Temporal Document Sorter and Method
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1. A method of automatically classifying temporal characteristics of electronic documents with a computing system comprising:
- a) determining at least a first topic of a first document with the computing system;
b) comparing said first document with at least one reference document associated with said first topic having a known temporal value with the computing system;
c) generating a first temporal value for said first document with the computing system based on said step b);
wherein said first temporal value is derived from content in said first document other than but not excluding date/time data specified for said first document.
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Abstract
Electronic documents are classified and compared according to their temporal qualities. The content of a document relating to an event is analyzed to identify temporal components. These components can be compared with corresponding counterparts in other documents to identify a relative temporal order. The invention can be used in environments such as automated news aggregators, search engines, and other electronic systems which compile information having temporal qualities.
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41 Claims
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1. A method of automatically classifying temporal characteristics of electronic documents with a computing system comprising:
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a) determining at least a first topic of a first document with the computing system; b) comparing said first document with at least one reference document associated with said first topic having a known temporal value with the computing system; c) generating a first temporal value for said first document with the computing system based on said step b); wherein said first temporal value is derived from content in said first document other than but not excluding date/time data specified for said first document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of automatically sorting electronic documents by their temporal characteristics with a computing system comprising:
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a) identifying at least a first event having first content embodied in a first electronic document with the computing system; b) analyzing said first electronic document with the computing system to identify first temporal components; wherein said first temporal components relate to a state of said first event; c) analyzing a second electronic document with second content related to said at least first event with the computing system; d) generating an output with the computing system identifying which of said first and second electronic documents contains content describing a more current state of said first event. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of automatically sorting electronic documents by their temporal characteristics with a computing system comprising:
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a. generating a first approximate temporal interpretation of a first electronic document relative to a state of an event; b. wherein said first temporal interpretation is based on temporal characteristics of a set of electronic training documents; c. using said first approximate temporal interpretation to identify a comparison set of documents for said first electronic document; d. generating a second temporal interpretation of said first electronic document based on said first temporal interpretation and correlating such document with one or more second electronic documents having a third temporal interpretation value and taken from said comparison set. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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39. A method of automatically sorting electronic documents by their temporal characteristics with a computing system comprising:
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a. providing a set of reference temporal interpretation values; wherein each of said reference temporal interpretation values correspond to a state of an event; b. correlating a first electronic document with the computing system to identify a corresponding first temporal interpretation value; c. comparing said first electronic document with a second electronic document having a known temporal interpretation value to determine a second temporal interpretation value; d. generating a final temporal related value for said first electronic document based on said first interpretation value and said second interpretation value. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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