Patent ID: 7821405

Claim:
A method for automatically providing notifications to a user regarding interesting content, comprising: determining a personal interest profile for said user, wherein said personal interest profile includes at least one important person for said user and at least one keyword; determining at least one important shared content source for said user; detecting a new document in said important shared content source; prompting said user, in response to said detecting said new document, to determine whether said user wants to receive notifications regarding actions performed on said new document based on said personal interest profile; in the event that said user indicates that said user wants to receive notifications regarding actions performed on said new document based on said personal interest profile, monitoring said important shared content source for at least one action performed by said important person on at least one document within said important shared content source, wherein said at least one document includes said at least one keyword; and in the event that said monitoring detects said important person performing said at least one action on said document including said at least one keyword, generating a notification to said user.