Automatic Notification of Document Changes

• US 20110161425A1
• Filed: 12/24/2009
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Xiao, Lun, Hind, John Raithel, Li, Yongcheng
• Granted Patent: US 9,323,800 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27

Abstract

Included are method, article of manufacture, and device that serve to identify one or more tracked categories in a document, the tracked category representing a portion of the document, identify a change in one or more of the tracked categories of the document, identify a client to notify of the change in the tracked category, and send a notification to a client, where the notification provides notice that a change has occurred in a tracked category of a document.

Claims

1. A method of providing selective notifications to clients, the method comprising:

identifying one or more tracked categories in a document, the tracked category representing a portion of the document;

identifying a change in one or more of the tracked categories of the document;

identifying a client to notify of the change in the tracked category; and

sending a notification to a client, the notification providing notice that a change has occurred in a tracked category of a document.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the notification includes one or more of:

a link to the document, or a description of the changed tracked category, or the title of the tracked category, or a link to other documents containing the tracked category.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein a microprocessor is identifying a change in one of more of the tracked categories and wherein identifying includes conducting a search query using one or more search terms.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the notification includes at least a portion of the tracked category or a link to the document or the tracked category.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

reviewing sent notifications;

identifying a pattern in the reviewed sent notifications; and

after identifying a pattern, updating a client list by associating one or more clients to a tracked category.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein a client establishes a subscription to receive updates when a tracked category changes, the subscription being established by identifying portions of a document while the document is being edited.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein a microprocessor identifies one or more tracked categories and further comprising:

associating a client to a tracked category using viewing history of the client within a set of documents being monitored for changing tracked categories.

8. A system comprising:

a monitor, the monitor being in communication with memory, a database, and one or more clients,

the monitor configured to execute instructions that cause the monitor to

identify one or more tracked categories in a document, the tracked category representing a portion of the document;

identify a change in one or more of the tracked categories of the document;

identify a client to notify of the change in the tracked category; and

send a notification to a client, the notification providing notice that a change has occurred in a tracked category of a document.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the notification includes one or more of:

a link to the document, or a description of the changed tracked category, or the title of the tracked category, or a link to other documents containing the tracked category.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein identifying one or more tracked categories includes conducting a search query using one or more search terms.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the notification includes at least a portion of the tracked category or a link to the document or the tracked category.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the monitor is further configured to:

review sent notifications;

identify a pattern in the reviewed sent notifications; and

after identifying a pattern, update a client list by associating one or more clients to a tracked category.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein the monitor is configured to receive instructions from a client to establish a subscription, the instructions including identifying portions of a document while the document is being edited.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein the monitor is further configured to identify one or more tracked categories, and to associate a client to a tracked category using viewing history of the client within a set of documents being monitored for changing tracked categories.

15. An article of manufacture comprising:

a computer readable storage medium, the storage medium containing instructions, which when executed, cause a microprocessor to

identify one or more tracked categories in a document, the tracked category representing a portion of the document;

identify a change in one or more of the tracked categories of the document;

identify a client to notify of the change in the tracked category; and

send a notification to a client, the notification providing notice that a change has occurred in a tracked category of a document.

16. The article of manufacture of claim 15 wherein the notification includes one or more of:

a link to the document, or a description of the changed tracked category, or the title of the tracked category, or a link to other documents containing the tracked category.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 15 wherein identifying one or more tracked categories includes conducting a search query using one or more search terms.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 15 wherein the notification includes at least a portion of the tracked category or a link to the document or the tracked category.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 15 wherein the instructions also serve to further configure a microprocessor to:

review sent notifications;

identify a pattern in the reviewed sent notifications; and

after identifying a pattern, update a client list by associating one or more clients to a tracked category.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 15 wherein the instructions, which when executed, also cause the microprocessor to receive instructions from a client to establish a subscription, the instructions including identifying portions of a document while the document is being edited.