Method and apparatus to search data and notify and update a user
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1. A digital processing apparatus 1000 comprising:
- an operating system 1480;
a control logic 1410, in communication with the operating system 1480, comprising a content parsing logic engine 1465 in communication with a posting site via the operating system 1480; and
wherein;
the content parsing logic engine 1465 generates a content reference 1420 based on user parameters;
the content parsing logic engine 1465 uses the content reference 1420 to execute a first query on the posting site to retrieve markup language content 1425;
the content parsing logic engine 1465 parses the markup language content 1425 to generate map 1440 to map item identifiers 1450 with respective item data 1460;
the content parsing logic engine 1465 uses the content reference 1420 to execute a second query on the posting site to retrieve syndicated content 1430; and
the content parsing logic engine 1465 updates item data 1460 with syndicated content 1430 resulting in a modification of map 1440.
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Abstract
The present invention allows a user to subscribe to multiple concurrent channels of syndicated content published over the internet. The user receives notification of the content which is new since the previous time that the user accessed a channel. The user can select the frequency of checking for new content and the user can specify how far back in time to check. In addition, the user can specify a maximum number of changes to be presented.
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1. A digital processing apparatus 1000 comprising:
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an operating system 1480; a control logic 1410, in communication with the operating system 1480, comprising a content parsing logic engine 1465 in communication with a posting site via the operating system 1480; and wherein; the content parsing logic engine 1465 generates a content reference 1420 based on user parameters; the content parsing logic engine 1465 uses the content reference 1420 to execute a first query on the posting site to retrieve markup language content 1425; the content parsing logic engine 1465 parses the markup language content 1425 to generate map 1440 to map item identifiers 1450 with respective item data 1460; the content parsing logic engine 1465 uses the content reference 1420 to execute a second query on the posting site to retrieve syndicated content 1430; and the content parsing logic engine 1465 updates item data 1460 with syndicated content 1430 resulting in a modification of map 1440. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A digital processing apparatus 1000 implemented process for coordinating data from dissimilar formats comprising:
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communicating between a content parsing logic engine 1465 and an operating system 1480; communicating between the operating system 1480 and a posting site; generating a content reference 1420, based on user parameters, via the content parsing logic engine 1465; using the content reference 1420 to execute a first query on the posting site to retrieve markup language content 1425 via the content parsing logic engine 1465; parsing the markup language content 1425 to generate map 1440 to map item identifiers 1450 with respective item data 1460 via the content parsing logic engine 1465; using the content reference 1420 to execute a second query on the posting site to retrieve syndicated content 1430 via the content parsing logic engine 1465; and updating item data 1460 with syndicated content 1430 resulting in a modification of map 1440 via the content parsing logic engine 1465. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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