Aggregating enterprise graph content around user-generated topics

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10713602-B2
Application number	US-201916275386-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2019
Priority date	Mar 3, 2014
Publication date	Jul 14, 2020
Grant date	Jul 14, 2020

Abstract

Aggregation of content based on user-generated topics is provided. Users may associate one or more topics with content items stored across various workloads and repositories. A topic may be a word or phrase of the user's choice, and may be utilized for discoverability of information and aggregation of content items. Topics and content items associated with topics may be acted on (e.g., a user may add or delete topics to associate with a content item, associate or disassociate content items with a topic, embed a set of content items or a stream of content items associated with a topic into other experiences, follow topics, etc.). Content items identified as related to a specific topic may be automatically suggested as possible content items of interest to the user. Additionally, when a user follows a topic, the user may be notified of any changes that occur to the topic.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for providing an aggregation of content, the method comprising:
associating content items with at least one topic relating to the content items;
embedding a stream of content items associated with the at least one topic, in response to receiving an instruction to embed the stream of content items;
determining a new content item is associated with the at least one topic; and
based on determining the new content item is associated with the at least one topic, adding the new content item to the embedded stream of content items, wherein the stream of content items is retrievable by selection of the at least one topic.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein prior to associating the content items with the at least one topic:
determining one or more suggested topics to associate with the content items; and
displaying the one or more suggested topics as selectable topic suggestions.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein determining one or more suggested topics to associate with the content item comprises identifying at least one of:
topics associated with content items recently interacted with by the user;
globally trending topics; and
topics determined to be relevant to the content item.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, in the embedded stream of content items, one or more topics associated with a content item of the embedded stream of content items, wherein each of the one or more topics is selectable.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
receiving an indication of a selected topic;
determining one or more content items that are associated with the selected topic; and
providing the one or more content items associated with the selected topic for display.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving an indication of a selection of an action to take on the one or more content items associated with the selected topic; and
performing the action on the one or more content items associated with the selected topic.

7. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
receiving an indication of a selection to follow a topic of the one or more topics;
determining a new content item associated with the followed topic; and
providing a notification to the user of the new content item associated with the followed topic.

8. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
receiving an indication of a selection of a topic of the one or more topics;
determining a set of content items relevant to the topic according to one or more of: text similarity, vocabulary similarity, semantics similarity, or topic similarity; and
displaying the set of content items determined as suggested content items to associate with the topic.

9. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the system to perform a set of operations, the set of operations comprising:
associating a content item with at least one topic;
in response to an indication to embed a stream of content items associated with the at least one topic, embedding the stream of content items;
determining a new content item is associated with the at least one topic; and
adding the new content item to the embedded stream of content items.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein associating the content item with the at least one topic is performed based on a received selection of the at least one topic.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the set of operations further comprises:
determining one or more suggested topics to associate with the content items; and
displaying the one or more suggested topics as selectable topic suggestions.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein determining one or more suggested topics comprises identifying at least one of:
topics associated with content items recently interacted with by the user;
identifying globally trending topics; or
topics determined to be relevant to the content item.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the set of operations further comprises:
displaying, in the embedded stream of content items, one or more topics associated with the content item, wherein each of the one or more topics is selectable.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the set of operations further comprises:
receiving an indication of a selected topic;
determining one or more content items that are associated with the selected topic; and
displaying the one or more content items associated with the selected topic.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the set of operations further comprises:
receive an indication of a selection of a topic to associate with the content item; and
associate the selected topic with the content item.

16. A computer-readable storage device containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a set of operations for providing an aggregation of content based on user-generated topics, the set of operations comprising:
associating content items with a topic that relates to the content items;
embedding a stream of content items associated with the topic based at least in part on receiving an instruction to embed the stream of content items;
determining a new content item is associated with the topic; and
based on determining the new content item is associated with the topic, adding the new content item to the embedded stream of content items.

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16 , wherein the set of operations further comprises:
determining one or more suggested topics to associate with the content items; and
displaying the one or more suggested topics as selectable topic suggestions.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16 , wherein the set of operations further comprises:
displaying, in the embedded stream of content items, one or more topics associated with a content item of the embedded stream of content items, wherein each of the one or more topics is selectable.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 18 , wherein the set of operations further comprises:
receiving an indication of a selected topic;
determining one or more content items that are associated with the selected topic; and
displaying the one or more content items associated with the selected topic.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 18 , wherein the set of operations further comprises:
receiving an indication of a selection to follow a topic of the one or more topics;
determining a new content item associated with the followed topic; and
providing a notification to the user of the new content item associated with the followed topic.

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Stickler Joshua
• Kehler Christopher
• Meyerzon Dmitriy
• Poznanski Victor
• Kuppusamy Ashok
• Melnychuk Oleg
• Little Charles Reeves

Classifications

• G06Q10/06 Primary

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title

• G06F8/34

  Graphical or visual programming · CPC title

• G06Q30/02

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title

• G11B27/034

  on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence) · CPC title