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Method and apparatus to search data and notify and update a user

  • US 8,589,376 B2
  • Filed: 11/21/2011
  • Issued: 11/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A digital processing apparatus comprising:

  • an operating system; and

    a control logic, in communication with the operating system, comprising a content parsing logic engine in communication with a posting site via the operating system;

    wherein;

    the content parsing logic engine generates a content reference comprising a domain name and further comprising query parameters and path parameters based on user parameters;

    the content parsing logic engine accesses the posing site employing the domain name and the path parameters of the content reference;

    the content parsing logic engine uses the content reference query parameters to execute a first query on the posing site to extract markup language content;

    the content parsing logic engine parses the markup language content to generate a map to map item identifiers to respective item data;

    the content parsing logic engine uses the content reference query parameters to execute a second query on the posting site to extract syndicated content;

    the content parsing logic engine updates the item data with the syndicated content resulting in a modification of the map;

    the content parsing logic engine determines a number of search results to present to a user; and

    the number of search results to present to the user are search results posted no earlier than a maximum look-back interval from a current time wherein the maximum look-back interval is determined by;

    specifying a first look-back interval;

    adding a specified correction interval to the first look-back interval;

    calculating a second interval as a time since a most recent posting from a prior search; and

    selecting the maximum look-back interval as the shorter of the first interval and the second interval.

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