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Method for scanning, analyzing and handling various kinds of digital information content

  • US 20050108227A1
  • Filed: 10/01/2003
  • Published: 05/19/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1997
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-readable medium storing a computer program for use in conjunction with a web browser client program to rate a web page relative to a selected characteristic, the program comprising:

  • first means for identifying natural language textual portions of the web page and forming a list of words that appear in the identified natural language textual portions of the web page;

    a database of predetermined words that are associated with the selected characteristic;

    second means for querying the database to determine which of the list of words has a match in the database;

    third means for acquiring a corresponding weight from the database for each such word having a match in the database so as to form a weighted set of terms; and

    fourth means for calculating a rating for the web page responsive to the weighted set of terms, the calculating means including means for determining and taking into account a total number of natural language words that appear in the identified natural language textual portions of the web page.

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