Weiwen Lai

US Patent:

20060048042, Mar 2, 2006

Filed:

Aug 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/929980

Inventors:

Neil Sembower - Webster NY, US
Weiwen Lai - Lake Oswego OR, US
Alan Cote - Walworth NY, US
Lisa Purvis - Fairport NY, US
Jonas Karlsson - Rochester NY, US
Steven Harrington - Webster NY, US
Elizabeth Wayman - Ontario NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/21

US Classification:

715500000

Abstract:

A system and methodology is provided herein employing automated search, filtering, and automated document layout technologies conjoined with various delivery options to provide an end-to-end information push service. As such, it enables complete personalized custom report documents to be automatically created, thereby reducing cost in existing personalized document workflows, as well as enabling documents to be created that increase consumer satisfaction and knowledge worker productivity. The user satisfaction and productivity is enhanced by tracking the user's actual usage of the report document and feeding that usage back into the user profile. One example deployment manifestation of the teachings provided yields a personal newspaper embodiment which monitors the user usage and provides feedback of that usage to the system methodology thus dynamically altering any subsequently delivered custom report documents.

US Patent:

20060048053, Mar 2, 2006

Filed:

Aug 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/929979

Inventors:

Neil Sembower - Webster NY, US
Weiwen Lai - Lake Oswego OR, US
Alan Cote - Walworth NY, US
Lisa Purvis - Fairport NY, US
Jonas Karlsson - Rochester NY, US
Steven Harrington - Webster NY, US
Elizabeth Wayman - Ontario NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/21
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715517000, 715513000, 715789000

Abstract:

A system and methodology is provided herein employing automated search, filtering, and automated document layout technologies conjoined with various delivery options to provide an end-to-end information push service. As such, it enables complete personalized custom report documents to be automatically created, thereby reducing cost in existing personalized document workflows, as well as enabling documents to be created that increase consumer satisfaction and knowledge worker productivity. One example deployment manifestation of the teachings provided yields a personal newspaper embodiment.