CN102214206A

CN102214206A - Method and equipment for establishing association relation between information entities

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Publication number: CN102214206A
Application number: CN2011101072022A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王京津; 夏寅; 耿磊; 王坤; 陆海霞; 曹建栋; 严孙荣; 肖琦; 左莉; 苏上海; 李博; 王丽宝; 张伟
Original assignee: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology Beijing Co Ltd; Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2011-04-27
Filing date: 2011-04-27
Publication date: 2011-10-12
Anticipated expiration: 2031-04-27
Also published as: CN102214206B

Abstract

The invention aims to provide a method and equipment for establishing an association relation between information entities. The association equipment of the information entities acquires the input information of a first attribute of a first information entity from a user, acquires a second information entity which corresponds to the first attribute according to the input information, and correlates the first information entity to the second information entity according to the first attribute. Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that: data sharing between the information entities is realized by establishing the association relation between the information entities, so the data consistency of the information entities is guaranteed, and the data maintenance cost of the information entities is reduced.

Description

A kind of method and apparatus that is used between information entity, setting up incidence relation

Technical field

The present invention relates to internet arena, relate in particular to a kind of method and apparatus that is used between information entity, setting up incidence relation.

Background technology

In the prior art, the network encyclopaedia, as wikipedia, search encyclopaedia, interactive encyclopaedia, the entry content mostly be static non-structured text, though there are some hyperlinks each other, but the content between the entry can not dynamically be shared, and for example comprises the description text of the music album " daphne odera " of its distribution in the content of entry " Zhou Jielun ", also comprises the description text that this music album is same in the content of entry " daphne odera " simultaneously.At this, entry " Zhou Jielun " can not dynamically be shared with the content of entry " daphne odera ", that is, if will upgrade the description text of this music album, then need the middle content corresponding of entry " Zhou Jielun " and " daphne odera " is upgraded respectively, even the content of being upgraded is on all four.Thus, increase the burden that encyclopaedia is safeguarded, and might cause the encyclopaedia content inconsistent.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of method and apparatus that is used between information entity, setting up incidence relation.

According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of method that is used for setting up incidence relation between information entity, wherein, this method may further comprise the steps:

A obtains the input information of user to first attribute of first information entity;

B obtains and corresponding second information entity of described first attribute according to described input information;

C arrives described second information entity according to described first attribute with described first information entity associated.

According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of equipment that is used for setting up incidence relation between information entity, wherein, this equipment comprises:

The input information deriving means is used to obtain the input information of user to first attribute of first information entity;

The information entity deriving means is used for according to described input information, obtains and corresponding second information entity of described first attribute;

First associated apparatus is used for according to described first attribute, and described first information entity associated is arrived described second information entity.

Compared with prior art, the present invention realizes data sharing between the information entity by set up incidence relation between information entity, thus, and the consistance of guarantee information solid data, and reduce information entity data maintenance cost.

Description of drawings

By reading the detailed description of doing with reference to the following drawings that non-limiting example is done, it is more obvious that other features, objects and advantages of the present invention will become:

Fig. 1 illustrates the equipment synoptic diagram that is used for setting up incidence relation according to one aspect of the invention between information entity;

Fig. 2 illustrates the equipment synoptic diagram that is used for setting up incidence relation between information entity in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 illustrates the method flow diagram that is used for setting up incidence relation according to a further aspect of the present invention between information entity.

Fig. 4 illustrates the method flow diagram that is used for setting up incidence relation between information entity in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Same or analogous Reference numeral is represented same or analogous parts in the accompanying drawing.

Embodiment

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the present invention is described in further detail.

Fig. 1 illustrates the equipment synoptic diagram that is used for setting up incidence relation according to one aspect of the invention between information entity.Information entity associate device 1 comprises input information deriving means 11, information entity deriving means 12 and first associated apparatus 13.At this, information entity associate device 1 includes but not limited to the cloud that computing machine, network host, single network server, a plurality of webserver collection or a plurality of server constitute.At this, cloud is by constituting based on a large amount of computing machines of cloud computing (Cloud Computing) or the webserver, and wherein, cloud computing is a kind of of Distributed Calculation, a super virtual machine of being made up of the loosely-coupled computing machine collection of a group.

Particularly, input information deriving means 11 obtains the input information of user to first attribute of first information entity.More specifically, input information deriving means 11 regularly or answer Event triggered to obtain the input information of user to first attribute of first information entity in real time, the for example input request of submitting to by subscriber equipment by the real-time listening user, to obtain the input information of user to first attribute of first information entity, perhaps the communication mode by agreement directly reads this input information from other parts or the third party device of information entity associate device 1.Wherein, above-mentioned information entity means the data with structuring or semi-structured feature, includes but not limited to the entry in the network encyclopaedia, the merchandise news in the e-commerce website, books clauses and subclauses in the library automation, the periodical in the electronic journal website, paper information etc.For example, suppose that information entity associate device 1 is network encyclopaedia server, the user imports " daphne odera " by subscriber equipment in the tabulation of first attribute " distribution music album " of the first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that is categorized as " singer ", and become http request to be submitted to the input information deriving means 11 of network encyclopaedia server by http communication protocol based on this input content packaging, input information deriving means 11 is by the real-time listening user message, receive and resolve this http request, obtain input information wherein.For another example, deriving means 11 is pressed some cycles, send to third party device by the application programming interface (API) of calling setting termly and obtain the request that the user imports the input information of this third party device, and receive the input information that this third party device returns based on this request.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode of input information of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining input information that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Subsequently, information entity deriving means 12 obtains and corresponding second information entity of described first attribute according to described input information.Particularly, the input information of first attribute of the first information entity that information entity deriving means 12 is provided according to input information deriving means 11, for example by corresponding second information entity of first attribute in predefined information entity data structure generation and this first information entity, perhaps in the information entity database, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain this second information entity.For example, suppose to comprise in the input information and the classification " special edition " of first attribute " distribution music album " information corresponding entity and the title " daphne odera " of this information entity, information entity deriving means 12 that obtain to preset according to this classification with data structure " special edition " classification information corresponding entity, comprising attribute " album name ", " performing artist ", " issuing date ", " distributing and releasing corporation ", " special edition song " etc., then, generate second information entity that is called " daphne odera " with the corresponding name of first attribute " distribution music album " based on this data structure.For another example, suppose to comprise in the input information and first attribute " distribution music album " information corresponding entity title " daphne odera ", information entity deriving means 12 carries out matching inquiry according to this information entity title in the information entity database, to obtain second information entity that name is called " daphne odera ".At this, above-mentioned information entity database is used to store already present all information entities, and this information entity database includes but not limited to relational database, memory storage, harddisk memory etc.The information entity data structure that presets in the illustrated embodiment can be stored in other parts or third party device of information entity associate device 1.Preferably, information entity can have a plurality of classification, for example, information entity " Zhou Jielun " belongs to " singer " classification, has the attribute that " singer " classification is preset, simultaneously, this information entity also can belong to " performer " classification, and has the attribute that " performer " classification is preset.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned second information entity mode of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining second information entity that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Then, first associated apparatus 13 arrives described second information entity according to described first attribute with described first information entity associated.Particularly, first attribute of the first information entity that first associated apparatus 13 provides according to input information deriving means 11, for example with this first attribute as index, one of storage comprises this first attribute in linked database, first information entity, the data recording of second information entity, so that this first information entity associated is to second information entity, perhaps in the Attribute Association relation mapping table, inquire about incidence relation with the corresponding first information entity of this first attribute and second information entity, then, with this incidence relation ID, first information entity, second information entity is stored in the linked database as a data recording, so that this first information entity associated is to second information entity.For example, first attribute " distribution music album " of the first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that first associated apparatus 13 provides according to input information deriving means 11, with this first Property ID and first information entity ID as major key, with first Property ID, the second information entity ID that first information entity ID and information entity deriving means 12 obtain stores linked database into as a data recording, so that first information entity " Zhou Jielun " is associated with second information entity " daphne odera ".For another example, first attribute " distribution music album " of the first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that first associated apparatus 13 provides according to input information deriving means 11, in the Attribute Association relation mapping table, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain the incidence relation of second information entity " daphne odera " that this first information entity " Zhou Jielun " and information entity deriving means 12 obtain, as " singer-special edition ", then, ID with this incidence relation, the first information entity ID and the second information entity ID are stored in the linked database as a data recording, so that this first information entity associated is to second information entity.At this, above-mentioned linked database is used for the incidence relation between the canned data entity, and this linked database includes but not limited to relational database, memory storage, harddisk memory etc.; At this, the Attribute Association relation mapping table is used to store the mapping that the Property ID that presets reaches the incidence relation corresponding with it in the illustrated embodiment, and it can be stored in other parts or third party device of information entity associate device 1.Those skilled in the art will be understood that above-mentioned with first information entity associated to the mode of second information entity only for for example; other existing or may occur from now on first information entity associated to the mode of second information entity as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Preferably, be to work continuously between input information deriving means 11 and information entity deriving means 12 and first associated apparatus 13.Particularly, input information deriving means 11 obtains the input information of user to first attribute of first information entity; Information entity deriving means 12 obtains and corresponding second information entity of described first attribute according to described input information; First associated apparatus 13 arrives described second information entity according to described first attribute with described first information entity associated.At this, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that " continuing " be meant each device respectively according to the mode of operation of setting or adjust in real time require to carry out first attribute of first information entity the obtaining of the obtaining of input information, second information entity, and with first information entity associated to second information entity, stop obtaining in a long time until input information deriving means 11 to the input information of first attribute of first information entity.

