EP0822502A1
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Data access system
Assignee: British Telecommunications PLC
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Filing: 1996-07-31
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2016-07-31
Abstract
Abstract A method of automatically creating a database (112) on the basis of a set of category headings is described, where a set of keywords is provided for each category in the list. The keywords are used by a processing platform (100) to define searches to be carried out on a plurality of search engines (130a, 130b, 130c) connected to the processing platform (100) via the Internet (120). The search results are processed by the processing platform (100) to identify the URLs embedded in the search results. The URLs are then used to retrieve the pages to which they refer from remote data sources in the Internet (120). The processing platform (100) then filters and scores the pages to determine which pages are the most relevant to the original categories. Internet location information for said most relevant pages is stored in the database (112).
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Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-05 10:27
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/951; G06F16/30; G06F16/35; G06F16/353; G06F16/953; G06F16/9538; G06F16/958; G06F16/972; G06F2216/00; G06F2216/01; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99932; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99935; Y10S707/99936; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945; Y10S707/99951; Y10S707/99952
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
Apparatus for creating a database, said apparatus comprising: a) means for connecting the apparatus to a source database; b) means for selecting and reading documents associated with a pre-determined
subject category from the source database; c) means for scoring each of said documents on the basis of the respective
contents thereof in accordance with pre-determined criteria; and d) means for selecting at least some of said documents on the basis of the
respective scores and, for each selected document, storing in a database
information relating to the location of the document in the source database.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
11 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the source database is
distributed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to either preceding claim, further comprising means
for storing in a first memory area a group of keywords related to said category.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
Apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the means for selecting and
reading documents is operable on the basis of said keywords.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the means for selecting and
reading documents includes means for controlling search means associated with
said source database, on the basis of said keywords, to provide search results
including information relating to the location of documents containing said
keywords, which documents are stored in said source database.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
Apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the means for selecting and
reading documents includes means for identifying said location information and
storing said location information in a second memory area.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the means for selecting and
reading documents includes means for selecting on the basis of pre-determined
criteria at least some locations from said location information and requesting the
source database to return copies of the respective documents.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
233 words
Apparatus for creating a database, said apparatus comprising: a) means for connecting the apparatus to a source database; b) a first memory area for storing a group of words associated with pre-determined
subject categories; c) means for reading a word from the first memory area and
transmitting said word to search means, said search means having access to the
source database; d) means for receiving search results from said search means and
storing said results in a second memory area, said results including information
relating to the location of documents stored in said source database containing
said word; e) means for identifying and storing said location information in a third
memory area; f) means for reading location information from the third memory area
and transmitting a request via the network to the source database to return a copy
of a document associated with selected location information to the apparatus; g) means for receiving and storing said copy of said document in a
fourth memory area; h) means for accessing and scoring each of the documents stored in
the fourth memory area on the basis of the respective contents thereof in
accordance with pre-determined criteria; and i) means for selecting at least some of said documents on the basis of
the respective scores and, for each selected document, storing in a database
information relating to the location of the document in the source database.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
75 words
A method of creating a database on the basis of a set of categories, said
method comprising the steps of: a) reading documents relating to at least one of said categories from a
source database; b) scoring said documents on the basis of pre-determined criteria; and c) selecting on the basis of score at least some of said documents and
storing information relating to the location of said at least some documents in a
database.
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