Patent ID: 8402098

Claim:
A computing system for intelligence gathering and analysis, the system comprising: a processing unit; a memory communicatively connected to the processing unit and configured to store computer-executable instructions comprising a plurality of modules, the modules including: a avatar rendering and maintenance module configured to provide an indicator for users to select targeted data streams presented as weapon icons that includes user-selected analysis priorities and threshold attributes of the targeted data; a self-directed data gathering and communication module configured to provide administration programs that coordinate and control timing and execution of commercially available web search, crawler, and messaging applications; and a personalized data stream analysis module configured to provide administration programs that coordinate and control timing and execution of data consolidation, workflow and scoring programs related to the analysis module; and wherein the computing system further includes a database configured to store and manage electronic data related to administrative control of all other system applications and to hold all user gathered data and analysis records as defined specific to the system requirements.