Method and system for creating customized news digests
First Claim
1. A computer system for electronically delivering personalized periodic news digest documents to a plurality of registered users, the computer system comprising:
- at least one processor arranged to;
receive a delivery preference of each of the plurality of the registered users, the delivery preference indicating how each registered user desires to receive the personalized periodic news digest document, wherein a registered user is one who has registered personal information in a user profile, said personal information comprising the registered user'"'"'s name, age, sex, zip code, time zone, and email;
receive the personal information of each registered user and a news article preference of the registered use, wherein the news article preference comprises sports, local and foreign affairs, and legal;
search at least one location for news items that match the at least one of;
the personal information and the news article preference of the registered user;
receive the news items that match;
automatically generate, from the matching news items that are received, a print-ready personalized periodic news digest document that comprises the matching news items, the personalized periodic news digest document being generated as a document selected from a group consisting of;
an email, a web page, an electronic file, and a fax, in accordance with the delivery preference of the registered user; and
electronically push the personalized periodic news digest document directly to the registered user in accordance with the delivery preference of said registered user;
wherein the news article preference indicates at least one type of news article that the registered user desires to receive.
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Abstract
A system is provided for delivering personalized digest documents to multiple users. The system includes a profile module, a content management module, a document creation module, and an interface. The profile module receives a delivery preference of one of the users, and receives at least one of a user attribute and a content preference of the one user. The content management module searches at least one location for content items that match at least one of the user attribute and the content preference. The document creation module receives at least one of the content items that match, and compiles a personalized digest document for the one user that includes the at least one content item that matches. The personalized digest document is in a print-ready format, and the interface delivers the personalized digest document to the one user in accordance with the delivery preference of the one user. Also provided is a method for delivering personalized digest documents to multiple users.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer system for electronically delivering personalized periodic news digest documents to a plurality of registered users, the computer system comprising:
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at least one processor arranged to; receive a delivery preference of each of the plurality of the registered users, the delivery preference indicating how each registered user desires to receive the personalized periodic news digest document, wherein a registered user is one who has registered personal information in a user profile, said personal information comprising the registered user'"'"'s name, age, sex, zip code, time zone, and email; receive the personal information of each registered user and a news article preference of the registered use, wherein the news article preference comprises sports, local and foreign affairs, and legal; search at least one location for news items that match the at least one of;
the personal information and the news article preference of the registered user;receive the news items that match; automatically generate, from the matching news items that are received, a print-ready personalized periodic news digest document that comprises the matching news items, the personalized periodic news digest document being generated as a document selected from a group consisting of;
an email, a web page, an electronic file, and a fax, in accordance with the delivery preference of the registered user; andelectronically push the personalized periodic news digest document directly to the registered user in accordance with the delivery preference of said registered user; wherein the news article preference indicates at least one type of news article that the registered user desires to receive. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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6. A method for electronically delivering personalized periodic news digest documents to a plurality of registered users, the method comprising steps of:
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using a processor arranged to; retrieve a delivery preference of one of the registered users, wherein the registered user is one who has registered personal information in a user profile, and said personal information comprising the registered user'"'"'s name, age, sex, zip code, time zone, and email; and
wherein the delivery preference indicates how the registered user desires to receive the personalized periodic news digest document;retrieve the personal information of the registered user and a news article preference of the registered user, wherein the news article preference comprises sports, local and foreign affairs, and legal; search at least one location for news articles that match at least one of;
the personal information and the news article preference;receive the news articles that match; automatically generate, from the matching news articles that are received, a print-ready personalized periodic news digest document that comprises the matching news articles, the personalized periodic news digest document being generated as a document selected from a group consisting of;
an email, a web page, an electronic file, and a fax, in accordance with the delivery preference of the registered user;electronically push the personalized periodic news digest document directly to the registered user in accordance with the delivery preference of said registered user; and initiate a client module of the registered user such that the client module automatically prints the personalized periodic news digest document that was electronically pushed to the registered user; wherein the news article preference indicates at least one type of news article that the registered user desires to receive. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 19)
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11. A tangible computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program for electronically delivering personalized periodic news digest documents to a plurality of registered users, said computer program comprising instructions for performing steps of:
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receiving a delivery preference of each registered user, wherein a registered user is one who has registered personal information in a user profile, and said personal information comprises the registered user'"'"'s name, age, sex, zip code, time zone, and email;
wherein the delivery preference indicates how the registered user desires to receive the personalized periodic news digest document;receiving the personal information of the registered user and a news article preference of the registered user; searching at least one location for content items that match at least one of;
the personal information and the news article preference, the content items comprising a plurality of news articles, wherein the content items comprise sports, local and foreign affairs, and legal;receiving the content items that match; automatically generating, from the matching news articles that are received, a print-ready personalized periodic news digest document that comprises the matching news articles, the personalized periodic news digest document being generated as a document selected from a group consisting of;
an email, a web page, an electronic file, and a fax, in accordance with the delivery preference of the registered user;electronically pushing the personalized periodic news digest document directly to the registered user in accordance with the delivery preference of said registered user; and initiating a client module of the registered user such that the client module automatically prints the personalized periodic news digest document that was electronically pushed to the registered user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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