Patent Document ID: 10095769
Application ID: 14737721

Base Claim:
1. A method for dynamically clustering data items, the method comprising: receiving (a) a plurality of data items originating from at least two sources; (b) a plurality of distinct metadata details; (c) data indicative of associations between said data items and said metadata details, wherein each data item is associated with at least one metadata detail indicative of the respective data items owner, and wherein at least a first data item originating from a first source and a second data item originating from a second source are related data items associated with at least one shared metadata detail; grading strengths of relationships between at least one of said data items and at least one of said metadata details, wherein said grading comprises applying weighting functions; and clustering said data items into one or more clusters, based on the calculated strengths of a relationship between various data items wherein at least one of said clusters comprises related data items originating from more than one source.

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Claim 9:
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating at least one data item with at least one additional metadata detail by utilizing information stored in a global relationships table, and wherein said grading is performed also for the at least one additional metadata detail.