Automatic relevance filtering

Details Automatic relevance filtering Automatic relevance filtering

2004-06-25

2008-09-23

Mizrahi, Diane (Department: 2165)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C707S793000, C707S793000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07428535

ABSTRACT:
A technique for use in a computer is disclosed. The method includes determining a context and a data requirement for a candidate action to be selected, the selection specifying an action in a workflow; and filtering the candidate actions for relevance in light of the context and the data requirement. The filtering includes one of according a relevance to each of the candidate actions relative to the degree to which data type conversion will be required between the selected action and the respective candidate action; and according a relevance to each of the candidate actions that require no data conversion to accept the output of the previously selected action as input. The apparatus, in a first aspect, includes a program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing device, performs the method. In a second aspect, the apparatus includes a computing apparatus programmed to perform the method.

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