Patent ID: 8438466

Claim:
A method performed by a computer system, comprising: on a first date, receiving a watch list term and a respectively associated one or more periodical types that are specified by a user, wherein the receiving of the watch list term and the respectively associated one or more periodical types is performed by the computer system, and the respectively associated one or more periodical types being so specified by the user selecting from among a group that includes at least two of the following periodical types: newspapers, magazines, and trade journals; in response to the watch list term, receiving an electronic version of a plurality of papers on a second date after the first date, and searching each electronic version for the watch list term, without the user specifying the watch list term after the first date, and without the user initiating the searching after the first date, wherein the receiving and searching of the electronic version are performed by the computer system, and each of the plurality of papers being one of the respectively associated one or more periodical types specified by the user; delivering a likeness of each of the plurality of papers which contain the watch list term to a display device; outputting a result of the searching for display on the display device, wherein the result comprises a set of indicators indicating where the watch list term occurs in the likeness of the paper, each indicator associated with one of the plurality of papers which contain the watch list term and each indicator comprises, the watch list term, a name for the paper and at least one page location within the likeness of the paper that is associated with the watch list term, the indicator being linked to the at least one page location within the associated likeness of the paper, and wherein the outputting of the result is performed by the computer system; and in response to a selection of at least one of the set of indicators, displaying the likeness of the paper associated with a selected indicator on the display device, wherein the likeness of the paper is displayed at the location associated with the selected indicator and the watch list term is located in the page location.