More preferably, information entity deriving means 12 generates and corresponding described second information entity of described first attribute according to described input information.Particularly, the input information of first attribute of the first information entity that information entity deriving means 12 provides according to input information deriving means 11, for example by that comprise in this input information and the classification corresponding information entity of this first attribute, obtain and this corresponding predefine information entity data structure of classifying, in view of the above, generate and corresponding second information entity of this first attribute.For example, suppose to comprise in the input information and the classification " special edition " of first attribute " distribution music album " the information corresponding entity of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " and the title " daphne odera " of this information entity, information entity deriving means 12 obtain to preset according to this classification with " special edition " classification information corresponding entity data structure, comprising attribute " album name ", " performing artist ", " issuing date ", " distributing and releasing corporation ", " special edition song " etc., then, generate second information entity that is called " daphne odera " with the corresponding name of first attribute " distribution music album " based on this data structure.For another example, suppose to comprise in the input information first attribute with first information entity " Zhou Jielun " " go out to show a film " classification " film " of information corresponding entity and the title " ineffable secret " of this information entity, information entity deriving means 12 obtain to preset according to this classification with " film " classification information corresponding entity data structure, comprising attribute " the acute name of Chinese ", " the acute name of foreign language ", " product time ", " product company ", " featured performer " etc., then, generate with the first attribute corresponding name that " goes out to show a film " based on this data structure and be called second information entity of " ineffable secret ".Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned generation second information entity is only for giving an example; the mode of other generation second information entities existing or that may occur from now on is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Those skilled in the art will be understood that above-mentioned linked database and information entity database only are example, and in practice, they can be two independent database or storer, also can be integrated in a database or the storer.

Fig. 2 illustrates the equipment synoptic diagram that is used for setting up incidence relation between information entity in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein, the information entity deriving means 12 ' in the information entity associate device 1 also comprises inquiry acquiring unit 121 ' and mutual acquiring unit 122 '.At this, install 11 ', 13 ' identically with reference to the content of the described

device

11,13 of Fig. 1 shown in Fig. 2 with the front, for simplicity's sake, be contained in this with way of reference, do not give unnecessary details and do not do.

Particularly, inquiry acquiring unit 121 ' is inquired about in the information entity database according to described input information, to obtain and described first attribute information corresponding entity candidate item set.More specifically, the input information of first attribute of the first information entity that inquiry acquiring unit 121 ' provides according to deriving means 11 ', for example by the user input content that will comprise in this input information as key word of the inquiry, in the information entity database, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain the information entity candidate item set that name is called this key word of the inquiry, as gathering with this first attribute information corresponding entity candidate item, perhaps by the user input content that will comprise in this input information as key word of the inquiry, in the information entity database, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain the information entity candidate item set that name is called this key word of the inquiry, then, according to that comprise in this input information and the classification first attribute information corresponding entity, in this information entity candidate item set, filter out the information entity that has same category with this first attribute information corresponding entity classification, as gathering with this first attribute information corresponding entity candidate item.For example, the input information of first attribute " distribution music album " of the first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that inquiry acquiring unit 121 ' provides according to deriving means 11 ', with the user input content " daphne odera " that comprises in this input information as key word of the inquiry, in the information entity database, carry out matching inquiry, obtain the information entity candidate item set that name is called " daphne odera ", comprise two information entities in this set, be categorized as " daphne odera " information entity of " special edition " and be categorized as " daphne odera " information entity of " song ", with these two information entities as gathering with this first attribute " distribution music album " information corresponding entity candidate item.For another example, the input information that first attribute of the first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that inquiry acquiring unit 121 ' provides according to deriving means 11 ' " goes out to show a film ", with the user input content that comprises in this input information " beggar of Soviet Union " as key word of the inquiry, in the information entity database, carry out matching inquiry, obtain the information entity candidate item set that name is called " beggar of Soviet Union ", comprise three information entities in this set, wherein have two to be categorized as " Soviet Union beggar " information entity of " film " and " beggar of Soviet Union " information entity that is categorized as " historical personage ", with these three information entities as gathering with this first attribute " distribution music album " information corresponding entity candidate item.Then, according to the classification " film " that " goes out to show a film " the information corresponding entity with this first attribute that comprises in this input information, in this information entity candidate item set, filter out information entity with " film " classification, obtain to be categorized as in this information entity candidate item set two information entities of " film ", as gathering with this first attribute information corresponding entity candidate item.At this, above-mentioned information entity database is used to store already present all information entities, and this information entity database includes but not limited to relational database, memory storage, harddisk memory etc.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode of information entity candidate item set of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining information entity candidate item set that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Then, mutual acquiring unit 122 ' is gathered according to described information entity candidate item, based on user interactions, obtains described second information entity.Particularly, the information entity candidate item set that mutual acquiring unit 122 ' obtains according to inquiry acquiring unit 121 ', for example this information entity candidate item set is offered subscriber equipment by the communication mode of arranging, this subscriber equipment obtains selection result based on user interactions in this information entity candidate item set, and submit to this selection result to mutual acquiring unit 122 ' its communication mode by agreement, mutual acquiring unit 122 ' receives this selection result, and obtains second information entity in view of the above.For example, the information entity candidate item set that mutual acquiring unit 122 ' obtains according to inquiry acquiring unit 121 ', comprise " daphne odera " information entity that is categorized as " special edition " and " daphne odera " information entity that is categorized as " song ", this information entity candidate item set is packaged into the http response and sends to subscriber equipment by http communication protocol, as computing machine; Then, this http response of computer analyzing, obtain this information entity candidate item set, and show the user, the user carries out man-machine interaction by the keyboard of this computing machine, selects in this information entity candidate item set, so that this computing machine obtains selection result, as be categorized as " daphne odera " information entity of " special edition ", and this selection result is packaged into the http request sends to mutual acquiring unit 122 ' by the http agreement; At last, mutual acquiring unit 122 ' receives this selection result, and " daphne odera " information entity that will be categorized as " special edition " in view of the above is as second information entity.At this, can realize communicating by letter by any communication mode between information entity associate device 1 and the subscriber equipment in the illustrated embodiment, include but not limited to, based on the mobile communication of 3GPP, LTE, WIMAX, based on the computer network communication of TCP/IP, udp protocol and based on the low coverage wireless transmission method of bluetooth, Infrared Transmission standard.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode of second information entity of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining second information entity that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Preferably, information entity associate device 1 also comprises the generating apparatus (not shown).Described information entity candidate is not fashionable when obtaining, and this generating apparatus generates and corresponding described second information entity of described first attribute.Particularly, to fail in the information entity database inquiry acquired information entity candidate fashionable when inquiry acquiring unit 121 ', the input information of first attribute of the first information entity that this generating apparatus for example provides according to input information deriving means 11 ', by that comprise in this input information and classification this first attribute information corresponding entity, obtain and this corresponding predefine information entity data structure of classifying, and in view of the above, generate and corresponding second information entity of this first attribute.For example, suppose that inquiry acquiring unit 121 ' fails to obtain an information entity that is called " daphne odera " according to the user input content " daphne odera " in the input information of first attribute " distribution music album " of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " in the information entity database, generating apparatus is according to that comprise in this input information and classification " special edition " first attribute " distribution music album " information corresponding entity, obtain this corresponding predefine information entity data structure of classifying, comprising attribute " album name ", " performing artist ", " issuing date ", " distributing and releasing corporation ", " special edition song " etc., then, generate second information entity that is called " daphne odera " with the corresponding name of first attribute " distribution music album " based on this data structure.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned generation second information entity is only for giving an example; the mode of other generation second information entities existing or that may occur from now on is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

