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System and method for indexing a network of interrelated elements

  • US 7,761,423 B1
  • Filed: 10/11/2006
  • Issued: 07/20/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a first set of addresses, wherein;

    each address in the first set of addresses indicates a corresponding content feed in a first set of content feeds on a computer network, andeach content feed in the first set of content feeds comprises addresses of content on the computer network;

    generating a topic linkset, wherein;

    the topic linkset comprises addresses from content feeds in the first set of content feeds;

    selecting a content feed from a repository of content feeds, wherein;

    the repository of content feeds comprises data regarding at least one content feed distinct from the first set of content feeds;

    evaluating the selected content feed, wherein the evaluating comprises;

    identifying addresses in the selected content feed,comparing the addresses in the selected content feed with the addresses in the topic linkset, wherein the comparing comprises;

    determining a count of addresses, among the addresses in the selected content feed, that are among the addresses in the topic linkset, andscoring the selected content feed based at least in part on the comparing;

    repeating the selecting and the evaluating for a plurality of content feeds from the repository of content feeds;

    selecting a second set of addresses based at least in part on the scoring, wherein;

    each address in the second set of addresses indicates a corresponding content feed in a second set of content feeds, andthe second set of content feeds is a subset of the plurality of content feeds from the repository of content feeds;

    generating an output based at least in part on the second set of addresses; and

    storing the output in a computer memory.

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