Chat stream information capturing and indexing system
First Claim
1. An information capturing system comprising a chat stream capturing module that enables chat stream data to be automatically and periodically extracted from a chat room hosted on a computer network and the chat stream data stored to one or more files.
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Abstract
An information capturing system and method is provided that enables chat stream data to be automatically and periodically extracted from a chat room to one or more files. In particular, contiguous time-delimited segments of chat stream data are automatically and serially extracted from a chat room hosted on a computer network and the segments are stored to a plurality of files, where each file stores only a single time-delimited segment of chat stream data. The information capturing system and method also generates a searchable index of the chat stream files so that a search criterion can be used to locate words and phrases in the saved chat stream files. The system also records the date and time when the chat stream data stored in the one or more files was extracted.
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- 1. An information capturing system comprising a chat stream capturing module that enables chat stream data to be automatically and periodically extracted from a chat room hosted on a computer network and the chat stream data stored to one or more files.
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9. An information capturing and indexing system comprising:
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a chat stream capturing module that enables contiguous time-delimited segments of chat stream data to be automatically and serially extracted from a chat room hosted on a computer network and the segments stored to a plurality of files, each file storing only a single time-delimited segment of the chat stream data;
an index module that enables generation of a searchable index of the plurality of files; and
a search module that enables a search to be performed of the index according to a search criterion to locate words and phrases in the plurality of files. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of recording chat stream data from a chat stream frame embedded in a chat room web page hosted on a computer network, the method comprising:
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identifying the chat room web page;
automatically locating the chat stream frame on the chat room web page, the chat stream frame containing the chat stream data; and
automatically extracting at least a portion of the chat stream data to a file. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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