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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorTheodore Jack London Shrader
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A method for recognizing and acting upon dynamic data in a computer network such as the Internet. The method begins by having the user (at a machine connected to the computer network) define at least one data source that he or she is interested in monitoring. The data source includes information identifying a location (i.e. a URL) of the data object to be monitored, together with recognition criteria which determines whether the data source is valid. For each data source, the user may then define a set of one or more action criteria, wherein each action criteria has a given polling interval and includes information identifying a sensitivity criteria and an action to be taken if the sensitivity criteria for the data source is met. The inventive process retrieves one or more data sources from the Internet, examines the data sources according to the sensitivity criteria, and triggers actions if any of the sensitivity criteria are met.
A method, operative in a computer, for recognizing and acting upon dynamic data in a computer network having a plurality of Web servers, comprising the steps of:
A method, operative in a computer, for recognizing and acting upon dynamic data in a computer network having a plurality of servers, comprising the steps of:
A computer program product in a computer-readable medium for use in recognizing and acting upon dynamic data in a computer network having a plurality of servers, wherein at least user-defined data source has a set of one or more user-defined action criteria associated therewith, each data source including information identifying a location of a data object, and a recognition criteria, and each action criteria having a given polling interval and including information identifying a sensitivity criteria, and an action to be taken if the sensitivity criteria for the data source is met, the computer program product comprising:
A computer, comprising:
A method for managing a monetary value in an account using the Internet, the account located at a Web server having a URL, comprising the steps of:
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