Patent ID: 7143118

Claim:
A method for making an alert message accessible, comprising normalizing content that is accessible in a plurality of formats; indexing the content according to at least one characteristic of the content; using the at least one characteristic to determine whether previously stored content exists that is also indexed to the at least one characteristic, and if the previously stored content exists, evaluating the previously stored content to replace at least a portion of the previously stored content if the content includes a revision to the previously stored content and the previously stored content has not been delivered in an alert message; associating at least one portion of the content with at least one user, wherein the at least one portion of the content is associated with at least one predetermined interest of the at least one user; generating an alert message to the at least one user, wherein the alert message is related to the at least one portion of the content and the at least one user has selected to receive the alert message; and enabling the at least one user to access the alert message with at least one delivery mechanism predefined by the at least one user.