I've just came across a patent application filed by Flickr co-founders Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield, among others. It describes the logic behind the interestingness feature of Flickr, which is one of my favorite services rendered by the photo sharing web site.
I'm not familiar with the patent application procedure, I wonder what the outcome has been. It was filed about 3 years ago after all. It does talk about some common knowledge, by common knowledge I mean knowledge that researchers in data mining, collaborative filtering areas know about. Does that make it objectionable?
Overall, it is an interesting read to learn more about the behind the scene workings of my favorite photography web page.
Flickr Interestingness
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Bizim alanda(data mining-web mining), interestingness measure gercekten cok onemli. Flickr'e yuklenen milyonlarca resimden hangilerinin hangi kullanicilar tarafindan ilginc oldugunu takip etmek gerek musteri memnuniyeti icin. Ayni zamanda bu tur measureler "recommender" sistemleri icin sart. Ama interestingness measure uygulamadan uygulamaya degisiyor. Mesela ben bloglar icin cok daha farkli kriterler kullaniyorum calisma alanminda.
Yalniz ppplication'un icindeysen zaten bir measure bulacaksin, bunun icin patent alinir mi bilemiyorum:) Ben sadece bu measure uzerine paper yazsam, kesin reddedilir:)
Merhaba Nurcan,
Caterina ve digerlerinin patent basvurusunu da kabul etmemisler zaten :)
http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=343#comment-119279
Cok basit bir bilgi bence, patent alinmasi gereksiz ve belki cesitli sekillerde ilginclik hesaplayan insanlar icin kotu bir haber olurdu.
Ben de tez yazıyorum şu aralar, ondan bu konulara ilgi :)
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