Method and Apparatus For Publishing Textual Information To A Web Page
First Claim
1. A method for publishing textual information to a web page using a computerized system comprising a microprocessor, a memory and microprocessor-executable instructions stored in the memory, the method comprising the system:
- receiving, via a communications network, a textual message comprising a textual body;
identifying a segment of said textual body for publishing, the segment comprising at least a fractional portion of the textual body;
selecting, from among a plurality of web pages, at least one web page to which the segment is deemed topically relevant; and
adding the segment to the at least one web page so that the segment is displayed to any users browsing the at least one web page.
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Abstract
A method and system for automated publication to web pages, such as wikis, of content automatedly extracted from conventional e-mail or text messages, and more particularly to creation and/or maintenance of wiki-style web pages. In one embodiment, the method involves the system receiving a message comprising a textual body, and identifying a segment of the textual body for publishing to the web page. The segment includes at least a fractional portion of the textual body. The method further includes selecting, from among a plurality of web pages, at least one web page to which the segment is deemed topically relevant, and adding the segment to the web page so that the segment is displayed to any users browsing the web page. Optionally, the system transmits to at least one user an e-mail message alerting the user to added content, and permits the user to edit the web page.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for publishing textual information to a web page using a computerized system comprising a microprocessor, a memory and microprocessor-executable instructions stored in the memory, the method comprising the system:
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receiving, via a communications network, a textual message comprising a textual body;
identifying a segment of said textual body for publishing, the segment comprising at least a fractional portion of the textual body;
selecting, from among a plurality of web pages, at least one web page to which the segment is deemed topically relevant; and
adding the segment to the at least one web page so that the segment is displayed to any users browsing the at least one web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27)
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19. A method for publishing textual information to a web page using a computerized system comprising a microprocessor, a memory and microprocessor-executable instructions stored in the memory, the method comprising the system:
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receiving, via a communications network, a textual message comprising a plurality of fields, one of the plurality of fields comprising a textual body;
scanning the textual message to recognize fields of interest from among the plurality of fields;
scanning the fields of interest to recognize, tag and resolve entities contained therein;
excerpting from the textual body at least one discrete segment of text, each segment corresponding to a topic;
determining the topic for each segment;
referencing a database of topics for each of a plurality of web pages;
for each segment of text, selecting from among the plurality of web pages a subset of web pages comprising at least one web page having a respective topic corresponding to the respective segment'"'"'s topic;
for each segment of text, creating a textual summary;
for each segment of text, adding the respective textual summary to each web page of the selected subset of web pages so that the summary will be displayed to any users browsing each web page. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28)
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25. A method for publishing textual information to a web page, the method comprising the system:
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receiving, via a communications network, at a computerized system comprising a microprocessor, a memory and microprocessor-executable instructions stored in the memory, a textual message comprising a textual body;
identifying a segment of said textual body for publishing to a wiki-type web page, said segment comprising at least a fractional portion of said textual body;
selecting, from among a plurality of wiki-type web pages, at least one wiki-type web page to which the segment is expected to be topically relevant;
adding the segment to the at least one wiki-type web page so that the segment will be displayed to any users browsing the at least one wiki-type web page;
transmitting to at least one user, via the communications network, an e-mail message alerting the at least one user that the segment has been added to the at least one wiki-type web page; and
providing a network-accessible user interface permitting the at least one user to edit the at least one wiki-type web page. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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