Patent ID: 6236991
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for a provider computer system to provide user access to electronic documents comprising the steps of:obtaining at least one user profile of user interests by receiving input from said user and determining query categories for said user profile from said input;gathering a plurality of first electronic documents from at least one electronic content source external to said provider computer location;receiving a plurality of second electronic documents from at least one electronic content source local to said provider computer system;categorizing said plurality of first electronic documents by topic categories;organizing said plurality of second electronic documents into topic categories;storing said topic categories and said first and second electronic documents at said provider computer location;matching each of said at least one user profiles to said topic categories; andretrieving said stored first and second electronic documents in topic categories matched to said at least one user profile;wherein said determining comprises the steps of:organizing said user input into a plurality of query items;assigning a token ID to each of said plurality of query items; andhashing each said token ID into a query vector.