Alert Driven Interactive Interface to a Website Mining System
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1. A method comprising:
- extracting data from a web page via a network;
assigning attributes to the data;
identifying a standard associated with the data, the standard changing over a time period;
calculating a measure of significance of the attributes as a time series with respect to the standard over the time period;
determining if data from the web page is newsworthy based on the measure of significance; and
automatically generating headlines for display to a user based on newsworthy data.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a web server that includes a headlines module for automatically generating headlines based on data retrieved from a network (e.g., World Wide Web). The web server also includes an interactive agent for generating responses to inquiries relating to the headlines based on the data.
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1. A method comprising:
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extracting data from a web page via a network; assigning attributes to the data; identifying a standard associated with the data, the standard changing over a time period; calculating a measure of significance of the attributes as a time series with respect to the standard over the time period; determining if data from the web page is newsworthy based on the measure of significance; and automatically generating headlines for display to a user based on newsworthy data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and a memory to store computer program instructions, the computer program instructions when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; extracting data from a web page via a network; assigning attributes to the data; identifying a standard associated with the data, the standard changing over a time period; calculating a measure of significance of the attributes as a time series with respect to the standard over the time period; determining if data from the web page is newsworthy based on the measure of significance; and automatically generating headlines for display to a user based on newsworthy data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable medium storing computer program instructions, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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extracting data from a web page via a network; assigning attributes to the data; identifying a standard associated with the data, the standard changing over a time period; calculating a measure of significance of the attributes as a time series with respect to the standard over the time period; determining if data from the web page is newsworthy based on the measure of significance; and automatically generating headlines for display to a user based on newsworthy data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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