SG11201811607VA - Apparatuses, methods and systems for relevance scoring in a graph database using multiple pathways - Google Patents

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) -., (19) World Intellectual Property 1 Iiii NM 011101 HO 11111 011101010111111111111111111H10111111111111111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number 03 (43) International Publication Date .....*-- WO 2018/005665 Al 04 January 2018 (04.01.2018) WIP0 I P C T (51) International Patent Classification: Oxford St., Somerville, MA 02143 (US). CHONG, Hen- GOOF 17/30 (2006.01) ry [US/US]; 189 Richdale Ave., Apt. B6, Cambridge, MA (21) International Application Number: 02140 (US). PCT/US2017/039792 (74) Agent: POLLACK, Brian R.; Crawford Maunu PLLC, (22) International Filing Date: 1150 Northland Drive, Suite 100, St. Paul, MN 55120 (US). 28 June 2017 (28.06.2017) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (25) Filing Language: English kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (26) Publication Language: English CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (30) Priority Data: DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, 62/355,365 28 June 2016 (28.06.2016) US HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (71) Applicant: THOMSON REUTERS GLOBAL MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, RESOURCES UNLIMITED COMPANY [IE/CH]; OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, Neuhofstrasse 1, 6340 Baar (CH). SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, (72) Inventors; and TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (71) Applicants (for US only): MULDER, Andrew T. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every [CA/US]; 146 Spruce Street, Apt. 1, Watertown, MA kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, 02472 (US). ROTHERMICH, Joseph, A. [US/US]; 51 GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, = (54) Title: APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RELEVANCE SCORING IN A GRAPH DATABASE USING = MULTIPLE PATHWAYS FIGURE 2A = Relevance Scoring Application ... 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Dell shed the software assets because it deemed them non-core following the deal with EMC. Unlike its previous offersto companies, where Elliott threatened to buy a business it was agitating against, this time the Article is aboig• 250 f Del i• ff,lwatif ID;:. . Deti . , irecim: Do - !C: °eft. = Immediate parent attempted leveraged buyout was not a target of Elliott. Elliott clinched the Dell software deal through Evergreen Coast Capital, a new tech- focused private equity wing housed inside the $28 billion hedge fund. 'Re lines between activism and equity have been blurring for a while now,\" private Wily} , IS ‘: .• . ' , c-il i8 an Omni. parent of i i , 'idt i. . gtirnet: . .-- .• Deliitio.v fi. d chity Dttior Coirdetter Hardwire. ',dm •• hid -•, said Jeffrey... . . i demi' iltdwace Or, J 11 206 Apply Ch a nges ....;•• • Doh irc, w hio is a i n nentifOiale ; I.., n i;. „Aim:milord Technologies ing. which is A SLipplin t , ffdwate Inc. 11 in 1 200 11 in C (57) : In accordance with one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to quantifying the relevance between two entities in a - --- GO graph database. One way of doing this is determining the number of pathways and the length of the pathways within the graph database that connect the two entities, wherein each entity is represented as a node. In some implementations, the present disclosure identifies and 0 quantifies the connection between a news document (e.g., a news article) and a company or other entity. For example, the connection N between an online news article and a company's underlying equity instrument can be evaluated. C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/005665 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOOVIIHROIMOMEHOIS UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))