Method for interactively creating an information database including preferred information elements, such as preferred-authority, world wide web pages
First Claim
1. A method for cataloging and ranking information comprising the steps of:
- a. enabling a user to interactively define a structure for cataloging information in one or more categories, each category having one or more attributes for defining the category;
b. selecting a category of the structure;
c. identifying a population of information elements for the selected category automatically based upon the respective category attributes;
d. ranking the information elements for the particular category automatically based upon relevance to category attributes; and
e. populating the selected category with ranked information elements.
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Abstract
A method for identifying, filtering, ranking and cataloging information elements; as for example, World Wide Web pages, of the Internet in whole, part, or in combination. The method is preferably implemented in computer software and features steps for enabling a user to interactively create an information database including preferred information elements such as preferred World Wide Web pages in whole, part, or in combination. The method includes steps for enabling a user to interactively create a frame-based, hierarchical organizational structure for the information elements, and steps for identifying and automatically filtering and ranking by relevance, information elements, such as World Wide Web pages for populating the structure, to form; for example, a searchable, World Wide Web page database. Additionally, the method features steps for enabling a user to interactively define a frame-based, hierarchical information structure for cataloging information, identifying a preliminary population of information elements for a particular hierarchical category arranged as a frame, based upon the respective frame attributes, and thereafter, expanding the information population to include related information, and subsequently, automatically filtering and ranking the information based upon relevance, and then populating the hierarchical structure with the a definable portion of the filtered, ranked information elements.
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1. A method for cataloging and ranking information comprising the steps of:
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a. enabling a user to interactively define a structure for cataloging information in one or more categories, each category having one or more attributes for defining the category;
b. selecting a category of the structure;
c. identifying a population of information elements for the selected category automatically based upon the respective category attributes;
d. ranking the information elements for the particular category automatically based upon relevance to category attributes; and
e. populating the selected category with ranked information elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for cataloging ranking and filtering information comprising the steps of:
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a. presenting a display interface to a user, the interface having one or more screens, respectively, having one or more partitions for enabling the user to interactively define a structure for cataloging information in one or more categories, each category having one or more attributes for defining the category;
b. enabling the user to select a category of the structure;
c. automatically identifying a population of information elements for the selected category based upon the respective category attributes designated by the user, and further, identifying links between information elements;
d. ranking the information elements for the particular category automatically based upon relevance to category attributes by iteratively determining relevance of the information elements to the respective category attributes based upon the affinity between information elements;
wherein one or more sources of spurious effects arise during the determining of relevance which adversely affect ranking accuracy;
e. filtering the information elements to improve ranking accuracy by applying filtering at predetermined points during ranking; and
f. populating the selected category with ranked information elements. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for displaying an interface at which a user may interactively develop a structure for cataloging information in one or more categories, each category having one or more attributes for defining the category, and at which interface the user may automatically populate selected categories with information elements, the method comprising the steps of;
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a. providing the interface with one or more screens, respectively, having one or more partitions;
b. providing at least one partition for presenting the information structure and enabling its modification;
c. providing at least one partition for presenting the attributes of a selected category and enabling modification of category attributes; and
d. enabling automatic identification of a population of information elements with a search query based upon the category attributes entered at the interface. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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