Ecosystem method of aggregation and search and related techniques
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of data aggregation in a network, comprising:
- receiving event notifications from a plurality of content sites on the network, each event notification indicating occurrence of an event associated with a corresponding one of the content sites, each event corresponding to a posting of content on the corresponding content site by an individual;
in response to each event notification, generating event metadata, the event metadata including a time stamp for the event and change data corresponding to the posting of content, the event metadata for selected ones of the events include inbound link data representing links pointing to the content associated with the selected events;
indexing the event metadata in an ordered-by-authority database in which the event metadata corresponding to the selected events are ordered with reference to the inbound link data; and
identifying authoritative ones of the individuals for each of a plurality of categories with reference to the inbound link data in the ordered-by-authority database representing inbound links pointing to the content posted by the authoritative individuals.
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Abstract
Techniques are described for effecting data aggregation in a network. Event notifications are received from a plurality of content sites on the network. Each event notification indicates occurrence of an event associated with a corresponding one of the content sites. Each event corresponds to a change to content associated with the corresponding content site. In response to each event notification, event metadata are generated. The event metadata include a time stamp for the event and change data corresponding to the change to the content. The event metadata are indexed in a plurality of databases with reference to a plurality of index metrics including the time stamp. The indexing of the event metadata for each event occurs within days, hours, or even minutes of receipt of the corresponding event notification thereby enabling retrieving of the changes to the content from the plurality of databases using any of the index metrics in near real time.
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43 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of data aggregation in a network, comprising:
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receiving event notifications from a plurality of content sites on the network, each event notification indicating occurrence of an event associated with a corresponding one of the content sites, each event corresponding to a posting of content on the corresponding content site by an individual; in response to each event notification, generating event metadata, the event metadata including a time stamp for the event and change data corresponding to the posting of content, the event metadata for selected ones of the events include inbound link data representing links pointing to the content associated with the selected events; indexing the event metadata in an ordered-by-authority database in which the event metadata corresponding to the selected events are ordered with reference to the inbound link data; and identifying authoritative ones of the individuals for each of a plurality of categories with reference to the inbound link data in the ordered-by-authority database representing inbound links pointing to the content posted by the authoritative individuals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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16. A system for facilitating data aggregation in a network, the system comprising one or more computing devices, the one or more computing devices including memory and one or more processors configured to:
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receive event notifications from a plurality of content sites on the network, each event notification indicating occurrence of an event associated with a corresponding one of the content sites, each event corresponding to a posting of content on the corresponding content site by an individual; generate event metadata in response to each event notification, the event metadata including a time stamp for the event and change data corresponding to the posting of content, the event metadata for selected ones of the events include inbound link data representing links pointing to the content associated with the selected events; index the event metadata in an ordered-by-authority database in which the event metadata corresponding to the selected events are ordered with reference to the inbound link data; and identify authoritative ones of the individuals for each of a plurality of categories with reference to the inbound link data in the ordered-by-authority database representing inbound links pointing to the content posted by the authoritative individuals. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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