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Method and Apparatus for Defining Data of lnterest

  • US 20100005095A1
  • Filed: 08/31/2009
  • Published: 01/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing information about a product, the product available for purchase from a plurality of sources, the method comprising:

  • receiving a selection of a product category from a predefined set of product categories using information about the product;

    accessing a list of extraction parameters for the product category;

    receiving a selection of at least one extraction parameter in the list of extraction parameters;

    for each of the plurality of sources, creating a corresponding program includingidentifying a corresponding web site, the corresponding web site selling the product andproviding a tool for creating the corresponding program to extract data from the web site using the at least one extraction parameter;

    receiving a connection from a client, the connection including a value for the at least one extraction parameter; and

    for each of the plurality of sources in the product category, providing product information for the product using the value for the at least one extraction parameter and the corresponding program.

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