Online press monitor

Summary

This customizable application allows users to receive news updates based on given key words from a list or range of public news portals, government sites, competitors’ sites or even subscription-based sites. Alerts are then sent with appropriate context and links to the specified e-mail address, newsgroup, or mailing list. This system can replace traditional manual daily press monitoring. A well managed press monitoring process can provide companies with a definite competitive advantage. This application has been implemented by a U.S. investment bank and a Hungarian Ministry.

Technical overview

The Online Press Monitoring system is written entirely in Java. Its main components are:
- Retrieval Engine
- Web Monitor
- Conventional Search
- Management Interface

Retrieval Engine

This engine visits the fields defined on the management interface at a given time recursively, in multi-thread mode, looking for pages not visited before. The program continuously holds a URL pool of which the next page to be downloaded is chosen. The URL to be chosen can be defined by a Retrieval Definition, containing several Retrieval Rules, configured and grouped at the Management Interface. Retrieval Rules help users to:
- Avoid recursive references (can lead to deadlock)
- Avoid download of unnecessary pages
- Filter after session
- Filter at only first level (for example the main page and pages that can directly be reached from the main page – especially useful for press watching, to avoid co-references)
- Extend rules and filters

Downloaded sites are cleared and filtered by the retriever, a checksum is generated, and if there are no duplications in the database, sites are saved.

Functions, components

Web Monitor

Users can define their queries at the Management Interface according to their fields of interest, using these search phrases:
- Exact phrase
- Obligatory keywords (AND relation)
- Optional keywords (OR relation)
- Forbidden words (NOT relation)
- Any combination of above

Web Monitor runs daily and checks if any new material in the database contains text satisfying the predefined queries. If so, an e-mail is sent to the user(s) related to the query, containing results, with search phrases highlighted in the body of the text. The e-mail contains hypertext, so results are clickable, and the system offers the auto-highlight function. In this case the site shown in the results is downloaded from our own server, and the corresponding words are highlighted in purple.

Conventional Search

Queries can be defined similarly to Web Monitor. In this case there is no time limit; results are immediately visible.

Management Interface

This is the web interface for system configuration. Sites can be uploaded, activated, or deactivated. Queries can be defined, and Retrieval Definitions can be set and assigned to given sites.

References

Hungary.Network Inc.
Azimuth Trust Fund a US asset management firm
Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Secretariat of National Anniversaries

	Home / Services / Online press monitor Online press monitor Summary This customizable application allows users to receive news updates based on given key words from a list or range of public news portals, government sites, competitors’ sites or even subscription-based sites. Alerts are then sent with appropriate context and links to the specified e-mail address, newsgroup, or mailing list. This system can replace traditional manual daily press monitoring. A well managed press monitoring process can provide companies with a definite competitive advantage. This application has been implemented by a U.S. investment bank and a Hungarian Ministry. Technical overview The Online Press Monitoring system is written entirely in Java. Its main components are: - Retrieval Engine - Web Monitor - Conventional Search - Management Interface Retrieval Engine This engine visits the fields defined on the management interface at a given time recursively, in multi-thread mode, looking for pages not visited before. The program continuously holds a URL pool of which the next page to be downloaded is chosen. The URL to be chosen can be defined by a Retrieval Definition, containing several Retrieval Rules, configured and grouped at the Management Interface. Retrieval Rules help users to: - Avoid recursive references (can lead to deadlock) - Avoid download of unnecessary pages - Filter after session - Filter at only first level (for example the main page and pages that can directly be reached from the main page – especially useful for press watching, to avoid co-references) - Extend rules and filters Downloaded sites are cleared and filtered by the retriever, a checksum is generated, and if there are no duplications in the database, sites are saved. Functions, components Web Monitor Users can define their queries at the Management Interface according to their fields of interest, using these search phrases: - Exact phrase - Obligatory keywords (AND relation) - Optional keywords (OR relation) - Forbidden words (NOT relation) - Any combination of above Web Monitor runs daily and checks if any new material in the database contains text satisfying the predefined queries. If so, an e-mail is sent to the user(s) related to the query, containing results, with search phrases highlighted in the body of the text. The e-mail contains hypertext, so results are clickable, and the system offers the auto-highlight function. In this case the site shown in the results is downloaded from our own server, and the corresponding words are highlighted in purple. Conventional Search Queries can be defined similarly to Web Monitor. In this case there is no time limit; results are immediately visible. Management Interface This is the web interface for system configuration. Sites can be uploaded, activated, or deactivated. Queries can be defined, and Retrieval Definitions can be set and assigned to given sites. References Hungary.Network Inc. Azimuth Trust Fund a US asset management firm Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Secretariat of National Anniversaries Screenshots

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