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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
May. 06, 1994
Joseph A Amram, Boston, MA (US);
Jacques Bouvard, Wellesley, MA (US);
James E Leightheiser, Lexington, MA (US);
John C Lidington, Hull, MA (US);
Majed G Tomeh, Sudbury, MA (US);
Harry C Wu, Concord, MA (US);
Individual, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for extracting a preferred set of textual records from a database includes the following features. Priority values are assigned to each of a plurality of predefined category structures. Textual records are assigned a relevance value with respect to each category structure. If a record's relevance value exceeds a predetermined threshold value, that record is associated with the category structure. Each category has a list of associated textual records which are retrieved. Textual records are selected from the set of retrieved textual records and assembled into a set. Information on how the subscriber uses the set is gathered, and new rankings for the category structure are computed.