System for determining changes in the relative interest of subjects
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1. A method for determining changes in the count of news articles related to a subject over a recent time period, the method comprising:
- measuring a count of news articles for the subject over the recent time period;
comparing the count of news articles for the subject over the recent time period to a count of news articles for the subject for a previous time period; and
signaling when the comparison yields a difference greater than a predetermined amount.
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Abstract
A system for determining changes in the interest of a subject over a time period. The system measures the volume of news articles for a subject over a time period and makes a comparison to a previous volume of news articles for the same subject over a previous time period.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for determining changes in the count of news articles related to a subject over a recent time period, the method comprising:
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measuring a count of news articles for the subject over the recent time period;
comparing the count of news articles for the subject over the recent time period to a count of news articles for the subject for a previous time period; and
signaling when the comparison yields a difference greater than a predetermined amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for determining changes in the count of news articles related to a subject over a recent time period, the system comprising:
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means for measuring a count of news articles for the subject over the recent time period;
means for comparing the count of news articles for the subject over the recent time period against a count of news articles for the subject for a previous time period; and
means for signaling when the comparison yields a difference greater than a predetermined amount.
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