Patent ID: 9189508
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing items over a network, wherein at least one network device enables actions to be performed, comprising: generating a data store for a user that includes at least a plurality of items associated with the user; determining at least one separate role of the user for each individual item in the plurality of items; determining a relevancy between each item of the plurality of items and each other item of the plurality of items; generating an index for the plurality of items based on at least the determined relevancies, wherein each indexed item includes an identifier to other indexed items that are relevant to a corresponding indexed item; for at least one indexed item, determining a ranking of the other indexed items that are relevant to the corresponding indexed item, wherein the at least one separate role of the user is employed to determine the ranking; in response to a selection of an indexed item, providing at least a subset of the ranked indexed items for the selected indexed item for display to the user, wherein the subset of ranked indexed items is determined based on the at least one role of the user for the selected indexed item; and displaying the selected index item in a preview pane to the user, wherein the preview pane includes one or more gleams that correspond to one of a plurality of categories for the plurality of items and also indicate a number of other ranked index items that are relevant to the selected indexed item.