METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK

摘要

The apparatus comprises at least one database for storing digital information associated with at least a first user and a second user, at least one links module for the first user and for the second user, at least one manipulations module and at least one display device for respectively displaying at least said linked digital information wherein said linked digital information associated with said first user is automatically updated on at least said display device of said second user when that information is manipulated, and wherein said linked digital information associated with said second user is automatically updated on at least said display device of said first user when that information is manipulated.

主权项

1. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:
receive, at a topic extraction module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processing device, a signal representing a plurality of content published within a computer network and retrieved by a spider engine; identify, at the topic extraction module, first content (1) from the plurality of content, (2) authored by a party from a plurality of parties, (3) published within the computer network by a first publisher, and (4) associated with a predetermined topic; identify, at the topic extraction module, second content (1) from the plurality of content, (2) authored by the party, (3) published within the computer network by a second publisher different than the first publisher, and (4) associated with the predetermined topic; quantify an assessment identifier associated with the party and the predetermined topic based on both the first content and the second content; and send, to a compute device, a signal representing the assessment identifier.