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Method and apparatus for defining data of interest

  • US 8,719,296 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2012
  • Issued: 05/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method for extracting data from a data source by one or more computing devices, the method comprising:

  • applying, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, an extractor pattern to a computer-readable data source, wherein the extractor pattern is generated based at least in part on a prior identification of data of interest and wherein the extractor pattern includes one or more regular expressions which are configured to identify additional data of interest in the computer-readable data source;

    retrieving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the additional data of interest from the computer-readable data source using the one or more regular expressions; and

    storing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the additional data of interest in a data storage device.

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