Patent ID: 6691069
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
An interactive method for gathering and analyzing data items comprising:(a) determining in an interactive session with a user a first time variable data item and its location on a network and a sampling interval, wherein said sampling interval defines a plurality of sample times, said interactive session including; (a1) presenting a web page for said user to identify said location, (a2) presenting said data item to said users, (a3) presenting a plurality of data types from a group consisting of number, date, time and textual string for the user to identify one or more of said data types for said data item, (a4) requesting said user to identify said sampling interval; (b) retrieving a content of said data item from said location to build a history of contents retrieved at different ones of said sample times; and (c) determining a second data item for a comparative analysis with said first data item and presenting said comparative analysis to said user.