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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
by computer, analyzing information contained in a content item to ascertain an event that is subject of the content item, and a time and geographic location of the event, the content item received from one or more streams of content, the stream(s) presenting content items relating to events including events that occur for the first time in the stream(s); by computer, evaluating whether the event ascertained from the content item is currently stored in an event repository of stored events, the event repository designed to store user submitted events and feed-sourced events, and to index content items under respective events to which the content items relate, and designed to permit retrieval of stored content items indexed by event; when the evaluation determines that the ascertained event is not in the event repository, automatically as a consequence of the determination that the ascertained event does not exist in the event repository, by computer:
creating a new event in the event repository corresponding to the ascertained event, and indexing the content item under the newly-created event;generating a query based on the ascertained event ascertained from the content item;issuing the query via one or more internet search engines to locate additional content items relating to the ascertained event; andaggregating into the event in the event repository the additional content items returned in response to the query, indexed under the ascertained event. |
