Systems and methods for automated application updating
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1. A method for retrieving data, the method comprising:
- receiving from a user via a first application instance, a topic of research;
identifying a token associated with the topic of research; and
automatically communicating to a second application instance a command string comprising the identified token, thereby facilitating the automatic retrieval of information using the second application instance related to the topic of research.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a computer-based method and system for facilitating the retrieval, classification, and distribution of information. In one embodiment, a method for retrieving information includes defining command strings that include a URL and a token in a first software application, identifying a value for the token based on a research topic provided by a user, replacing the token in the command strings with the identified value, and transmitting the command strings to instantiations of a second software application, thereby allowing the instantiations of the second software application to retrieve data using its respective command string.
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1. A method for retrieving data, the method comprising:
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receiving from a user via a first application instance, a topic of research;
identifying a token associated with the topic of research; and
automatically communicating to a second application instance a command string comprising the identified token, thereby facilitating the automatic retrieval of information using the second application instance related to the topic of research. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for retrieving data, the method comprising:
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in a first software application, defining a plurality of command strings, each command string comprising a URL and at least one token;
identifying, at the first software application, a value for the at least one token in response to a research topic provided by a user;
replacing the token in a subset of the command strings with the identified value; and
transmitting each of the command strings to a respective one of a plurality of instantiations of a second software application, whereby each instantiation of the second software application retrieves data using its respective command string. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for retrieving data, the system comprising:
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a database for storing a plurality of URLs, each URL comprising an address and one or more tokens representing a topic of research;
a client communications module for receiving an application command from a user, the application command comprising at least one of the stored URLs; and
an application server for identifying at least one of the one or more tokens, constructing application commands comprising the one or more tokens, and automatically providing the application commands to a software application, thereby facilitating the automatic retrieval of information using the software application related to the topic of research. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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