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Apparatus and Method for the Automatic Discovery of Control Events from the Publication of Documents

  • US 20100153360A1
  • Filed: 12/08/2009
  • Published: 06/17/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for discovering a control event from electronically published documents, comprising:

  • populating a user interest database with at least one of geographic and subject matter identifiers associated with interests of at least one user of electronically published documents;

    accessing electronically published documents stored on a plurality of network servers;

    operating a control program on a computer to identify documents stored in the plurality of network servers which potentially contain control events, wherein the control program identifies documents which potentially contain control events by reference to the user interest database;

    storing a copy of the identified documents potentially containing control events in a local storage device accessible by a classification program operating on the computer;

    providing a control event database of classified control events relevant to the control of at least one of goods and services;

    operating the classification program to determine whether control events are present in the stored documents potentially containing control events, wherein the classification program determines whether a discovered control event is present by reference to the control event database;

    assigning at least one control event classification to the stored documents determined to contain at least one discovered control event;

    storing the assigned control event classification and information identifying the associated stored document containing at least one discovered control event in a classification database;

    creating a report of discovery of documents containing control events to at least one user, wherein the report is created by reference to the user interest database and the stored assigned control event classifications, and the report includes at least one link to at least one of the stored control event classifications and its associated document; and

    delivering the report to the at least one user.

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