Method of generating a web feed and an associated system

摘要

The present invention concerns a method of generating a syndication web feed (10) composed of entries (12) corresponding to content elements, and an associated system.;The method comprises the steps consisting of:
determining (E110, E221, E300) at least one activity parameter (A) representing a frequency of obtaining content elements to be published;calculating (E620, E770) at least one similarity value (SI) between a content element (IT) to be published in the web stream (10) and at least one entry (E) in said web stream;selecting (E130, E640) an entry (EP) in said web stream according to the at least one calculated similarity value (SI) and the at least one determined activity parameter (A);adding (E140) said content element to be published (IT) to said selected entry.

主权项

1. A method of generating a syndication web feed composed of entries corresponding to content elements, comprising:
determining at least one activity parameter representing a quantity of new content elements to be published in the web feed that arrive in a given interval of time; calculating at least one similarity value between a new content element to be published in the web feed and at least one existing entry in said web feed; deciding whether or not to group the new content element with an existing entry in said web feed, comprising (i) selecting an existing entry in said web feed, if any, that has a calculated similarity value with the new content element greater than a similarity threshold, said similarity threshold being adjusted in accordance with the at least one determined activity parameter such that the similarity threshold increases when the at least one determined activity parameter decreases and the similarity threshold decreases when the at least one determined activity parameter increases, and (ii) making the decision with regard to the selected existing entry by determining whether or not the calculated similarity value is above or below the adjusted similarity threshold; and adding said new content element to be published to said selected existing entry of the web feed, if any, in a case where the deciding step decides to group the new content element with the selected existing entry, and otherwise adding said new content element to be published in the web feed as a new entry in a case where the deciding step decides not to group the new content element with an existing entry.