(with reference to Fig. 1) in another preferred embodiment, information entity associate device 1 also comprise the first updating device (not shown), and this first updating device upgrades described first information entity according to described second information entity.Followingly this another preferred embodiment is described in detail with reference to Fig. 1, wherein, the user that first associated apparatus 13 obtains based on input information deriving means 11 is to the input information of first attribute of first information entity, and information entity deriving means 12 obtains and corresponding second information entity of described first attribute, described first information entity associated is arrived described second information entity, its detailed process is with aforementioned identical with reference to the performed process of first associated apparatus 13 among the described embodiment of Fig. 1, for simplicity's sake, be contained in this with way of reference, do not give unnecessary details and do not do.

Particularly, first updating device upgrades described first information entity according to described second information entity.More specifically, first updating device is according to corresponding second information entity of information entity deriving means 12 first attributes with first information entity that obtain, for example upgrades in this first information entity and corresponding first attribute information of this second information entity.For example, information entity deriving means 12 obtains first attribute " distribution music album " corresponding second information entity " daphne odera " with first information entity " Zhou Jielun ", first updating device reads the content shared in this second information entity " daphne odera ", as attribute " special edition song ", its content is " private zone daphne odera excuse grandmother ", then it is updated in the pairing description content of a property value " daphne odera " of first attribute " distribution music album ".Preferably, suppose that the user upgrades its attribute " special edition song " in second information entity " daphne odera " content is " the stranded disorderly dance of private zone daphne odera excuse grandmother general spring and autumn ", first updating device is by the event trigger mechanism of agreement, obtain the content update incident of this second information entity, in linked database, carry out matching inquiry according to this second information entity then, obtaining in the first information entity " Zhou Jielun " and corresponding first attribute of this second information entity " distribution music album ", and upgrade this property content.At this, above-mentioned linked database is used for the incidence relation between the canned data entity, and this linked database includes but not limited to relational database, memory storage, harddisk memory etc.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned renewal first information entity is only for giving an example; the mode of other renewal first information entities existing or that may occur from now on is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Preferably, information entity associate device 1 also comprises the first deriving means (not shown) and the second updating device (not shown), and wherein, first deriving means is according to described first information entity, in linked database, inquire about, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of described first information entity; Second updating device upgrades described other information entities that are associated with described first information entity according to the renewal of described first information entity.

Particularly, first deriving means is inquired about in linked database according to described first information entity, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of described first information entity.More specifically, the first information entity that comprises in the input information that first deriving means obtains according to input information deriving means 11 carries out matching inquiry in linked database, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of this first information entity.For example, suppose first attribute " featured performer " of the first information entity " ineffable secret " of first associated apparatus 13 by being categorized as " film ", with this first information entity associated to second information entity that is categorized as " performer " " osmanthus synthetic fibre magnesium ", first updating device adds the content shared of second information entity " osmanthus synthetic fibre magnesium " in the property content of first attribute " featured performer " of first information entity " ineffable secret " subsequently, then, first deriving means obtains the ID of this first information entity in the input information that input information deriving means 11 provides, and according to this first information entity ID, in linked database, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of this first information entity " ineffable secret ", as " go out to show a film " to be associated with other information entities " Zhou Jielun " of this first information entity by attribute.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode of other information entities of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining other information entities that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Then, second updating device upgrades described other information entities that are associated with described first information entity according to the renewal of described first information entity.Particularly, second updating device upgrades other information entities that are associated with this first information entity that first deriving means obtains according to the content update of first updating device to first information entity.For example, suppose that first updating device is updated to the content shared of second information entity " osmanthus synthetic fibre magnesium " in the property content of first attribute " featured performer " of first information entity " ineffable secret ", subsequently, first deriving means obtains other information entities " Zhou Jielun " that " go out to show a film " to be associated with this first information entity by attribute, then, second updating device reads the property content of attribute " featured performer " in this first information entity " ineffable secret ", then it is added in the pairing description content of a property value " ineffable secret " that the attribute of these other information entities " Zhou Jielun " " goes out to show a film ".Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned other information entities of renewal is only for giving an example; the mode of other other information entities of renewal existing or that may occur from now on is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

In another preferred embodiment (with reference to Fig. 1), information entity associate device 1 also comprises the attribute deriving means (not shown) and the second associated apparatus (not shown), wherein, this attribute deriving means is according to described first information entity, obtains in described second information entity and corresponding second attribute of described first information entity; Second associated apparatus is associated with described first information entity according to described second attribute with described second information entity.Followingly this another preferred embodiment is described in detail with reference to Fig. 1, wherein, the user that first associated apparatus 13 obtains based on input information deriving means 11 is to the input information of first attribute of first information entity, and information entity deriving means 12 obtains and corresponding second information entity of described first attribute, described first information entity associated is arrived described second information entity, its detailed process is with aforementioned identical with reference to the performed process of first associated apparatus 13 among the described embodiment of Fig. 1, for simplicity's sake, be contained in this with way of reference, do not give unnecessary details and do not do.

