Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20100250597
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Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | A discussion thread management method using tags. From the Abstract: A system for discussion thread management using tag-based categorization, in which three types of tags are provided together to enable effective categorization of discussion threads, based on both automated and manual tagging. The three tag types are 1) user-defined tags, 2) moderator-promoted tags, and 3) system-generated tags. ............ |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 20080082607 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Sastry, Nishanth R.; Kordun, Alexander; |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | Figures 2, 4, and 6; [0010] - |
| URL | http://www.freepatentsonline.co... |
| Filing Date | September 29, 2006 |
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Excerpt
Excerpt SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
To address the above described and other shortcomings of existing systems, a new method and system for advanced discussion thread management using tag-based categorization is disclosed. In the disclosed system, three types of tags are provided together to enable effective categorization of discussion threads. The disclosed system enables arbitrary, dynamically determined tags to be added to a discussion thread. The tags in the disclosed system are of three different types, based on how they are defined. The three tag types are 1) user-defined tags, 2) moderator-promoted tags, and 3) system-generated tags. User-defined tags are arbitrarily defined by individual users and associated by users with posts to meet specific user needs. The user-defined tags are not pre-determined or set by the system, and users are free to decide the contents, such as text, contained in each user-defined tag. System-generated tags are automatically generated for each sub-thread that summarize the posts within the sub-thread. A system-generated tag can be promoted to a moderator-promoted tag when a moderator user verifies the correctness of the system-generated tag.
The disclosed system also automatically detects topic changes in discussion threads (and subthreads) based on the above described tags. A moderator of a forum can accordingly turn on “off-topic post” detection, which determines whether a given sub-thread is tagged sufficiently differently from the topic of the parent thread. If so, then the sub-thread is determined to be off-topic. The moderator can manually examine sub-threads that have been determined to be off topic, and take appropriate actions. For example, a moderator may delete an off topic thread, or fork a new thread of discussion for the off-topic sub-thread. In another embodiment, such decisions as to whether an off-topic sub-thread should be moved or deleted are made automatically, without moderator intervention. |
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See the Excerpt, and Figures 2, 4, and 6. Disclosed is a system for classifying entries in a discussion thread system.
See the Excerpt, and Figures 2, 4, and 6. Disclosed is a system for classifying entries in a discussion thread system.
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