| 摘要 |
A news grading or ranking and alerting system comprises a network server 12 that receives individual news items 64 from one or more news supplying clients 14 each supplying a subject area 56 and significance rating 70 for the news items 64. The network server 12 also automatically transforms the allotted significance ratings 70 to alert levels 66 according to different transformation possibilities. User clients 16 provide a profile of subjects 50 56 of interest and alert levels at or above which they wish to receive alert notification. The network server 12 alerts the user clients 16 when an individual news item 64 is received fitting the user client's 16 specification. The network server can use textual element analysis automatically to determine if the nominated subject area 56 is correct, and sends the news item 64 to a supervising client 19 for definite allocation and possible creation of a new subject area 56 if the nominated subject area seems incorrect. The network server 12 can also check news items 64 to see if they relate to earlier reported event, in which case transformation includes averaging of all received significance ratings 70 for the same event to provide a notified alert level 66. The network server 12 can provide codes to requestors that allow browser or website displays that change in sympathy with incoming individual news items 64. |