Particularly, the attribute deriving means is according to described first information entity, obtains in described second information entity and corresponding second attribute of described first information entity.More specifically, the first information entity classification that comprises in the input information that the attribute deriving means for example obtains according to input information deriving means 11, travel through all attributes of second information entity, if the pairing incidence relation of this attribute is corresponding with the classification of first information entity, then with this attribute as in second information entity with corresponding second attribute of this first information entity.For example, suppose that the attribute in the information entity all has the Property ID that presets, the first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that first associated apparatus 13 will be categorized as " singer " is associated with second information entity " daphne odera " that is categorized as " special edition ", the attribute deriving means travels through the attribute in this second information entity, if the attribute of current traversal is " a special edition song ", in the Attribute Association relation mapping table, carry out matching inquiry according to this Property ID, the incidence relation that obtains this Property ID correspondence is " special edition-song ", according to this incidence relation, the classification of determining to have two information entities of " special edition-song " incidence relation should be respectively " special edition " and " song ", being categorized as of second information entity " daphne odera " " special edition " wherein, but the classification of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " is not " song ", the pairing incidence relation of attribute " special edition song " is not corresponding with the classification of first information entity, so this attribute is not and corresponding second attribute of this first information entity; The attribute deriving means is proceeded the attribute traversal in this second information entity, if the attribute of current traversal is " performing artist ", in the Attribute Association relation mapping table, carry out matching inquiry according to this Property ID, the incidence relation that obtains this Property ID correspondence is " special edition-singer ", according to this incidence relation, the classification of determining to have two information entities of " special edition-singer " incidence relation should be respectively " special edition " and " singer ", being categorized as of second information entity " daphne odera " " special edition " wherein, and being categorized as of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " " singer ", the pairing incidence relation of attribute " performing artist " is corresponding with the classification of first information entity, so this attribute is and corresponding second attribute of this first information entity.At this, the Attribute Association relation mapping table is used for the mapping that memory attribute reaches the incidence relation corresponding with it in the illustrated embodiment, but in other parts or third party device of its canned data entity associated equipment 1.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode of second attribute of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining second attribute that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Subsequently, second associated apparatus is associated with described first information entity according to described second attribute with described second information entity.Particularly, in second information entity that second associated apparatus obtains according to the attribute deriving means with corresponding second attribute of first information entity, for example with this second attribute as index, one of storage comprises this second attribute in linked database, second information entity, the data recording of first information entity, so that this second information entity is associated with first information entity, perhaps in the Attribute Association relation mapping table, inquire about incidence relation with corresponding second information entity of this second attribute and first information entity, then, with this incidence relation ID, second information entity, first information entity is stored in the linked database as a data recording, so that this second information entity is associated with first information entity.For example, in second information entity " daphne odera " that second associated apparatus provides according to the attribute deriving means with corresponding second attribute of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " " performing artist ", with this second Property ID and the second information entity ID as major key, with this second Property ID, the second information entity ID and first information entity ID store linked database into as a data recording, so that second information entity " daphne odera " is associated with first information entity " Zhou Jielun ".For another example, in second information entity " daphne odera " that second associated apparatus provides according to the attribute deriving means with corresponding second attribute of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " " performing artist ", in the Attribute Association relation mapping table, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain the incidence relation of second information entity " daphne odera " and first information entity " Zhou Jielun ", as " special edition-singer ", then, ID with this incidence relation, the second information entity ID and first information entity ID are stored in the linked database as a data recording, so that this second information entity is associated with first information entity.At this, above-mentioned linked database is used for the incidence relation between the canned data entity, and this linked database includes but not limited to relational database, memory storage, harddisk memory etc.; At this, the Attribute Association relation mapping table is used for the mapping that memory attribute reaches the incidence relation corresponding with it in the illustrated embodiment, but in other parts or third party device of its canned data entity associated equipment 1.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode that second information entity is associated with first information entity is only for for example; other existing or modes that second information entity are associated with first information entity that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Preferably, information entity associate device 1 also comprises the 3rd updating device (not shown), and the 3rd updating device upgrades described second information entity according to described first information entity.Particularly, the first information entity that comprises in the input information that the 3rd updating device provides according to input information deriving means 11 for example upgrades in this second information entity and corresponding second attribute information of this first information entity.For example, suppose that second associated apparatus is according to second attribute " performing artist " in second information entity " daphne odera ", this second information entity is associated with first information entity " Zhou Jielun ", then, the 3rd updating device reads the content shared in this first information entity " Zhou Jielun ", as attribute " Chinese name ", " outer literary fame ", its property value is respectively " Zhou Jielun ", " Jay Zhou ", then it is updated in second attribute " performing artist's " the pairing description content of property value " performing artist ".Preferably, suppose that the user upgrades its attribute " outer literary fame " in first information entity " Zhou Jielun " property value is " Jay Chou ", the 3rd updating device is by the event trigger mechanism of agreement, obtain the content update incident of this first information entity, in linked database, carry out matching inquiry according to this first information entity then, obtaining in second information entity " daphne odera " and corresponding second attribute of this first information entity " performing artist ", and upgrade the property value of this attribute.At this, above-mentioned linked database is used for the incidence relation between the canned data entity, and this linked database includes but not limited to relational database, memory storage, harddisk memory etc.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned renewal second information entity is only for giving an example; the mode of other renewal second information entities existing or that may occur from now on is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

More preferably, information entity associate device 1 also comprises the second deriving means (not shown) and the 4th updating device (not shown), wherein, second deriving means is according to described second information entity, in described linked database, inquire about, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of described second information entity; Then, the 4th updating device upgrades described other information entities that are associated with second information entity according to the renewal of described second information entity.

Particularly, second deriving means is inquired about in described linked database according to described second information entity, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of described second information entity.More specifically, second information entity that second deriving means obtains according to information entity deriving means 12 carries out matching inquiry in linked database, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of this second information entity.For example, suppose second attribute " performing artist " of second information entity " daphne odera " of second associated apparatus by being categorized as " special edition ", this second information entity is associated with the first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that is categorized as " singer ", subsequently, the 3rd updating device adds the content shared of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " in the property content of second attribute " performing artist " of second information entity " daphne odera ", then, second deriving means is according to the ID of this second information entity, in linked database, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of this second information entity " daphne odera ", be associated with other information entities " A Erfa " that are categorized as " record company " of this second information entity as " releasing an album " by attribute.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode of other information entities of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining other information entities that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Then, the 4th updating device upgrades described other information entities that are associated with second information entity according to the renewal of described second information entity.Particularly, the 4th updating device upgrades other information entities that are associated with this second information entity that second deriving means obtains according to the content update of the 3rd updating device to second information entity.For example, suppose that the 3rd updating device is updated to the relevant information of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " in the property content of second attribute " performing artist " of second information entity " daphne odera ", subsequently, second deriving means obtains other information entities " A Erfa " that " release an album " and be associated with this second information entity by attribute, then, the content shared of the 4th updating device basis reads the property value of attribute " performing artist " in this second information entity " daphne odera ", then it is added in the pairing description content of a property value " daphne odera " that the attribute of these other information entities " A Erfa " " releases an album ".Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned other information entities of renewal is only for giving an example; the mode of other other information entities of renewal existing or that may occur from now on is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

More preferably, information entity associate device 1 also comprises correlation database updating device (not shown).This correlation database updating device related according between described first information entity and described second information entity set up or upgraded described linked database.Particularly, second information entity that the first information entity that the correlation database updating device will obtain at first associated apparatus 13 obtains to the related of second information entity or at second associated apparatus is to the association of first information entity, be written in this linked database, to upgrade this linked database; If detecting this linked database does not set up, this linked database of initialization of then going ahead of the rest is written to described association in this linked database then.For example, the correlation database updating device is according to the incidence relation " singer-special edition " of the first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that obtains at first associated apparatus 13 to second information entity " daphne odera ", in linked database, insert one and comprise this incidence relation ID, first information entity ID, the data recording of the second information entity ID.For another example, the correlation database updating device is according to the incidence relation " special edition-singer " of second information entity " daphne odera " that obtains at second associated apparatus to first information entity " Zhou Jielun ", in linked database, insert one and comprise this incidence relation ID, the second information entity ID, the data recording of first information entity ID.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned foundation or renewal linked database is only for giving an example; other foundation existing or that may occur from now on or the mode of upgrading linked database are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

More preferably, information entity associate device 1 also comprises entity storehouse updating device (not shown).This entity storehouse updating device is according to described second information entity, sets up or upgrades described information entity database.Particularly, entity storehouse updating device is written in this information entity database, second information entity that information entity deriving means 12 obtains to upgrade this information entity database; If detecting this information entity database does not set up, this information entity database of initialization of then going ahead of the rest is written to described information entity in this information entity database then.For example, second information entity " daphne odera " that entity storehouse updating device is newly-generated with information entity deriving means 12 is inserted in this information entity database, to upgrade this information entity database.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned foundation or lastest imformation entity data bak is only for giving an example; the mode of other foundation existing or that may occur from now on or lastest imformation entity data bak is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Those skilled in the art will be understood that above-mentioned first, second associated apparatus only is example, and in practice, it can adopt multiple mode to realize, includes but not limited to, is realized by the functional module of separating, and also can be realized by same functional module.Those skilled in the art will be understood that also above-mentioned first, second, third, fourth updating device only is example, in practice, it can adopt multiple mode to realize, include but not limited to, realize, also can realize by same functional module by the functional module of separating.Those skilled in the art will be understood that also above-mentioned first, second deriving means only is example, and in practice, it can adopt multiple mode to realize, includes but not limited to, is realized by the functional module of separating, and also can be realized by same functional module.

Fig. 3 illustrates the method flow diagram that is used for setting up incidence relation according to one aspect of the invention between information entity.At this, information entity associate device 1 includes but not limited to the cloud that computing machine, network host, single network server, a plurality of webserver collection or a plurality of server constitute.At this, cloud is by constituting based on a large amount of computing machines of cloud computing (Cloud Computing) or the webserver, and wherein, cloud computing is a kind of of Distributed Calculation, a super virtual machine of being made up of the loosely-coupled computing machine collection of a group.

