Patent ID: 6405197
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of constructing a profile comprising terms descriptive of an entity, the method including:recording, at a profile system, a first profile identifier associated with a first descriptive profile describing a first entity, wherein the first descriptive profile is owned by a second entity other than the first entity; receiving, at the profile system, a first electronic communication via an electronic communications network from the second entity, the first electronic communication including the first profile identifier; processing the first electronic communication at the profile system to identify a first descriptive term therein, the first descriptive term not being included within the first descriptive profile describing the first entity; utilizing the first profile identifier to identify the first electronic communication as being associated with the first entity; assigning a confidence level to the first descriptive term based on a contextual characteristic of the first descriptive term within the first electronic communication; and including the first descriptive term within the first descriptive profile describing the first entity but owned by the second entity.