Aggregating and presenting information on the web
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorRaj Gopal Kantamneni
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for aggregating and presenting information in a network. A plurality of information sources relating to a category of subject matter are identified. Each information sources represents content from an associated site on the network. Each site has at least one parameter associated therewith representative of reliability with respect to the category. The content is periodically received from each of the plurality of information sources. The content received from the information sources via the network is indexed in a database. A portion of the content from the database is presented to a user via the network. The portion of the content corresponds to an index specified by the user.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method for aggregating and presenting information in a network, comprising:
- identifying a plurality of information sources relating to a category of subject matter, each information source representing content from an associated site on the network, each site having at least one parameter associated therewith representative of reliability with respect to the category;
- periodically receiving the content from each of the plurality of information sources;
- indexing the content received from the information sources via the network in a database;
- and
- presenting a portion of the content from the database to a user via the network, the portion of the content corresponding to an index specified by the user.
At least one computing device operable to aggregate and present information in a network, the at least one computing device comprising system memory, and at least one processor configured to:
- identify a plurality of information sources relating to a category of subject matter, each information source representing content from an associated site on the network, each site having at least one parameter associated therewith representative of reliability with respect to the category;
- periodically receive the content from each of the plurality of information sources;
- index the content received from the information sources via the network in a database;
- and
- present a portion of the content from the database to a user via the network, the portion of the content corresponding to an index specified by the user.
A computer-implemented method for aggregating and presenting information in a network, comprising:
- facilitating specification of an index by a user on a client machine;
- and
- facilitating presentation of a portion of content from a database on the client machine, the content corresponding to the index specified by the user and being derived from a plurality of information sources deployed on the network relating to a category of subject matter corresponding to the index, each of the information sources represented in the database corresponding to an associated site on the network having at least one parameter associated therewith representative of reliability with respect to the category.
A client computing device operable to present aggregated information received from a network, the client computing device comprising system memory, and at least one processor configured to:
- facilitate specification of an index by a user of the client computing device;
- and
- present a portion of content from a database on a display associated with the client computing device, the content corresponding to the index specified by the user and being derived from a plurality of information sources deployed on the network relating to a category of subject matter corresponding to the index, each of the information sources represented in the database corresponding to an associated site on the network having at least one parameter associated therewith representative of reliability with respect to the category.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.