wherein the new knowledge data structure is created to represent at least one selected from the group comprising: a person, a concept, and an unspecified type; and providing access to the semantic posting in the web-portal to the guest user based on the governing access or edit rights; wherein visibility or editability of the semantic posting is determined by at least one privacy setting in the set of user preferences.