Patent ID: 7877388
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computer system, a first hierarchy including at least a first category and a second category that is a child of the first category; receiving, by the computer system, a plurality of items, each of the plurality of items including information, at least one of the items being associated with one of the categories in the first hierarchy; processing, by the computer system, the plurality of items in a clustering process based upon at least the first hierarchy and the information in each of the items, wherein the processing comprises: automatically determining, by the computer system, a second hierarchy based upon the processing, the second hierarchy including a portion of the first hierarchy and one or more additional categories coupled to the first hierarchy, at least one of the one or more additional categories being a sibling of the second category of the first hierarchy; storing the second hierarchy in memory; and assigning each of the plurality of items to a category of the second hierarchy.