Apparatus and method for the automatic discovery of control events from the publication of documents
First Claim
1. A method for process-wide analysis and distribution of control events discovered from at least one of electronically published documents and electronic data, comprising:
- populating a user group database with a plurality of users in a group associated with at least one of a product manufacturing, review, distribution, transport and inspection process;
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 and electronic data in the group;
accessing the at least one of electronically published documents and electronic data stored on a plurality of network servers;
operating a control program on a computer to identify at least one of the electronically published documents and electronic data stored in the plurality of network servers which potentially contain control events, wherein the control program identifies at least one of the electronically published documents and the electronic data which potentially contain control events by reference to the user interest database;
storing a copy of the at least one of identified electronically published documents and electronic data 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 associated with the control of at least one of goods and services;
operating the classification program to determine whether control events are present in the stored documents potentially containing control events, wherein the classification program determines whether at least one discovered control event is present by reference to the control event database;
assigning at least one control event classification to the stored documents determined to contain the at least one discovered control event;
storing the assigned control event classification and information identifying the stored electronically published document or electronic data containing the at least one discovered control event in a classification database;
displaying at least one of the electronically published documents and electronic data containing the control event to the at least one user, wherein the display is created by reference to the user interest database and the stored assigned control event classification, and the display includes at least one link to at least one of the stored control event classification and the at least one of it electronically published document and electronic data;
receiving the at least one user'"'"'s designation of at least one control event as an alert of potential interest to at least one other member of the group; and
forwarding a notification of the alert to the at least one other member of the group.
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Abstract
A method and system for discovering a control event from electronically published documents and received data streams is provided, in which a computer control program identifies electronically published documents and data stored in a plurality of network servers which potentially contain control events relevant to the control of goods and/or services, the control events identified by reference to user interest identifiers. Identified material is analyzed by a classification program to determine whether control events are present. A control event classification is assigned to documents and received data determined to contain at least one discovered control event, the assigned control event classification and information identifying the associated document and data is stored in a classification database, and a report of discovery of documents and data containing control events is to be provided to a user. The report may include a link to the control event classification and/or its associated document or data.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for process-wide analysis and distribution of control events discovered from at least one of electronically published documents and electronic data, comprising:
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populating a user group database with a plurality of users in a group associated with at least one of a product manufacturing, review, distribution, transport and inspection process; 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 and electronic data in the group; accessing the at least one of electronically published documents and electronic data stored on a plurality of network servers; operating a control program on a computer to identify at least one of the electronically published documents and electronic data stored in the plurality of network servers which potentially contain control events, wherein the control program identifies at least one of the electronically published documents and the electronic data which potentially contain control events by reference to the user interest database; storing a copy of the at least one of identified electronically published documents and electronic data 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 associated with the control of at least one of goods and services; operating the classification program to determine whether control events are present in the stored documents potentially containing control events, wherein the classification program determines whether at least one discovered control event is present by reference to the control event database; assigning at least one control event classification to the stored documents determined to contain the at least one discovered control event; storing the assigned control event classification and information identifying the stored electronically published document or electronic data containing the at least one discovered control event in a classification database; displaying at least one of the electronically published documents and electronic data containing the control event to the at least one user, wherein the display is created by reference to the user interest database and the stored assigned control event classification, and the display includes at least one link to at least one of the stored control event classification and the at least one of it electronically published document and electronic data; receiving the at least one user'"'"'s designation of at least one control event as an alert of potential interest to at least one other member of the group; and forwarding a notification of the alert to the at least one other member of the group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for discovery of information containing control events from at least one of electronically published documents and electronic data, the apparatus comprising:
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a user group database on a computer-readable storage medium with a plurality of users in a group associated with at least one of a product manufacturing, review, distribution, transport and inspection process; a 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 in the group; a control program on a computer-readable storage medium, the control program comprising computer code for identifying one of electronically published documents and electronic data elements stored in a plurality of network servers which potentially contain control events, wherein the control program identifies at least one of the electronically published documents and electronic data elements 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 identified at least one of the electronically published documents and electronic data elements potentially containing control events; a control event database on a computer-readable storage medium containing classified control events associated with the control of at least one of goods and services; a classification program on a computer-readable storage medium, the classification program