Patent ID: 9323853
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a user alert specification from a user, wherein the user alert specification specifies a query, a collection of content for which alert elements are to be generated, and one or more conditions under which alert elements are to be generated for the user when content that satisfies the query of the user alert specification is found in the collection by an application of the user alert specification; obtaining a current result set from the collection of content, the current result set identifying one or more items of content from the collection of content that satisfy the query of the user alert specification; determining that a particular result in the current result set did not occur in a previous result set, the previous result set being a result set previously obtained from the collection using the query of the user alert specification; determining that the one or more conditions of the user alert specification specify that an alert element should be generated for new results; generating a particular alert element identifying the particular result that did not occur in the previous result set according to the user alert specification; and providing the alert element to the user.