METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING COMPANIES WITH SPECIFIC BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
First Claim
1. A method for identifying companies with specific business objectives, the method comprising the steps of:
- using existing sources of company firmographic data to identify a broad set of companies and associated websites;
crawling the websites associated with said identified companies, and indexing web site content for each of said identified companies with said specific business objective to realize indexed web content;
joining said company firmographic data with said indexed web content using a business objective common identifier to generate a store of joined structured firmographic data and indexed web content;
presenting a display image representation of the store of joined structured firmographic data and indexed web content for user review, and to receive user input to score each of said companies identified therein;
using a search interface, first querying the store of scored, joined structured firmographic data and indexed web content; and
augmenting the search interface with predictive, machine-learning processes that allow rapid identification of companies possibly missed in the first querying.
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Abstract
A method for identifying companies with specific business objectives that includes using existing sources of company firmographic data to identify a broad set of companies and associated websites, crawling the websites associated with the identified companies and indexing web site content for each of the identified companies with the specific business objective to realize indexed web content. The method further includes joining the company firmographic data with the indexed web content using a business objective common identifier to generate a store of joined structured firmographic data and indexed web content and presenting a display image representation of the store of joined structured firmographic data and indexed web content for user review. The display image further receives user input to score each of said companies identified therein, and using a search interface, querying the store of scored, joined structured firmographic data and indexed web content. The method further includes augmenting the search interface, or search results from a query, with predictive, machine-leaning processes that allow rapid identification of companies possibly missed in the query.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for identifying companies with specific business objectives, the method comprising the steps of:
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using existing sources of company firmographic data to identify a broad set of companies and associated websites; crawling the websites associated with said identified companies, and indexing web site content for each of said identified companies with said specific business objective to realize indexed web content; joining said company firmographic data with said indexed web content using a business objective common identifier to generate a store of joined structured firmographic data and indexed web content; presenting a display image representation of the store of joined structured firmographic data and indexed web content for user review, and to receive user input to score each of said companies identified therein; using a search interface, first querying the store of scored, joined structured firmographic data and indexed web content; and augmenting the search interface with predictive, machine-learning processes that allow rapid identification of companies possibly missed in the first querying. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A searching system for searching the World Wide Web (WWW) to identify companies having a specific business objective, comprising:
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a web crawling processor for crawling the websites of companies identified in accordance with specific firmographic objectives, and indexing web content of said websites; a data join processor for joining the firmographic data of the companies with specific firmographic objectives with the indexed web content for said companies, and providing the joined firmographic data and indexed web content in a joined data and indexed web content store; and a search processor for searching the store of joined firmographic data and indexed web content in accordance said specific business object objective. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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