Method and system for matching appropriate content with users by matching content tags and profiles

摘要

A method and system is provided for classifying and labeling information content and also for profiling a user for accessing the information content, both using a coordinated labeling technique so that content from multiple sources may be searched, identified and/or presented to the user according to the user's profile. This technique provides an ongoing update of information content and sources while filtering out unnecessary information that is irrelevant to the user's profile, resulting in focused availability of information to the user. The user profile is matched with content of interest and matching content information may automatically be updated and made available to a user, in conformity with the user's profile. Content providers may now jointly use a common labeling scheme to improve the experience of their users and to provide content providers a technique to associate users with common facets of classification.

主权项

1. A method for managing content information, comprising:
acquiring user profile information using a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays selectable categories to a user; defining one or more user profile vectors (UPVs) based on the user profile information defined by selected ones of the categories; acquiring content categorization information using a content publishing form that displays selectable content category prompts to a provider of content objects; defining one or more content tagging vectors (CTVs) based upon the content categorization information; generating a list of matching content identifiers (MCIs) that is associated with relevant content information by comparing the one or more UPVs and the one or more CTVs; determining whether the relevant content information is already present on a user workstation by comparing the list of MCIs with stored content identifiers (SCIs) that reflect content that is on the user workstation; retrieving the relevant content information based on the comparison of the list of MCIs with the SCIs; and updating the user workstation with the retrieved relevant content information upon a triggering event.