News Aggregator and Search Engine Using Temporal Decoding
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1. A method of automatically sorting electronic documents by their temporal characteristics with a computing system comprising:
- a. providing a set of temporal ordered electronic documents related to an event;
b. wherein each of said set of temporal ordered electronic documents is associated with a temporal value;
c. comparing a separate first electronic document with the computing system to one or more electronic documents in said set of temporal ordered electronic documents to determine a closest content match;
d. comparing said first electronic document to said closest content match to identify temporal differences with the computing system;
e. generating a temporal related value for said first electronic document based on step (c) with the computing system;
f. adjusting said set of temporal ordered documents as needed with the computing system based on said temporal value determined for said separate first electronic 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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1. 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 temporal ordered electronic documents related to an event; b. wherein each of said set of temporal ordered electronic documents is associated with a temporal value; c. comparing a separate first electronic document with the computing system to one or more electronic documents in said set of temporal ordered electronic documents to determine a closest content match; d. comparing said first electronic document to said closest content match to identify temporal differences with the computing system; e. generating a temporal related value for said first electronic document based on step (c) with the computing system; f. adjusting said set of temporal ordered documents as needed with the computing system based on said temporal value determined for said separate first electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 33)
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23. A method of causing a computing system to automatically present electronic documents in accordance with their temporal characteristics comprising:
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a. automatically retrieving a set of one or more documents pertaining to a first event with the computing system; b. identifying first content embodied in a first document which characterizes a state of such event using the computing system; c. presenting said first electronic document within a presentation portion of a web page in human perceptible form using the computing system; d. analyzing a second electronic document with second content characterizing said state of said first event using the computing system; e. determining any differences between said first document and said second document with respect to said first content and said second content using the computing system; f. wherein after determining any differences said computing system; i. sorts said first electronic document and said second electronic document in a temporal order with respect to their content describing first event; ii. determines how such first electronic document and said second electronic document should be arranged to denote a temporal order within said presentation portion of said web page; and further wherein duplicate versions of electronic documents describing a state of said first event can be selectively omitted from said presentation portion of a web page. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A method of processing a search query with an online computing system comprising:
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a) receiving a search query; b) generating an initial set of search results, including an initial set of electronic documents, which are responsive to the search query with the online computing system; c) processing said initial set of electronic documents to determine temporal characteristics of such documents with respect to one or more events and/or topics; d) altering a composition and/or ordering of said initial set of search results and returning such as a final set of search results responsive to said search query. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34)
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35. A method of processing a search query with an online computing system comprising:
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a) receiving a search query from a user; b) generating an initial set of search results, including an initial set of electronic documents, which are responsive to the search query with the online computing system; c) processing said initial set of electronic documents to determine temporal characteristics of such documents with respect to one or more events and/or topics; d) generating a search result for said search query based on said temporal characteristics; e) presenting said search result to said user responsive to said search query. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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