Particularly, in step S1, information entity associate device 1 obtains the input information of user to first attribute of first information entity.More specifically, in step S1, information entity associate device 1 regularly or answer Event triggered to obtain the input information of user to first attribute of first information entity in real time, the for example input request of submitting to by subscriber equipment by the real-time listening user, to obtain the input information of user to first attribute of first information entity, perhaps the communication mode by agreement directly reads this input information from third party device.For example, suppose that information entity associate device 1 is network encyclopaedia server, the user imports " daphne odera " by subscriber equipment in the tabulation of first attribute " distribution music album " of the first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that is categorized as " singer ", and become http request to be submitted to information entity associate device 1 by http communication protocol based on this input content packaging, in step S1, information entity associate device 1 is by the real-time listening user message, receive and resolve this http request, obtain input information wherein.For another example, in step S1, information entity associate device 1 is pressed some cycles, send to third party device by the application programming interface (API) of calling setting termly and obtain the request that the user imports the input information of this third party device, and receive the input information that this third party device returns based on this request.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode of input information of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining input information that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Subsequently, in step S2, information entity associate device 1 obtains and corresponding second information entity of described first attribute according to described input information.Particularly, in step S2, information entity associate device 1 is according to the input information of first attribute of its first information entity that is provided in step S1, for example by corresponding second information entity of first attribute in predefined information entity data structure generation and this first information entity, perhaps in the information entity database, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain this second information entity.For example, suppose to comprise in the input information and the classification " special edition " of first attribute " distribution music album " information corresponding entity and the title " daphne odera " of this information entity, in step S2, information entity associate device 1 that obtain to preset according to this classification with data structure " special edition " classification information corresponding entity, comprising attribute " album name ", " performing artist ", " issuing date ", " distributing and releasing corporation ", " special edition song " etc., then, generate second information entity that is called " daphne odera " with the corresponding name of first attribute " distribution music album " based on this data structure.For another example, suppose to comprise in the input information and first attribute " distribution music album " information corresponding entity title " daphne odera ", in step S2, information entity associate device 1 carries out matching inquiry according to this information entity title in the information entity database, to obtain second information entity that name is called " daphne odera ".At this, above-mentioned information entity database is used to store already present all information entities, and this information entity database includes but not limited to relational database, memory storage, harddisk memory etc.The information entity data structure that presets in the illustrated embodiment can be stored in information entity associate device 1 or the third party device.Preferably, information entity can have a plurality of classification, for example, information entity " Zhou Jielun " belongs to " singer " classification, has the attribute that " singer " classification is preset, simultaneously, this information entity also can belong to " performer " classification, and has the attribute that " performer " classification is preset.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned second information entity mode of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining second information entity that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Then, in step S3, information entity associate device 1 arrives described second information entity according to described first attribute with described first information entity associated.Particularly, in step S3, information entity associate device 1 is according to first attribute of its first information entity that provides in step S1, for example with this first attribute as index, one of storage comprises this first attribute in linked database, first information entity, the data recording of second information entity, so that this first information entity associated is to second information entity, perhaps in the Attribute Association relation mapping table, inquire about incidence relation with the corresponding first information entity of this first attribute and second information entity, then, with this incidence relation ID, first information entity, second information entity is stored in the linked database as a data recording, so that this first information entity associated is to second information entity.For example, in step S3, information entity associate device 1 is according to first attribute " distribution music album " of its first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that provides in step S1, with this first Property ID and first information entity ID as major key, with first Property ID, the second information entity ID that first information entity ID and this information entity associate device 1 obtain in step S2 stores linked database into as a data recording, so that first information entity " Zhou Jielun " is associated with second information entity " daphne odera ".For another example, in step S3, information entity associate device 1 is according to first attribute " distribution music album " of its first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that provides in step S1, in the Attribute Association relation mapping table, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain the incidence relation of second information entity " daphne odera " that this first information entity " Zhou Jielun " and this information entity associate device 1 obtain in step S2, as " singer-special edition ", then, ID with this incidence relation, the first information entity ID and the second information entity ID are stored in the linked database as a data recording, so that this first information entity associated is to second information entity.At this, above-mentioned linked database is used for the incidence relation between the canned data entity, and this linked database includes but not limited to relational database, memory storage, harddisk memory etc.; At this, the Attribute Association relation mapping table is used to store the mapping that the Property ID that presets reaches the incidence relation corresponding with it in the illustrated embodiment, and it can be stored in information entity associate device 1 or the third party device.Those skilled in the art will be understood that above-mentioned with first information entity associated to the mode of second information entity only for for example; other existing or may occur from now on first information entity associated to the mode of second information entity as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Preferably, information entity associate device 1 is to work continuously in step S1, step S2 and step S3.Particularly, in step S1, information entity associate device 1 obtains the input information of user to first attribute of first information entity; In step S2, information entity associate device 1 obtains and corresponding second information entity of described first attribute according to described input information; In step S3, information entity associate device 1 arrives described second information entity according to described first attribute with described first information entity associated.At this, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that " continuing " be meant information entity associate device 1 in step S1, step S2 and step S3 respectively according to the mode of operation of setting or adjust in real time require to carry out first attribute of first information entity the obtaining of the obtaining of input information, second information entity, and with first information entity associated to second information entity, stop obtaining in a long time until information entity associate device 1 to the input information of first attribute of first information entity.

More preferably, in step S2, information entity associate device 1 generates and corresponding described second information entity of described first attribute according to described input information.Particularly, in step S2, information entity associate device 1 is according to the input information of first attribute of its first information entity that provides in step S1, for example by that comprise in this input information and the classification corresponding information entity of this first attribute, obtain and this corresponding predefine information entity data structure of classifying, in view of the above, generate and corresponding second information entity of this first attribute.For example, suppose to comprise in the input information and the classification " special edition " of first attribute " distribution music album " the information corresponding entity of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " and the title " daphne odera " of this information entity, in step S2, information entity associate device 1 obtain to preset according to this classification with " special edition " classification information corresponding entity data structure, comprising attribute " album name ", " performing artist ", " issuing date ", " distributing and releasing corporation ", " special edition song " etc., then, generate second information entity that is called " daphne odera " with the corresponding name of first attribute " distribution music album " based on this data structure.For another example, suppose to comprise in the input information first attribute with first information entity " Zhou Jielun " " go out to show a film " classification " film " of information corresponding entity and the title " ineffable secret " of this information entity, in step S2, information entity associate device 1 obtain to preset according to this classification with " film " classification information corresponding entity data structure, comprising attribute " the acute name of Chinese ", " the acute name of foreign language ", " product time ", " product company ", " featured performer " etc., then, generate with the first attribute corresponding name that " goes out to show a film " based on this data structure and be called second information entity of " ineffable secret ".Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned generation second information entity is only for giving an example; the mode of other generation second information entities existing or that may occur from now on is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Fig. 4 illustrates the method flow diagram that is used for setting up incidence relation between information entity in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, at this, the content of the S1 ' of step shown in Fig. 4, step S3 ' is identical with reference to the content of the described step S1 of Fig. 3, step S3 with the front, for simplicity's sake, be contained in this with way of reference, do not give unnecessary details and do not do.

