Patent ID: 8176011
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for maintaining profiles of information channels, comprising the steps of: monitoring a channel a first time on a data network during an epoch by a channel pull action at a first monitoring rate to identify channel update events, determining a rate of novelty content production in the channel by filtering the update events occurring during the epoch to identify novel update events, wherein filtering comprises disregarding ones of the update events that do not include significant novel information, wherein disregarding comprises evaluating respective influences of the update events on a channel cohesion of the channel, and identifying ones of the update events having respective influences that fail to exceed a threshold parameter, wherein the channel cohesion is a measure of an average similarity of the channel profile during a time interval; establishing a second monitoring rate by adjusting the first monitoring rate responsively to the rate of novelty content production; monitoring the channel a second time during a subsequent epoch at the second monitoring rate; and recording the novel update events in a channel profile to establish an indication of dynamic textual content of the channel.