METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING DOCUMENT BASED ON PREVIOUSLY ACCESSED DOCUMENTS

A system for locating computer documents or data of interest to a user without specification by the user of topics of interest. The system detects the selection of computer documents by the user of the system, and analyzes the contents of the selected computer documents to identify topics to which the contents are related. The system also monitors the user's interactions with the selected computer documents. The system then proceeds without user intervention, using the identified topics and the monitored user interaction information to generate topics of interest to the user. The system next determines a level of user interest in the various generated topics, and prioritizes the generated topics on the basis of these levels. The system then uses the prioritized generated topics of user interest to locate documents whose contents are of interest to the user, and makes the located documents available to the user for selection. The located documents can be on any computer or device that is accessible to the system, and the documents can be located in different manners. For example, a computer document search engine can be used to locate additional documents by generating an appropriate search query. Alternately, the selection order can be prioritized for documents or data that are designated for future selection by the user, or live data feeds (where data is accessible for only a short time) can be monitored for data or documents of interest that will be selected for the user while the data is still accessible.