System for adjusting hypertext links with weighed user goals and activities

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PATENT NO 5446891
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08333082

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A smart hypermedia system that acquires user characteristics either directly or inferentially. Simple associative networks serve to model user profiles, including relationships between user goals and the hypermedia information nodes. Hypermedia links to other nodes are recommended by ranking a link list in an order that depends on one or more user profiles containing information relating to users' goals and interests. Users can teach the system directly by rearranging the order of suggested links on the list. The system can also learn indirectly by observing how long and in what sequence the user views each hypermedia information node. User profiles can be combined to form group profiles and may be dynamically and continuously updated to form an adaptive system profile. The two system learning modes may be simultaneous or disjoint.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chen, James R Saratoga, CA 1 547
Fallside, David C San Jose, CA 7 652
Fenwick, Justine R Santa Cruz, CA 1 547
Forcier, Mitchell D Walnut Creek, CA 13 1280
Kaplan, Craig A Santa Cruz, CA 12 907
Wolff, Gregory J Mountain View, CA 87 6870

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