System for processing at least partially structured data
First Claim
1. A computer system for displaying information pertaining to any of a universe of topics, said information comprising at least partially structured data culled from a plurality of online data sources each storing a first multiplicity of at least partially structured online data entries each pertaining to an individual topic from among a second multiplicity of topics, wherein, for at least one topic, more than one online data entry pertains thereto, the system comprising:
- a topic repository;
a topic builder including a user interface and being operative at least partially automatically to employ structure in at least partially structured data in said plurality of online data sources to facilitate access to said data from said plurality of online data sources, by topic, including unification of online data entries pertaining to a single topic, for display under said single topic, said unification comprising analyzing a set of topics to identify therewithin subsets of identical topics and collapsing the set by redefining all identical topics in each subset as a single topic; and
a topic-oriented user interface employed by a user to access said data in association with said topic repository by topic.
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Abstract
An improved system for processing at least partially structured data includes a method for comparing a population of terms in a term repository, including standardizing each term within the population of terms based on at least one standardization rule. The method also includes comparing at least a pair of terms including determining a match between the terms if, once standardized, they are substantially identical.
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1. A computer system for displaying information pertaining to any of a universe of topics, said information comprising at least partially structured data culled from a plurality of online data sources each storing a first multiplicity of at least partially structured online data entries each pertaining to an individual topic from among a second multiplicity of topics, wherein, for at least one topic, more than one online data entry pertains thereto, the system comprising:
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a topic repository; a topic builder including a user interface and being operative at least partially automatically to employ structure in at least partially structured data in said plurality of online data sources to facilitate access to said data from said plurality of online data sources, by topic, including unification of online data entries pertaining to a single topic, for display under said single topic, said unification comprising analyzing a set of topics to identify therewithin subsets of identical topics and collapsing the set by redefining all identical topics in each subset as a single topic; and a topic-oriented user interface employed by a user to access said data in association with said topic repository by topic. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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2. A topic builder for use in a computer system for displaying information pertaining to any of a universe of topics,
said information comprising at least partially structured data culled from a plurality of online data sources each storing a first multiplicity of at least partially structured online data entries each pertaining to an individual topic from among a second multiplicity of topics, wherein, for at least one topic, more than one online data entry pertains thereto, the system comprising a topic repository and a topic-oriented user interface employed by a user to access said data in said topic repository by topic, said topic builder including a user interface and being operative at least partially automatically to employ structure in at least partially structured data in said plurality of online data sources to facilitate access to said data from said plurality of online data sources, by topic, including unification of data entries pertaining to a single topic, for display under said single topic, said unification comprising analyzing a set of topics to identify therewithin subsets of identical topics and collapsing the set by redefining all identical topics in each subset as a single topic.
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