System and method for prospecting digital information
First Claim
1. A system for prospecting digital information, comprising:
- an information collection configured to maintain a home evergreen index for a home subject area within a corpus of digital information and comprising topic models matched to the corpus;
a frontier community identifier configured to identify a frontier evergreen index for a frontier subject area within the corpus topically distinct from the home subject area, and to obtain quality assessments for frontier articles from the corpus identified by the topic models of the frontier evergreen index; and
a frontier information integrator configured to reclassify the frontier articles with positive quality assessments against the topic models in the home evergreen index, and to provide the frontier articles in a display with home articles previously classified against the topic models in the home evergreen index.
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Abstract
A system and method for prospecting digital information is provided. A home evergreen index for a home subject area within a corpus of digital information is maintained and includes topic models matched to the corpus. A frontier evergreen index for a frontier subject area within the corpus topically distinct from the home subject area is identified. Quality assessments for frontier articles from the corpus identified by the topic models of the frontier evergreen index are obtained. The frontier articles with positive quality assessments are reclassified against the topic models in the home evergreen index. The frontier articles are provided in a display with home articles previously classified against the topic models in the home evergreen index.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for prospecting digital information, comprising:
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an information collection configured to maintain a home evergreen index for a home subject area within a corpus of digital information and comprising topic models matched to the corpus; a frontier community identifier configured to identify a frontier evergreen index for a frontier subject area within the corpus topically distinct from the home subject area, and to obtain quality assessments for frontier articles from the corpus identified by the topic models of the frontier evergreen index; and a frontier information integrator configured to reclassify the frontier articles with positive quality assessments against the topic models in the home evergreen index, and to provide the frontier articles in a display with home articles previously classified against the topic models in the home evergreen index. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for prospecting digital information, comprising:
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maintaining a home evergreen index for a home subject area within a corpus of digital information and comprising topic models matched to the corpus; identifying a frontier evergreen index for a frontier subject area within the corpus topically distinct from the home subject area; obtaining quality assessments for frontier articles from the corpus identified by the topic models of the frontier evergreen index; reclassifying the frontier articles with positive quality assessments against the topic models in the home evergreen index; and providing the frontier articles in a display with home articles previously classified against the topic models in the home evergreen index. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for prospecting digital information, comprising:
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means for maintaining a home evergreen index for a home subject area within a corpus of digital information and comprising topic models matched to the corpus; means for identifying a frontier evergreen index for a frontier subject area within the corpus topically distinct from the home subject area; means for obtaining quality assessments for frontier articles from the corpus identified by the topic models of the frontier evergreen index; means for reclassifying the frontier articles with positive quality assessments against the topic models in the home evergreen index; and means for providing the frontier articles in a display with home articles previously classified against the topic models in the home evergreen index.
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