Scalable topical aggregation of data feeds
US8290926B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 21, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/958
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Data items of various data feeds (such as articles posted to a website or entries in an RSS feed) may be associated with various topics, but a user may be unable to monitor a large number of data feeds, and to avoid previously reviewed data items while searching for new data items. An aggregation service may monitor many data feeds, perform an automated topical evaluation of the data items, and generate a set of topical data feeds. Additional services may also be applied, such as filtering the topical data feeds by various criteria, translating data items from a native language into another language, and removing equivalent data items, such as articles redundantly covering the same news story. A centralized or cooperatively distributed service may scale for improved efficiency and value, since each data feed may be monitored and each data item received and evaluated on behalf of many users.
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