Systems and methods for information management using socially vetted graphs

Abstract

The present invention allows for an easy-to-use, web-based, schema-less database system that provides organizations the ability to organically model, store, and access information in an iterative and evolutionary manner. Users are encouraged to grow and explore the information domain intuitively. One embodiment is a method of collaboratively managing an entity-relationship graph, including: displaying the entity-relationship graph to a voting user; collecting data on expert status of the voting user indicating whether the voting user is an expert on a given topic; assigning a voting weight to one or more relationships in said entity-relationship graph in response to an input from the voting user and based on the voting user's expert status; and sorting the relationships in the entity-relationship graph based at least on said voting weight.

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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is a Continuation of and claims priority from U.S. Ser. No. 13 / 290,106, filed on Nov. 6, 2011 and entitled “SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT USING SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED GRAPHS,” which itself claims priority from provisional application U.S. Ser. No. 61 / 412,263, entitled “Simfo Information Management System,” filed on Nov. 10, 2010, the entirety of both of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present disclosure relates to electronic information systems and in particular, a graph-based information system that provides for flexible, intuitive, and organic development of information models, including socially constructed graphs.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The statements in this section merely provide background information related to the present disclosure and may not constitute prior art.[0004]There exists a gap in current information technologies between spread...

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Problems solved by technology

There exists a gap in current information technologies between spreadsheets and documents with their ease of use and flexibility—and relational databases with their organizational structure, configuration management, and query capabilities.

Many organizations never develop databases due to the expertise required to develop and manage a database.

For example, WIKIPEDIA lacks the relational structure and query capabilities of a database, whereas FREEBASE lacks the ease of use and flexibility of a spreadsheet or document tool.

Thus, for society at large, there is lacking a comprehensive public database of information that the average Internet user is likely to contribute to in meaningful ways.

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