Patent ID: 6959295

Claim:
A computer implemented method of providing news relating to a specified subject to a subscriber, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a plurality of Web sites operated by content providers and relating to a category to which the specified subject relates; (b) automatically determining the relevancy of at least one Web page in each selected Web site by scanning at least one Web page for words relating to the specified subject; (c) automatically determining the content type of at least one Web page in each selected Web site by scanning at least one Web page for words indicating content type; (d) compiling a list of relevant Web pages based on the results of steps (b) and (c), wherein the list of relevant Web pages includes only those Web pages that are determined both to be relevant in step (b) and to be of a news content type in step (c), wherein the compiled list includes hyperlinks to the relevant Web pages; and (e) providing the compiled list to the subscriber, wherein the subscriber is a party other than one of said content providers, wherein the providing comprises transmitting the compiled list from a Web server to the subscriber over the Internet.