Claims:1. A method for providing accumulated content from a network, the method is implemented by one or more processors that perform steps comprising:
a. identifies an associated term
b. excludes any terms that are not applicable reclaiming a plurality of articles from over a network based on;
a. a presence of one or more-character strings;
b. correspond to a term;
c. is not the category name of the corresponding category
one or more additional criteria to weight the presence of said one or more character strings over other character strings that correspond to a term of a category definition of another category displaying, on each of the plurality of web pages, at least a portion of individual articles that have been associated with the one or more corresponding categories assigned to the web page
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of reclaiming each article, of the plurality of articles, includes crawling network sites on the Internet.
3. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of analyzing each article, of the plurality of articles, includes the step of inspecting text in each article
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of assigning at least a portion of each of a plurality of web pages to one or more corresponding categories includes assigning a first category to a first web page, and forming at least part of a network address for the first web page to indicate the first category.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying, on each of the plurality of web pages, at least a portion of individual articles includes providing, on each web page, links that are selectable by users to access the articles from one or more web sites that host the articles.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of automatically updating at least some of the articles on each of the plurality of web pages by repeatedly analyzing new articles.
, Description:Technical Field of the Invention
The disclosed embodiments relate generally to the field of content provided on network sites. More particularly, the disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for accumulating and displaying content on an online site.
Background of the Invention
With the growth of the Internet, websites are increasingly providing content such as news, articles, and stories. There are an increasing number of sources for content on the Internet. With this growth, content distribution on the Internet has become disorganized. For example, popular news sites carry redundant news items, so users have little need to visit more than one news source. For a user to receive comprehensive news items of a given topic, such as their local area, the user may have to visit numerous sites and materials. At the same time, a user may find it difficult to find a news item about an obscure category, such as a disease or a hobby. In such cases, users often rely on search sites, such as provided by YAHOO! or GOOGLE to locate content items of interest.
There are websites that categorize content for users, but in most cases, the categories are broad and non-specific. For example, the typical news site will provide accumulation of news stories under headings such as World News, U.S. News, Sports, Business etc. The accumulation and categorization of such stories is typically done through some manual intervention. A typical situation is that the story is categorized in a general category at its origin, and then distributed for consumption or display on multiple websites. Another situation is that editors provide keywords in a story, or associate the keywords with the stories, so that when someone types a search term at a search site that matches the key word, the story will be presented in the search result.
Some sites provide category-specific content by searching for content that matches a search term. Such sites typically rely on the use of search terms to ensure that a content item is sufficiently pertinent to a category. When content is identified, it is known to belong to a category of the search term.
Object of the Invention
The primary object of present invention is to provides System and Method for automatic accumulation and categorization of content-articles from the network sites.
Summary of the Invention
According to embodiments described herein, a plurality of content items is retrieved from multiple network sites. Content from each content item is programmatically analysed in order to associate that content item with one or more categories. The one or more categories may be part of a larger, set of predefined categories. A network page is assigned to one or more corresponding categories in the set of predefined categories. At least some content is provided on the network page using one or more content items that were associated with the one or more categories assigned to that network page
Brief Description of the Drawings
FIG. 1 is a method illustrating automated retrieval, categorization, accumulation and display of content items, according to an embodiment.
Detailed Description of Invention
An embodiment of the invention enables category-specific content to appear together at one site or location on a network. One result that may be achieved is that a user may access and browse the site or location where category-specific content is accumulation and updated. The content may include links to articles, news stories and other content items that are about the category. For example, the user can view a web page having updated news stories about a hobby, disease, person of interest or company. These articles and news stories may be retrieved from various other network sources and presented on the page to maximize interest and reduce redundancy. As such, the user is provided with an alternative to having to submit search queries in order to view category-specific content items. FIG. 1 is a method illustrating automated retrieval, categorization, accumulation and display of content items. In step 1, categories are defined by one or more identifiers. A category definition may include a set of names, words, phrases, geographic locations or other text strings. For example, the category definition for a celebrity may include the celebrity first name, last name, nickname, film biography, and possibly the place of residence or birth for the celebrity. The category definition for a location may include the name of the place, the name of geographic identifiers of the location, longitude and latitude of the location, historical names and nicknames for the location, the names of parks, bodies of water, tunnels, rivers, schools jails, businesses (restaurants etc), and any other information that is indicative of that location. In step 2, articles (or other content items) are automatically retrieved from multiple network sites. For example, as discussed with other embodiments, web sites where news items, articles, messages etc. may be routinely accessed, and content appearing thereon may be retrieved. Step 3 provides that the content of the articles is scanned, or otherwise inspected for identifiers of categories in order to identify candidate categories. In one embodiment, text is scanned for names, words, phrases, geographic locations and other text strings that correspond to identifiers of categories. A candidate category means that an identifier of that category appears in the article, but other analysis needs to be performed in order to be able to conclude that the article belongs in that category. In step, an analysis is done to determine which candidate category or categories is a suitable categorical match for the article.
In an embodiment, many content items may be retrieved and categorized into an even larger number of categories through programmatic implementations. This allows for content to be generated for various category-specific web pages (or portions thereof). The content for each page may be retrieved automatically from various network sites.