Patent ID: 6178419
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for populating a destination database, said apparatus comprising:a destination database;means for connecting the apparatus to a distributed source database;a memory area for containing a set of groups of keywords, each group of keywords being related to a predetermined subject category;means for controlling at least one search engine associated with said distributed source database, on the basis of said groups of keywords contained in said memory area, to provide search results including information relating to the location of documents containing said keywords, said documents being stored in said distributed source database;means for scoring each of the documents identified in search results provided by said at least one search engine on the basis of the respective contents thereof in accordance with predetermined criteria;means for selecting at least some of the documents scored by said scoring means, on the basis of their respective scores; and means for storing, for each document selected by said selecting means, in said destination database information relating to the location of the document in said distributed source database and its predetermined subject category.