comprising computer code for discovering whether control events are present in the stored at least one of the electronically published documents and electronic data elements potentially containing control events and assigning at least one control event classification to the stored at least one of the electronically published documents and electronic data elements determined to contain at least one discovered control event, wherein the classification program determines whether the at least one control event is present by reference to the control event database; a storing program on a computer-readable storage medium, the storing program comprising computer code for storing the assigned control event classification and information concerning the determined at least one of the electronically published documents and electronic data elements containing the at least one discovered control event; a discovered document and data element reporting program on a computer-readable storage medium, the discovered document and data element reporting program comprising computer code for creating a report of discovery of the identified at least one of the electronically published documents and electronic data elements containing control events to the at least one user and delivering the report to the at least one user, wherein the report is created by reference to the user interest database and the stored assigned control event classification, and the report includes at least one link to the stored assigned control event classification and its associated document or data element; an alert distribution processing program on a computer-readable storage medium, the alert distribution processing program comprising computer code for receiving the at least one user'"'"'s designation of at least one control event as an alert of potential interest to at least one other member of the user group and forwarding a notification of the alert to the at least one other member of the user group. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for process-wide analysis and distribution of control events discovered from at least one of electronically published documents and electronic data, comprising:
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populating a user group database with a plurality of users in a group associated with at least one of a product manufacturing, review, distribution, transport and inspection process; 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 and data in the group; accessing a storage database containing at least one of identified electronically published documents and electronic data potentially containing control events, wherein the at least one of identified electronically published documents and electronic data potentially containing control events are identified by reference to the user interest database; the at least one of electronically published documents and electronic data stored on a plurality of network servers; storing a copy of the at least one of identified electronically published documents and electronic data potentially containing control events in a local storage device accessible by a classification program operating on a computer; providing a control event database of classified control events associated with the control of at least one of goods and services; operating the classification program to determine whether control events are present in the stored copy of the electronically published documents or electronic data potentially containing control events, wherein the classification program determines whether a discovered control event is present by reference to the control event database; assigning at least one control event classification to the stored documents determined to contain at least one discovered control event; storing the assigned at least one control event classification and information identifying the stored copy of the electronically published documents or electronic data containing at least one discovered control event in a classification database; making available for display at least one of discovered documents and data containing control events to at least one user, wherein the display is created by reference to the user interest database and the stored assigned control event classifications, and the display includes at least one link to at least one of the stored assigned control event classifications and at least one of the stored copy of the electronically published documents or electronic data; receiving at least one user'"'"'s designation of at least one control event as an alert of potential interest to at least one other member of the user group; and forwarding a notification of the alert to the at least one other member of the user group.
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22. A method for process-wide analysis and distribution of control events discovered from at least one of electronically published documents and electronic data, comprising:
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providing identification of a plurality of users in a group associated with at least one of a product manufacturing, review, distribution, transport and inspection process to a service provider for populating a user group database; providing at least one of geographic and subject matter identifiers associated with interests of at least one user of electronically published documents and electronic data in the group to the service provider for populating a user interest database; receiving a display of at least one of discovered documents and data containing control events to at least one user, wherein the display is created by reference to the user interest database and stored assigned control event classifications, and the display includes at least one link to at least one of the stored control event classifications and at least one of the electronically published document and electronic data, the stored assigned control event classifications are based on operation of a control program to identify at least one of electronically published documents and electronic data stored in a plurality of network servers which potentially contain control events, wherein the control program identifies at least one of the electronically published documents and electronic data which potentially contain control events by reference to the user interest database and accessing the at least one of electronically published documents and electronic data, and stores on a plurality of network servers and storing a copy of the at least one of identified documents and data potentially containing control events in a storage device accessible by a classification program operating on a computer, the classification program discovering whether control events are present in stored documents potentially containing control events and assigning control event classification and information identifying the stored electronically published document or electronic data containing at least one discovered control event in a classification database, wherein the classification program determines whether a discovered control event is present by reference to a control event database of classified control events associated with the control of at least one of goods and services and assigns at least one control event classification to the stored electronically published documents or electronic data determined to contain at least one discovered control event, and transmitting at least one user'"'"'s designation of at least one control event as an alert of potential interest to at least one other member of the user group for forwarding by the service provider to the at least one other member of the user group.
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