Patent ID: 8589380
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for discovering a control event from electronically published documents, comprising: populating a user interest database with at least one of geographic and subject matter identifiers associated with interests of at least one user of electronically published documents; accessing electronically published documents stored on a plurality of network servers; operating a control program on a computer to identify documents among the electronically published documents stored in the plurality of network servers which potentially contain control events, wherein the control program identifies the documents which potentially contain control events by reference to the user interest database; storing a copy of the documents identified as potentially containing control events in a local storage device accessible by a classification program operating on the computer; providing a control event database of classified control events relevant to the control of at least one of goods and services; operating the classification program to determine whether at least one of the classified control events is present in the stored documents identified as potentially containing control events, wherein the classification program determines whether the at least one of the classified control events is present by reference to the control event database; assigning at least one control event classification to the stored documents identified as potentially containing control events which are determined to contain at least one discovered control event; storing the assigned at least one control event classification and information identifying the stored document to which the at least one control event classification is assigned in a classification database; creating a report of discovery of at least one of the stored documents determined to contain control events to at least one user, wherein the report is created by reference to the user interest database and the stored assigned control event classifications, and the report includes at least one link to at least one of the stored control event classifications and its associated stored document determined to contain at least one discovered control event; and delivering the report to the at least one user.