System and method for providing news updates

Details System and method for providing news updates System and method for providing news updates

2005-10-25

2005-10-25

Coby, Frantz (Department: 2161)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C707S793000, C707S793000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06959295

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for providing news relating to a specified subject to a subscriber, wherein a plurality of Web sites relating to a category to which the specified subject relates is selected, the relevancy of at least one Web page in each selected Web site is determined by scanning for words relating to the specified subject, the content type of at least one Web page in each selected Web site is determined by scanning for words indicating content type, a list of relevant Web pages is compiled based on the determinations of relevancy and content type, and the compiled list is provided to the subscriber.

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