Methods and Apparatus for Freshness and Completeness of Information
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1. A method of publishing, comprising:
- providing a publication site server configured to store and to publish first time-sensitive data from a first data provider and second time-sensitive data from a second data provider;
conducting an auction, and incorporating auction results into at least one of an update fee schedule and a gathering fee schedule;
configuring the publication site server to differentially update the first and second data according to at least one of (1) the update fee schedule indicating when updating should occur in exchange for which update fee and (2) the gathering fee schedule indicating when first and second websites of the first and second data providers should be crawled in exchange for which gathering fee, and in response to receiving at least one of the fees from at least one of the first and the second data providers; and
providing a user interface configured to allow the publication site server to present the updated first and second data.
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Abstract
A system that facilitates publishing and consuming information that is of time sensitivity, for example, price information. Methods are employed to achieve completeness and freshness in information for a given domain. A preferred embodiment is a shopping site that is capable of comparing prices, purchasing bundled products and dealing with coupons.
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1. A method of publishing, comprising:
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providing a publication site server configured to store and to publish first time-sensitive data from a first data provider and second time-sensitive data from a second data provider; conducting an auction, and incorporating auction results into at least one of an update fee schedule and a gathering fee schedule; configuring the publication site server to differentially update the first and second data according to at least one of (1) the update fee schedule indicating when updating should occur in exchange for which update fee and (2) the gathering fee schedule indicating when first and second websites of the first and second data providers should be crawled in exchange for which gathering fee, and in response to receiving at least one of the fees from at least one of the first and the second data providers; and providing a user interface configured to allow the publication site server to present the updated first and second data. - 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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