METHOD FOR INTERACTIVELY CREATING AN INFORMATION DATABASE INCLUDING PREFERRED INFORMATION ELEMENTS, SUCH AS PREFERRED AUTHORITY, WORLD
First Claim
1. A method for cataloging, filtering and ranking information comprising the steps of:
- a. enabling a user to interactively define a frame-based, hierarchical information structure for cataloging information;
b. identify a preliminary population of information elements for a particular hierarchical category arranged as a frame, based upon the respective frame attributes;
c. expand the information population to include related information;
d. automatically filter and rank the information based upon relevance;
e. thereafter populate the hierarchical structure with the a definable portion of the filtered, upper-ranked information elements.
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Abstract
A method for cataloging, filtering and ranking information; as for example, World Wide Web pages of the Internet. The method is preferably implemented in computer software and features steps for enabling a user to interactively create an information database including preferred information elements such as preferred-authority World Wide Web pages. The method including steps for enabling a user to interactively creating a frame-based, hierarchical organizational structure for the information elements, and steps for identifying and automatically filtering and ranking by relevance, information elements, such as World Wide Web pages for populating the structure, to form; for example, a searchable, World Wide Web page database. Additionally, the method featuring steps for enabling a user to interactively define a frame-based, hierarchical information structure for cataloging information, identify a preliminary population of information elements for a particular hierarchical category arranged as a frame, based upon the respective frame attributes, and thereafter, expand the information population to include related information, and subsequently, automatically filter and rank the information based upon relevance, and then populate the hierarchical structure with the a definable portion of the filtered, upper-ranked information elements.
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1. A method for cataloging, filtering and ranking information comprising the steps of:
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a. enabling a user to interactively define a frame-based, hierarchical information structure for cataloging information;
b. identify a preliminary population of information elements for a particular hierarchical category arranged as a frame, based upon the respective frame attributes;
c. expand the information population to include related information;
d. automatically filter and rank the information based upon relevance;
e. thereafter populate the hierarchical structure with the a definable portion of the filtered, upper-ranked information elements.
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