Apparatus and method for the automatic discovery of control events from the publication of documents
First Claim
1. A method for discovering a control event from electronically published documents, comprising:
- populating a user interest database with at least one of geographic and subject matter identifiers associated with interests of at least one user of electronically published documents;
accessing electronically published documents stored on a plurality of network servers;
operating a control program on a computer to identify documents among the electronically published documents stored in the plurality of network servers which potentially contain control events, wherein the control program identifies the documents which potentially contain control events by reference to the user interest database;
storing a copy of the documents identified as potentially containing control events in a local storage device accessible by a classification program operating on the computer;
providing a control event database of classified control events relevant to the control of at least one of goods and services;
operating the classification program to determine whether at least one of the classified control events is present in the stored documents identified as potentially containing control events, wherein the classification program determines whether the at least one of the classified control events is present by reference to the control event database;
assigning at least one control event classification to the stored documents identified as potentially containing control events which are determined to contain at least one discovered control event;
storing the assigned at least one control event classification and information identifying the stored document to which the at least one control event classification is assigned in a classification database;
creating a report of discovery of at least one of the stored documents determined to contain control events to at least one user, wherein the report is created by reference to the user interest database and the stored assigned control event classifications, and the report includes at least one link to at least one of the stored control event classifications and its associated stored document determined to contain at least one discovered control event; and
delivering the report to the at least one user.
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Abstract
A method and system for discovering a control event from electronically published documents is provided, in which a control program on a computer identifies electronically published documents stored in a plurality of network servers which potentially contain control events relevant to the control of goods and/or services, the control events being identified by reference to a user interest database containing user interest identifiers. Identified documents are analyzed by a classification program to determine whether control events are present, referring to a control event database. A control event classification is assigned to documents determined to contain at least one discovered control event, the assigned control event classification and information identifying the associated document is stored in a classification database, and a report of discovery of documents containing control events is be provided to a user. The report may includes a link to the control event classification and/or its associated document.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for discovering a control event from electronically published documents, comprising:
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populating a user interest database with at least one of geographic and subject matter identifiers associated with interests of at least one user of electronically published documents; accessing electronically published documents stored on a plurality of network servers; operating a control program on a computer to identify documents among the electronically published documents stored in the plurality of network servers which potentially contain control events, wherein the control program identifies the documents which potentially contain control events by reference to the user interest database; storing a copy of the documents identified as potentially containing control events in a local storage device accessible by a classification program operating on the computer; providing a control event database of classified control events relevant to the control of at least one of goods and services; operating the classification program to determine whether at least one of the classified control events is present in the stored documents identified as potentially containing control events, wherein the classification program determines whether the at least one of the classified control events is present by reference to the control event database; assigning at least one control event classification to the stored documents identified as potentially containing control events which are determined to contain at least one discovered control event; storing the assigned at least one control event classification and information identifying the stored document to which the at least one control event classification is assigned in a classification database; creating a report of discovery of at least one of the stored documents determined to contain control events to at least one user, wherein the report is created by reference to the user interest database and the stored assigned control event classifications, and the report includes at least one link to at least one of the stored control event classifications and its associated stored document determined to contain at least one discovered control event; and delivering the report to the at least one user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20)
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12. An apparatus for discovery of information containing control events from electronically published documents, the apparatus comprising:
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a computer including a processor and memory; a non-transitory user interest database on a computer-readable storage medium populated with at least one of geographic and subject matter identifiers associated with interests of at least one user of electronically published documents; a non-transitory control program on a computer-readable storage medium, the control program comprising computer code executable on the computer for identifying documents among electronically published documents stored in a plurality of network servers which potentially contain control events, wherein the control program identifies the documents which potentially contain control events by reference to the user interest database; an electronically published document storage device, the storage device being arranged to store a copy of the documents identified as potentially containing control events; a non-transitory control event database on a computer-readable storage medium containing classified control events relevant to the control of at least one of goods and services; a non-transitory classification program on a computer-readable storage medium, the classification program comprising computer code executable on the computer for determining whether at least one of the classified control events is present in the stored documents identified as potentially containing control events and a non-transitory storing program on a computer-readable storage medium, the storing program comprising computer code executable on the computer for storing the at least one assigned control event classification and information identifying the stored document to which the at least one control event classification is assigned; and a non-transitory discovered document reporting program on a computer-readable storage medium, the discovered document reporting program comprising computer code executable on the computer for creating a report of discovery of at least one of the stored documents determined to contain control events to at least one user and delivering the report to the at least one user, wherein the report is created by the discovered document reporting program executed on the computer by reference to the user interest database and the stored assigned control event classifications, and the report includes at least one link to at least one of the stored control event classifications and its associated stored document determined to contain at least one discovered control event. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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