Particularly, in step S21 ', information entity associate device 1 is inquired about in the information entity database according to described input information, to obtain and described first attribute information corresponding entity candidate item set.More specifically, in step S21 ', information entity associate device 1 is according to the input information of first attribute of its first information entity that provides in step S1 ', for example by the user input content that will comprise in this input information as key word of the inquiry, in the information entity database, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain the information entity candidate item set that name is called this key word of the inquiry, as gathering with this first attribute information corresponding entity candidate item, perhaps by the user input content that will comprise in this input information as key word of the inquiry, in the information entity database, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain the information entity candidate item set that name is called this key word of the inquiry, then, according to that comprise in this input information and the classification first attribute information corresponding entity, in this information entity candidate item set, filter out the information entity that has same category with this first attribute information corresponding entity classification, as gathering with this first attribute information corresponding entity candidate item.For example, in step S21 ', information entity associate device 1 is according to the input information of first attribute " distribution music album " of its first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that provides in step S1 ', with the user input content " daphne odera " that comprises in this input information as key word of the inquiry, in the information entity database, carry out matching inquiry, obtain the information entity candidate item set that name is called " daphne odera ", comprise two information entities in this set, be categorized as " daphne odera " information entity of " special edition " and be categorized as " daphne odera " information entity of " song ", with these two information entities as gathering with this first attribute " distribution music album " information corresponding entity candidate item.For another example, in step S21 ', the input information that information entity associate device 1 " goes out to show a film " according to first attribute of its first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that provides in step S1 ', with the user input content that comprises in this input information " beggar of Soviet Union " as key word of the inquiry, in the information entity database, carry out matching inquiry, obtain the information entity candidate item set that name is called " beggar of Soviet Union ", comprise three information entities in this set, wherein have two to be categorized as " Soviet Union beggar " information entity of " film " and " beggar of Soviet Union " information entity that is categorized as " historical personage ", with these three information entities as gathering with this first attribute " distribution music album " information corresponding entity candidate item.Then, according to the classification " film " that " goes out to show a film " the information corresponding entity with this first attribute that comprises in this input information, in this information entity candidate item set, filter out information entity with " film " classification, obtain to be categorized as in this information entity candidate item set two information entities of " film ", as gathering with this first attribute information corresponding entity candidate item.At this, above-mentioned information entity database is used to store already present all information entities, and this information entity database includes but not limited to relational database, memory storage, harddisk memory etc.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode of information entity candidate item set of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining information entity candidate item set that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Then, in step S22 ', information entity associate device 1 is gathered according to described information entity candidate item, based on user interactions, obtains described second information entity.Particularly, in step S22 ', information entity associate device 1 is according to its information entity candidate item that obtains in step S21 ' set, for example this information entity candidate item set is offered subscriber equipment by the communication mode of arranging, this subscriber equipment obtains selection result based on user interactions in this information entity candidate item set, and submit to this selection result to information entity associate device 1 its communication mode by agreement, in step S22 ', information entity associate device 1 receives this selection result, and obtains second information entity in view of the above.For example, in step S22 ', information entity associate device 1 is according to its information entity candidate item that obtains in step S21 ' set, comprise " daphne odera " information entity that is categorized as " special edition " and " daphne odera " information entity that is categorized as " song ", this information entity candidate item set is packaged into the http response and sends to subscriber equipment by http communication protocol, as computing machine; Then, this http response of computer analyzing, obtain this information entity candidate item set, and show the user, the user carries out man-machine interaction by the keyboard of this computing machine, selects in this information entity candidate item set, so that this computing machine obtains selection result, as be categorized as " daphne odera " information entity of " special edition ", and this selection result is packaged into the http request sends to information entity associate device 1 by the http agreement; At last, in step S22 ', information entity associate device 1 receives this selection result, and " daphne odera " information entity that will be categorized as " special edition " in view of the above is as second information entity.At this, can realize communicating by letter by any communication mode between information entity associate device 1 and the subscriber equipment in the illustrated embodiment, include but not limited to, based on the mobile communication of 3GPP, LTE, WIMAX, based on the computer network communication of TCP/IP, udp protocol and based on the low coverage wireless transmission method of bluetooth, Infrared Transmission standard.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode of second information entity of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining second information entity that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Preferably, this process also comprises step S4 (not shown).Described information entity candidate is not fashionable when obtaining, and in step S4, information entity associate device 1 generates and corresponding described second information entity of described first attribute.Particularly, to fail in the information entity database inquiry acquired information entity candidate in step S21 ' fashionable when information entity associate device 1, in step S4, information entity associate device 1 is for example according to the input information of first attribute of its first information entity that provides in step S1 ', by that comprise in this input information and classification this first attribute information corresponding entity, obtain and this corresponding predefine information entity data structure of classifying, and in view of the above, generate and corresponding second information entity of this first attribute.For example, in step S21 ', information entity associate device 1 fails to obtain the information entity that name is called " daphne odera " according to the user input content " daphne odera " in the input information of first attribute of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " " distribution music album " in the information entity database, in step S4, information entity associate device 1 is according to that comprise in this input information and classification " special edition " first attribute " distribution music album " information corresponding entity, obtain this corresponding predefine information entity data structure of classifying, comprising attribute " album name ", " performing artist ", " issuing date ", " distributing and releasing corporation ", " special edition song " etc., then, generate second information entity that is called " daphne odera " with the corresponding name of first attribute " distribution music album " based on this data structure.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned generation second information entity is only for giving an example; the mode of other generation second information entities existing or that may occur from now on is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

(with reference to Fig. 3) in another preferred embodiment, this process also comprises step S5 (not shown), in step S5, information entity associate device 1 upgrades described first information entity according to described second information entity.Followingly this another preferred embodiment is described in detail with reference to Fig. 3, wherein, in step S3, information entity associate device 1 is based on the input information of its user who obtains in step S1 to first attribute of first information entity, and in step S2, obtain and corresponding second information entity of described first attribute, described first information entity associated is arrived described second information entity, its detailed process is with aforementioned identical with reference to the performed process in step S3 of information entity associate device 1 among the described embodiment of Fig. 3, for simplicity's sake, be contained in this with way of reference, do not give unnecessary details and do not do.

Particularly, in step S5, information entity associate device 1 upgrades described first information entity according to described second information entity.More specifically, in step S5, information entity associate device 1 that obtain in step S2 according to it with corresponding second information entity of first attribute first information entity, for example upgrade in this first information entity and corresponding first attribute information of this second information entity.For example, in step S2, information entity associate device 1 obtains first attribute " distribution music album " corresponding second information entity " daphne odera " with first information entity " Zhou Jielun ", in step S5, information entity associate device 1 reads the content shared in this second information entity " daphne odera ", as attribute " special edition song ", its content is " private zone daphne odera excuse grandmother ", then it is updated in the pairing description content of a property value " daphne odera " of first attribute " distribution music album ".Preferably, suppose that the user upgrades its attribute " special edition song " in second information entity " daphne odera " content is " the stranded disorderly dance of private zone daphne odera excuse grandmother general spring and autumn ", in step S5, information entity associate device 1 is by the event trigger mechanism of agreement, obtain the content update incident of this second information entity, in linked database, carry out matching inquiry according to this second information entity then, obtaining in the first information entity " Zhou Jielun " and corresponding first attribute of this second information entity " distribution music album ", and upgrade this property content.At this, above-mentioned linked database is used for the incidence relation between the canned data entity, and this linked database includes but not limited to relational database, memory storage, harddisk memory etc.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned renewal first information entity is only for giving an example; the mode of other renewal first information entities existing or that may occur from now on is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Preferably, this process also comprises step S6 (not shown) and step S7 (not shown), wherein, in step S6, information entity associate device 1 is inquired about in linked database according to described first information entity, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of described first information entity; In step S7, information entity associate device 1 upgrades described other information entities that are associated with described first information entity according to the renewal of described first information entity.

