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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2006
Abdur R. Chowdhury, Oakton, VA (US);
Gregory S. Pass, Reston, VA (US);
Kush Sidhu, Rockville, MD (US);
Travis Walker, Landsdowne, VA (US);
Abdur R. Chowdhury, Oakton, VA (US);
Gregory S. Pass, Reston, VA (US);
Kush Sidhu, Rockville, MD (US);
Travis Walker, Landsdowne, VA (US);
AOL LLC, Dulles, VA (US);
Abstract
A list of 'hot topics' may be provided to a user to indicate information that is currently popular. A topic may be deemed popular when a large number of search queries related to the topic are entered by users. A search system may receive and analyze an electronic source of published information to determine a reason for why a particular popular topic is popular. If content related to why a particular popular topic is popular exists in multiple electronic sources of published information, text summarization techniques may be used to determine a reason for why the popular topic is popular by from among the multiple electronic sources of published information.