Patent Document ID: 7974975
Application ID: 11345535

Base Claim:
1. A method for providing information to a plurality of users based on the relevancy of the information to the users, the method comprising steps of: (A) receiving an incoming message; (B) generating similarity scores indicating similarities of the incoming message to features of a plurality of messages previously received, wherein each similarity score is generated based on a comparison of the incoming message to one of the plurality of messages and indicates a degree of similarity between the incoming message and the one of the plurality of messages; (C) generating relevancy scores for the plurality of users, the relevancy scores indicating relevancies of the incoming message to the plurality of users based on the similarity scores and a plurality of user profiles including information descriptive of the plurality of users' preferences for the features of the plurality of users; and (D) delivering, to at least some of the plurality of users, message information derived from the incoming message, the relevancy scores, and the plurality of user profiles.

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Claim 9:
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of user profiles includes a minimum number of users to whom the message information is to be delivered, and wherein the step (D) comprises a step of: (D)(1) delivering the message information to no fewer than the minimum number of users.