Methods and systems for structuring event data in a database for location and retrieval
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1. A method, comprising:
- capturing an event associated with an article, wherein the event comprises event data;
indexing the event;
creating a related event object related to the event, wherein the related event object comprises a set of one or more related events; and
associating the related event object and the one or more related events.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for configuring event data representing activity within a computer, which allows that article to be more readily accessed by a search engine. In one embodiment, an event associated with an article is captured, wherein the event comprises event data, the event is indexed, a related event object is created related to the event, wherein the related event object comprises a set of one or more related events, and the related event object is associated with the one or more related events.
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1. A method, comprising:
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capturing an event associated with an article, wherein the event comprises event data;
indexing the event;
creating a related event object related to the event, wherein the related event object comprises a set of one or more related events; and
associating the related event object and the one or more related events. - 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 computer-readable medium containing program code, comprising:
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program code for capturing an event associated with an article, wherein the event comprises event data;
program code for indexing the event;
program code for creating a related event object related to the event, wherein the related event object comprises a set of one or more related events; and
program code for associating the related event object and the one or more related events. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A method, comprising:
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capturing an event associated with an article, wherein the event comprises event data;
indexing the event;
creating a related event object related to the event, the related event object comprising a set of one or more related events;
providing a pointer between the related event object and the one or more related events;
creating a second level related events object comprising a set of one or more related event objects; and
providing a pointer between the second level related event object and the one or more related events objects; and
storing the related event object and at least a portion of the event data.
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