Patent ID: 6115718
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for predicting document access within a collection of linked documents comprising the steps of:a) gathering usage data for said collection of linked documents;b) generating initial activation information, said initial activation information indicating a set of focus documents in said collection of linked documents;c) generating page to page transition information from said usage data, said page to page transition information indicating a strength of association between documents in said collection of linked documents;d) generating link probability information from said usage data, said link probability information indicating a distribution of the number of documents a user will access in said collection of linked documents;e) performing a spreading activation operation based on said initial activation information, page to page transition information and said probability information based on a network representation of said collection of linked documents; andf) extracting said document access information resulting from said spreading activation step when a stable pattern of activation across all nodes of said network representation of said collection of linked documents is reached.