Affinity Calculation Using Intermediate Elements for Indirect Connections
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional technologies are limited in evaluating connections between parties that are not directly relevant, making it difficult to find potential partners for establishing good connections.
Innovation Solution
An affinity calculation apparatus that extracts relevance from documents and calculates the degree of affinity between elements using keywords and intermediate elements, storing points for each keyword and displaying the results to highlight likely connection partners.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional technologies are used to evaluate connections, then direct relevance between parties can be assessed, but connections between parties that are not directly relevant cannot be evaluated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces intermediate elements as mediators to bridge parties that are not directly relevant. The system extracts relationships between Party A and intermediate elements, and between intermediate elements and Party B, then calculates composite affinity scores to evaluate indirect connections. This mediator approach enables the evaluation of connections between parties without direct relevance.
2Measurement precision
If direct relevance evaluation is used, then simple pair-wise connections can be measured, but potential partners for establishing good connections cannot be identified
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional direct pair-wise evaluation to multi-dimensional indirect path evaluation by incorporating intermediate elements. The system calculates affinity scores across multiple dimensions including direct relationships, intermediate element relationships, and composite paths, enabling comprehensive partner identification while maintaining measurement precision through structured calculation methods.
3Ease of operation
If only directly relevant parties are evaluated, then evaluation process is simple, but finding parties likely to establish good connections is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the evaluation process into distinct modules: extraction of relationships between Party A and intermediate elements, extraction of relationships between intermediate elements and Party B, and calculation of composite affinity scores. This segmentation maintains operational simplicity while significantly improving connection establishment efficiency by systematically evaluating indirect connections that could lead to successful partnerships.
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AI summary
An affinity calculation apparatus for calculating a degree of affinity between a first element and a second element that are not directly relevant among three or more elements includes: an extraction section configured to extract, from a document, relevance of each of pairs of two directly relevant elements of the three or more elements; and a calculation section configured to calculate the degree, of the pairs, based on the relevance of each of pairs of two elements of the first element, the second element, and one or more intermediate elements that lie between the first element and the second element.