AUTOMATED CONTENT UPDATE NOTIFICATION
First Claim
1. An automated process for notifying users of changes to network-accessible content pages, comprising:
- by execution of program instructions by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices;
generating, and storing in computer storage, a page profile for a network-accessible content page, the page profile specifying at least a first portion of the content page and a second portion of the content page, the first and second portions each capable of changing over time, wherein the first and second portions are treated differently for generating change notifications;
detecting a change to the content page;
determining, based on the detected change and the page profile, whether to generate a change notification to notify one or more users of the change, wherein determining whether to generate the change notification comprises generating a measure of an extent to which the first portion of the content page has changed and comparing the measure to a threshold, wherein changes to the second portion of the content page do not affect the determination of whether to generate the change notification.
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Abstract
Features are disclosed for detecting meaningful updates to network accessible content, including but not limited to web pages. The portion or portions of content that are meaningful can be automatically determined based on a previously defined content profile, an analysis of user interactions with the content, algorithms and automated content analysis techniques, some combination thereof, or other techniques. Content can be monitored and determinations can be made regarding whether and to what extent the content has changed. Client devices or users thereof may be notified of detected meaningful content updates. Notifications can include updated portions of the content. The updated content may be displayed to the user on a client device, and visual treatments may be applied to the updated portions to draw the users'"'"' attention to the presence and substance of the updates.
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1. An automated process for notifying users of changes to network-accessible content pages, comprising:
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by execution of program instructions by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices; generating, and storing in computer storage, a page profile for a network-accessible content page, the page profile specifying at least a first portion of the content page and a second portion of the content page, the first and second portions each capable of changing over time, wherein the first and second portions are treated differently for generating change notifications; detecting a change to the content page; determining, based on the detected change and the page profile, whether to generate a change notification to notify one or more users of the change, wherein determining whether to generate the change notification comprises generating a measure of an extent to which the first portion of the content page has changed and comparing the measure to a threshold, wherein changes to the second portion of the content page do not affect the determination of whether to generate the change notification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for notifying users of changes to network-accessible content pages, comprising:
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computer storage that stores a page profile for a network-accessible content page, the page profile specifying at least a first portion of the content page and a second portion of the content page, the first and second portions each capable of changing over time, wherein the first and second portions are treated differently for generating change notifications; and a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, the computing system programmed to monitor changes to the content page and to use the page profile to determine whether to generate change notifications to notify users of detected changes to the content page, wherein the computing system is programmed to generate a measure of an extent to which the first portion of the content has changed and to use the measure to determine whether to generate change notifications; wherein the computing system is programmed to disregard changes to the second portion of the content page in determining whether to generate the change notifications. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon an executable program that instructs a computing system to perform a process comprising:
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accessing a page profile for a network-accessible content page, the page profile specifying at least a first portion of the content page and a second portion of the content page, the first and second portions each capable of changing over time; detecting that content of the content page has changed; generating a measure of an extent to which the first portion of the content page has changed; determining whether to generate a change notification based at least partly on the measure of the extent to which the first portion of the content page has changed, without regard to whether the second portion of the content page has changed; and when a determination is made to generate a change notification, generating, and transmitting to one or more users, a change notification that identifies one or more changes to the first portion of the content page. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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