Particularly, in step S6, information entity associate device 1 is inquired about in linked database according to described first information entity, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of described first information entity.More specifically, in step S6, information entity associate device 1 carries out matching inquiry according to the first information entity that comprises in its input information that obtains in linked database in step S1, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of this first information entity.For example, suppose first attribute " featured performer " of information entity associate device 1 first information entity " ineffable secret " by being categorized as " film " in step S3, with this first information entity associated to second information entity that is categorized as " performer " " osmanthus synthetic fibre magnesium ", subsequently in step S5, information entity associate device 1 adds the content shared of second information entity " osmanthus synthetic fibre magnesium " in the property content of first attribute " featured performer " of first information entity " ineffable secret ", then, in step S6, the ID of this first information entity is provided in its input information that provides in step S1 information entity associate device 1, and according to this first information entity ID, in linked database, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of this first information entity " ineffable secret ", as " go out to show a film " to be associated with other information entities " Zhou Jielun " of this first information entity by attribute.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode of other information entities of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining other information entities that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Then, in step S7, information entity associate device 1 upgrades described other information entities that are associated with described first information entity according to the renewal of described first information entity.Particularly, in step S7, information entity associate device 1 is according to its content update to first information entity in step S5, other information entities that are associated with this first information entity that lastest imformation entity associated equipment 1 obtains in step S6.For example, suppose in step S5, information entity associate device 1 is updated to the content shared of second information entity " osmanthus synthetic fibre magnesium " in the property content of first attribute " featured performer " of first information entity " ineffable secret ", subsequently, in step S6, information entity associate device 1 obtains other information entities " Zhou Jielun " that " go out to show a film " to be associated with this first information entity by attribute, then, in step S7, information entity associate device 1 reads the property content of attribute " featured performer " in this first information entity " ineffable secret ", then it is added in the pairing description content of a property value " ineffable secret " that the attribute of these other information entities " Zhou Jielun " " goes out to show a film ".Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned other information entities of renewal is only for giving an example; the mode of other other information entities of renewal existing or that may occur from now on is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

In another preferred embodiment (with reference to Fig. 3), this process also comprises step S8 (not shown) and step S9 (not shown), wherein, in step S8, information entity associate device 1 is according to described first information entity, obtains in described second information entity and corresponding second attribute of described first information entity; In step S9, information entity associate device 1 is associated with described first information entity according to described second attribute with described second information entity.Followingly this another preferred embodiment is described in detail with reference to Fig. 3, wherein, in step S3, information entity associate device 1 is based on the input information of its user who obtains in step S1 to first attribute of first information entity, and in step S2, obtain and corresponding second information entity of described first attribute, described first information entity associated is arrived described second information entity, its detailed process is with aforementioned identical with reference to the performed process in step S3 of information entity associate device 1 among the described embodiment of Fig. 3, for simplicity's sake, be contained in this with way of reference, do not give unnecessary details and do not do.

Particularly, in step S8, information entity associate device 1 is according to described first information entity, obtains in described second information entity and corresponding second attribute of described first information entity.More specifically, in step S8, information entity associate device 1 is for example according to the first information entity classification that comprises in its input information that obtains in step S1, travel through all attributes of second information entity, if the pairing incidence relation of this attribute is corresponding with the classification of first information entity, then with this attribute as in second information entity with corresponding second attribute of this first information entity.For example, suppose that the attribute in the information entity all has the Property ID that presets, in step S3, the first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that information entity associate device 1 will be categorized as " singer " is associated with second information entity " daphne odera " that is categorized as " special edition ", in step S8, attribute in information entity associate device 1 this second information entity of traversal, if the attribute of current traversal is " a special edition song ", in the Attribute Association relation mapping table, carry out matching inquiry according to this Property ID, the incidence relation that obtains this Property ID correspondence is " special edition-song ", according to this incidence relation, the classification of determining to have two information entities of " special edition-song " incidence relation should be respectively " special edition " and " song ", being categorized as of second information entity " daphne odera " " special edition " wherein, but the classification of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " is not " song ", the pairing incidence relation of attribute " special edition song " is not corresponding with the classification of first information entity, so this attribute is not and corresponding second attribute of this first information entity; In step S8, information entity associate device 1 is proceeded the attribute traversal in this second information entity, if the attribute of current traversal is " performing artist ", in the Attribute Association relation mapping table, carry out matching inquiry according to this Property ID, the incidence relation that obtains this Property ID correspondence is " special edition-singer ", according to this incidence relation, the classification of determining to have two information entities of " special edition-singer " incidence relation should be respectively " special edition " and " singer ", being categorized as of second information entity " daphne odera " " special edition " wherein, and being categorized as of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " " singer ", the pairing incidence relation of attribute " performing artist " is corresponding with the classification of first information entity, so this attribute is and corresponding second attribute of this first information entity.At this, the Attribute Association relation mapping table is used for the mapping that memory attribute reaches the incidence relation corresponding with it in the illustrated embodiment, but in other parts or third party device of its canned data entity associated equipment 1.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode of second attribute of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining second attribute that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Subsequently, in step S9, information entity associate device 1 is associated with described first information entity according to described second attribute with described second information entity.Particularly, in step S9, information entity associate device 1 according in its second information entity that in step S8, obtains with corresponding second attribute of first information entity, for example with this second attribute as index, one of storage comprises this second attribute in linked database, second information entity, the data recording of first information entity, so that this second information entity is associated with first information entity, perhaps in the Attribute Association relation mapping table, inquire about incidence relation with corresponding second information entity of this second attribute and first information entity, then, with this incidence relation ID, second information entity, first information entity is stored in the linked database as a data recording, so that this second information entity is associated with first information entity.For example, in step S9, information entity associate device 1 according in its second information entity " daphne odera " that in step S8, provides with corresponding second attribute of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " " performing artist ", with this second Property ID and the second information entity ID as major key, with this second Property ID, the second information entity ID and first information entity ID store linked database into as a data recording, so that second information entity " daphne odera " is associated with first information entity " Zhou Jielun ".For another example, in step S9, information entity associate device 1 according in its second information entity " daphne odera " that in step S8, provides with corresponding second attribute of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " " performing artist ", in the Attribute Association relation mapping table, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain the incidence relation of second information entity " daphne odera " and first information entity " Zhou Jielun ", as " special edition-singer ", then, ID with this incidence relation, the second information entity ID and first information entity ID are stored in the linked database as a data recording, so that this second information entity is associated with first information entity.At this, above-mentioned linked database is used for the incidence relation between the canned data entity, and this linked database includes but not limited to relational database, memory storage, harddisk memory etc.; At this, the Attribute Association relation mapping table is used for the mapping that memory attribute reaches the incidence relation corresponding with it in the illustrated embodiment, but in other parts or third party device of its canned data entity associated equipment 1.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode that second information entity is associated with first information entity is only for for example; other existing or modes that second information entity are associated with first information entity that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Preferably, this process also comprises step S10 (not shown), and in step S10, information entity associate device 1 upgrades described second information entity according to described first information entity.Particularly, in step S10, information entity associate device 1 is according to the first information entity that comprises in its input information that provides in step S1, for example upgrades in this second information entity and corresponding second attribute information of this first information entity.For example, suppose in step S9, information entity associate device 1 is according to second attribute " performing artist " in second information entity " daphne odera ", this second information entity is associated with first information entity " Zhou Jielun ", then, in step S10, information entity associate device 1 reads the content shared in this first information entity " Zhou Jielun ", as attribute " Chinese name ", " outer literary fame ", its property value is respectively " Zhou Jielun ", " Jay Zhou " is updated to it in pairing description content of property value " performing artist " of second attribute " performing artist " then.Preferably, suppose that the user upgrades its attribute " outer literary fame " in first information entity " Zhou Jielun " property value is " Jay Chou ", in step S10, information entity associate device 1 is by the event trigger mechanism of agreement, obtain the content update incident of this first information entity, in linked database, carry out matching inquiry according to this first information entity then, obtaining in second information entity " daphne odera " and corresponding second attribute of this first information entity " performing artist ", and upgrade the property value of this attribute.At this, above-mentioned linked database is used for the incidence relation between the canned data entity, and this linked database includes but not limited to relational database, memory storage, harddisk memory etc.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned renewal second information entity is only for giving an example; the mode of other renewal second information entities existing or that may occur from now on is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

More preferably, this process also comprises step S11 (not shown) and step S12 (not shown), wherein, in step S11, information entity associate device 1 is inquired about in described linked database according to described second information entity, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of described second information entity; Then, in step S12, information entity associate device 1 upgrades described other information entities that are associated with second information entity according to the renewal of described second information entity.

