Method, system and computer product for continuously monitoring data sources for an event of interest

An Internet-based method for continuously monitoring a plurality of data sources for information that relates to an event of interest, comprising:

• configuring an agent to search the plurality of data sources according to a specific search criteria;
• using the agent to download a plurality of web pages containing information related to the plurality of data sources at predetermined time intervals;
• parsing the data in the web pages;
• storing the parsed data in a data repository;
• extracting data from the data repository;
• determining parameters of interest from the extracted data, wherein the parameters of interest relate to the event of interest;
• and
• continuously monitoring the determined parameters of interest to find information that relates to the event of interest.

A system for continuously monitoring a plurality of data sources for an event of interest, comprising;

• an agent configured to automatically search and download data from the plurality of data sources at pre-determined time intervals;
• a data extraction component configured to extract data that relates to the event of interest from the data downloaded by the agent;
• a database configured to store the extracted data that relates to the event of interest;
• and
• an analytics engine configured to perform analytics on the stored data.

A computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for instructing a computer system to continuously monitor a plurality of data sources for an event of interest, the computer instructions comprising;

• receiving a continuous stream of data from the plurality of data sources;
• extracting data that relates to the event of interest from the received data storing the extracted data that relates to the event of interest in a historical database;
• performing analytics on the stored data that relates to the event of interest;
• and
• monitoring the stored data according to the performed analytics to find data that relates to the event of interest.

A computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for instructing a computer system to continuously monitor a plurality of data sources from the Internet for information that relates to an event of interest, comprising:

• configuring an agent to search the plurality of data sources according to a specific search criteria;
• using the agent to download a plurality of web pages containing information related to the plurality of data sources at predetermined time intervals;
• parsing the data in the web pages;
• storing the parsed data in a data repository;
• extracting data from the data repository;
• determining parameters of interest from the extracted data, wherein the parameters of interest relate to the event of interest;
• and
• continuously monitoring the determined parameters of interest to find information that relates to the event of interest.

A method in a computer system for displaying a plurality of pages to enable a user to view information related to quoted financial assets of an entity to determine the financial health of the entity, comprising:

• displaying an input screen for permitting the user to input a request to search for the entity;
• displaying a query screen for permitting a user to query for data related to the financial assets for the searched entity;
• and
• displaying an alert screen for permitting the user to view a recent change to the financial health of at least one entity.

A system for continuously monitoring a plurality of data sources for an event of interest, comprising:

• a processing unit configured to download, extract and analyze a continuous stream of data from the plurality of data sources, the processing unit comprising:
• a data fetch entity configured to automatically search and download the continuous stream of data from the plurality of data sources;
• a data extraction entity configured to extract data that relates to the event of interest from the continuous stream of data;
• and
• an analytics engine configured to compute and monitor a parameter of interest related to the event of interest from the extracted data;
• a memory unit configured to store a plurality of data used by the processing unit;
• and
• a user interface configured to interface the processing unit with a user.