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Methods and systems for information capture and retrieval

  • US 7,725,508 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2004
  • Issued: 05/25/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for information capture and retrieval, the method comprising:

  • capturing an event, the event comprising a user interaction with an article on a client device;

    determining whether the event is an indexable event;

    responsive to the event being determined an indexable event;

    determining whether the indexable event is an indexable real-time event or an indexable historical event,responsive to the indexable event being determined an indexable real-time event, placing the event in a user state queue,placing the indexable event in a multiple priority index queue, wherein an indexable real-time event in the index queue is assigned a high priority and an indexable historical event in the index queue is assigned a low priority,retrieving a high-priority event from the index queue before retrieving a low-priority event from the index queue, andindexing the high-priority event in an index before indexing the low-priority event in the index; and

    responsive to the event being determined a non-indexable event;

    placing the non-indexable event in the user state queue, the user state queue being separate from the index queue,retrieving the non-indexable event from the user state queue, and determining a current user state for the user based on the non-indexable event.

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