Particularly, in step S11, information entity associate device 1 is inquired about in described linked database according to described second information entity, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of described second information entity.More specifically, in step S11, information entity associate device 1 carries out matching inquiry according to its second information entity that obtains in linked database in step S2, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of this second information entity.For example, suppose in step S9, second attribute " performing artist " of second information entity " daphne odera " of information entity associate device 1 by being categorized as " special edition ", this second information entity is associated with the first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that is categorized as " singer ", subsequently, in step S10, information entity associate device 1 adds the content shared of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " in the property content of second attribute " performing artist " of second information entity " daphne odera ", then, in step S11, information entity associate device 1 is according to the ID of this second information entity, in linked database, carry out matching inquiry, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of this second information entity " daphne odera ", be associated with other information entities " A Erfa " that are categorized as " record company " of this second information entity as " releasing an album " by attribute.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the above-mentioned mode of other information entities of obtaining is only for giving an example; other existing or modes of obtaining other information entities that may occur from now on are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

Then, in step S12, information entity associate device 1 upgrades described other information entities that are associated with second information entity according to the renewal of described second information entity.Particularly, in step S12, information entity associate device 1 is according to its content update to second information entity in step S10, other information entities that are associated with this second information entity that lastest imformation entity associated equipment 1 obtains in step S11.For example, suppose in step S10, information entity associate device 1 is updated to the relevant information of first information entity " Zhou Jielun " in the property content of second attribute " performing artist " of second information entity " daphne odera ", subsequently, in step S11, information entity associate device 1 obtains other information entities " A Erfa " that " release an album " and be associated with this second information entity by attribute, then, in step S12, the content shared of information entity associate device 1 basis reads the property value of attribute " performing artist " in this second information entity " daphne odera ", then it is added in the pairing description content of a property value " daphne odera " that the attribute of these other information entities " A Erfa " " releases an album ".Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned other information entities of renewal is only for giving an example; the mode of other other information entities of renewal existing or that may occur from now on is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

More preferably, this process also comprises step S13 (not shown).In step S13, information entity associate device 1 related according between described first information entity and described second information entity set up or upgraded described linked database.Particularly, in step S13, information entity associate device 1 is with the association of its first information entity that obtains in step S3 to the related of second information entity or second information entity that obtains in step S9 to first information entity, be written in this linked database, to upgrade this linked database; If detecting this linked database does not set up, this linked database of initialization of then going ahead of the rest is written to described association in this linked database then.For example, in step S13, information entity associate device 1 is according to the incidence relation " singer-special edition " of its first information entity " Zhou Jielun " that obtains in step S3 to second information entity " daphne odera ", in linked database, insert one and comprise this incidence relation ID, first information entity ID, the data recording of the second information entity ID.For another example, in step S13, information entity associate device 1 is according to the incidence relation " special edition-singer " of its second information entity " daphne odera " that obtains in step S9 to first information entity " Zhou Jielun ", in linked database, insert one and comprise this incidence relation ID, the second information entity ID, the data recording of first information entity ID.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned foundation or renewal linked database is only for giving an example; other foundation existing or that may occur from now on or the mode of upgrading linked database are as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

More preferably, this process also comprises step S14 (not shown).In step S14, information entity associate device 1 is according to described second information entity, sets up or upgrades described information entity database.Particularly, in step S14, information entity associate device 1 is written to its second information entity that obtains in this information entity database in step S2, to upgrade this information entity database; If detecting this information entity database does not set up, this information entity database of initialization of then going ahead of the rest is written to described information entity in this information entity database then.For example, in step S14, second information entity " daphne odera " that information entity associate device 1 is newly-generated in step S2 with it is inserted in this information entity database, to upgrade this information entity database.Those skilled in the art will be understood that the mode of above-mentioned foundation or lastest imformation entity data bak is only for giving an example; the mode of other foundation existing or that may occur from now on or lastest imformation entity data bak is as applicable to the present invention; also should be included in the protection domain of the present invention, and be contained in this with way of reference at this.

To those skilled in the art, obviously the invention is not restricted to the details of above-mentioned one exemplary embodiment, and under the situation that does not deviate from spirit of the present invention or essential characteristic, can realize the present invention with other concrete form.Therefore, no matter from which point, all should regard embodiment as exemplary, and be nonrestrictive, scope of the present invention is limited by claims rather than above-mentioned explanation, therefore is intended to include in the present invention dropping on the implication that is equal to important document of claim and all changes in the scope.Any Reference numeral in the claim should be considered as limit related claim.In addition, obviously other unit or step do not got rid of in " comprising " speech, and odd number is not got rid of plural number.A plurality of unit of stating in system's claim or device also can be realized by software or hardware by a unit or device.The first, the second word such as grade is used for representing title, and does not represent any specific order.

Claims

1. computer implemented method that is used between information entity, setting up incidence relation, wherein, this method may further comprise the steps:

2. method according to claim 1, wherein, described step b also comprises:

B1 generates and corresponding described second information entity of described first attribute according to described input information.

3. method according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, described step b also comprises:

B1 ' inquires about in the information entity database according to described input information, to obtain and described first attribute information corresponding entity candidate item set;

B2 ' gathers according to described information entity candidate item, based on user interactions, obtains described second information entity.

4. method according to claim 3, wherein, this method also comprises:

-described information entity candidate is not fashionable when obtaining, generate and corresponding described second information entity of described first attribute.

5. according to each described method in the claim 1 to 4, wherein, this method also comprises:

-according to described second information entity, upgrade described first information entity.

6. method according to claim 5, wherein, this method also comprises:

-according to described first information entity, in linked database, inquire about, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of described first information entity;

-according to the renewal of described first information entity, upgrade described other information entities that are associated with described first information entity.

7. according to each described method in the claim 1 to 6, wherein, this method also comprises:

X is according to described first information entity, obtains in described second information entity and corresponding second attribute of described first information entity;

Y is associated with described first information entity according to described second attribute with described second information entity.

8. method according to claim 7, wherein, this method also comprises:

-according to described first information entity, upgrade described second information entity.

9. method according to claim 8, wherein, this method also comprises:

-according to described second information entity, in described linked database, inquire about, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of described second information entity;

-according to the renewal of described second information entity, upgrade described other information entities that are associated with second information entity.

10. according to each described method in the claim 6 to 9, wherein, this method also comprises:

-related according between described first information entity and described second information entity set up or upgraded described linked database.

11. according to each described method in the claim 3 to 10, wherein, this method also comprises:

-according to described second information entity, set up or upgrade described information entity database.

12. an equipment that is used for setting up incidence relation between information entity, wherein, this equipment comprises:

13. equipment according to claim 12, wherein, described information entity deriving means also is used for:

-according to described input information, generate and corresponding described second information entity of described first attribute.

14. according to claim 12 or 13 described equipment, wherein, described information entity deriving means also comprises:

The inquiry acquiring unit is used for inquiring about in the information entity database according to described input information, to obtain and described first attribute information corresponding entity candidate item set;

Mutual acquiring unit is used for based on user interactions, obtaining described second information entity according to described information entity candidate item set.

15. equipment according to claim 14, wherein, this equipment also comprises:

Generating apparatus, it is fashionable to be used for not obtaining described information entity candidate, generates and corresponding described second information entity of described first attribute.

16. according to each described equipment in the claim 12 to 15, wherein, this equipment also comprises:

First updating device is used for upgrading described first information entity according to described second information entity.

17. equipment according to claim 16, wherein, this equipment also comprises:

First deriving means is used for inquiring about in linked database according to described first information entity, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of described first information entity;

Second updating device is used for the renewal according to described first information entity, upgrades described other information entities that are associated with described first information entity.

18. according to each described equipment in the claim 12 to 17, wherein, this equipment also comprises:

The attribute deriving means is used for according to described first information entity, obtains in described second information entity and corresponding second attribute of described first information entity;

Second associated apparatus is used for according to described second attribute described second information entity being associated with described first information entity.

19. equipment according to claim 18, wherein, this equipment also comprises:

The 3rd updating device is used for upgrading described second information entity according to described first information entity.

20. equipment according to claim 19, wherein, this equipment also comprises:

Second deriving means is used for inquiring about in described linked database according to described second information entity, to obtain to be associated with other information entities of described second information entity;

The 4th updating device is used for the renewal according to described second information entity, upgrades described other information entities that are associated with second information entity.

21. according to each described equipment in the claim 17 to 20, wherein, this equipment also comprises:

The correlation database updating device is used for related according between described first information entity and described second information entity, sets up or upgrades described linked database.

22. according to each described equipment in the claim 14 to 21, wherein, this equipment also comprises:

Entity storehouse updating device is used for according to described second information entity, sets up or upgrades described information entity database.