Google and Novel Content
November 13, 2008
On November 11, 2008, Google received a patent for the invention “Detecting Novel Content”, US7451120. In my opinion this is an important Google invention. The system and method makes it possible for Google to identify a segment of a document that contains interesting information. “Novel” is a code word for distinctive information. The abstract for the invention is:
A system determines an ordered sequence of documents and determines an amount of novel content contained in each document of the ordered sequence of documents. The system assigns a novelty score to each document based on the determined amount of novel content.
Let’s assume that Google uses this invention. What can the method deliver? My thought was a compilation of novel content on a user-specified subject. Traditional publishers cut and paste to create anthologies. In the 15th and 16th centuries books that were collections of snippets were used to teach students Latin and Greek. Another possible use of the method would be to snip content from one document and place that snippet and its metadata into a dataspace.
Stephen Arnold, November 13, 2008
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