| US 7,480,648 B2 | ||
| Research rapidity and efficiency improvement by analysis of research artifact similarity | ||
| James C. Adams, Birmingham, Ala. (US); Richard D. Dettinger, Rochester, Minn. (US); Daniel P. Kolz, Rochester, Minn. (US); and Shannon E. Wenzel, Colby, Wis. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 06, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/5,435. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0122965 A1, Jun. 08, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—3 | 9 Claims |
| 1. A computer-implemented method for comparing query-related objects, comprising:
receiving a plurality of query-related objects of two or more object types, each query-related object having a different owner;
sorting the plurality of query-related objects according to the two or more object types;
calculating a degree of similarity of the sorted query-related objects of each of the two or more object types;
determining the calculated degrees of similarity of the sorted query-related objects above a threshold for similarity;
for those sorted query-related objects having the calculated degree of similarity above the threshold for similarity, selecting
pairs of query-related objects with different owners having a predetermined degree of association;
grouping the selected pairs of query-related objects by the owners of the query-related objects;
ranking the grouped pairs of query-related objects based upon the number of selected pairs of query-related objects within
the group; and
outputting the ranked grouped pairs according to the ranking.
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