Patent ID: 8676813
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting a subset of information to communicate to others from a set of information comprising a plurality of content items, the method comprising the steps of: storing said set of information in a user retrievable format; assigning a relative priority to each of said plurality of content items, each of said relative priorities being a symbol or number selected from the group consisting of: a) a highest relative priority, b) a lowest relative priority, and c) intermediate relative priorities, wherein each of said intermediate relative priorities has an associated weight reflecting the relative importance of the content item with which it is associated relative to other content items of said plurality of content items; and automatically generating the subset of information by selecting a predetermined number of said plurality of content items from said set of information based on the relative priorities of each of the plurality of content items, the subset of information being free of all content items assigned said low relative priorities and including all of the content items assigned said high relative priorities and randomly selected content items assigned said intermediate relative priorities taking into account the weights associated with the intermediate relative priorities, such that a first content item assigned a first intermediate relative priority associated with a first weight has a better chance of random selection than a second content item assigned a second intermediate relative priority associated with a second weight, if the first weight is greater than the second weight; wherein said predetermined number is less than the number of said plurality of content items; and wherein said subset of information is a prioritized subset of said set of information.