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RuleSpace wins PC Magazine technical excellence award

On: 2001-11-13 11:51:05

Contexion™ Services Selected as Most Innovative Internet Software and Service Solution

Portland, Ore. - November 13, 2001 - RuleSpace, LLC, the leading provider of automated Web content recognition, today announced that Contexion Services received the prestigious PC Magazine Technical Excellence Award in the Internet software and services category. Winners were announced last night at PC Magazine's 18th Annual Technical Excellence Awards ceremony held at Fall Comdex.

RuleSpace's patented Contexion Services was chosen for its innovative approach to categorizing Web content, enabling Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Internet access control vendors to more effectively block inappropriate content in the home or workplace. Contexion Services scales successfully with the exponential growth of the Web by employing techniques based on neural network technology that categorize Web content continually at record speed. Deployed by leading companies such as AOL, Intel and Secure Computing, Contexion Services analyzes more than 75,000 Web sites a day and can recognize eight different languages and dynamic Web content such as search results.

PC Magazine cited RuleSpace's automated approach to categorizing Web content as a key advantage over filtering solutions that rely on human review for Web site categorization. The editors noted, "There is a growing need to protect families and businesses from inappropriate or unproductive content . . . but with the number of sites increasing daily, it's a tough job. RuleSpace Contexion Services uses patented neural network technology to work 24/7, categorizing content . . . Earlier this year, AOL incorporated Contexion Services into its Parental Controls filtering, and we saw a noticeable improvement."

"Contexion Services' automated approach to recognizing Web content in context enables Internet filtering providers to fortify the completeness and scalability of their solutions for competitive edge," said Dan Lulich, CTO at RuleSpace and a key developer of the world's first neural network computer. "We are honored to be recognized as a provider of revolutionary technology that is helping to set the bar for Web content filtering."

The other two finalists in PC Magazine's Internet software and services category were WebQL Enterprise Edition from Caesius Software, Inc. and SimulRing from SimulRing, Inc.. The PC Magazine Technical Excellence Awards annually recognize innovative technologies, chosen by the magazine's editorial staff, senior contributors and PC Magazine Lab analysts. PC Magazine, a Ziff Davis publication, is widely regarded as one of the most influential technology publications in the world, with a readership of more than 6.6 million professional technology buyers.

About Contexion Services

Contexion Services automatically recognizes Web content by categorizing Web sites - analyzing pages, site structure, subdirectories and links on the site. The unique features-patterns of letters, words and phrases-of a given Web page are analyzed in real-time by the application of patented neural network technology and pattern recognition techniques to determine if the page belongs to specific content categories. The results of the analysis are then aggregated to infer an overall category rating for Web sites and subdirectories and stored in the largest database of pre-categorized inappropriate Web sites and subdirectories available today.

RuleSpace provides enterprise access control vendors, ISPs and portals with multiple implementation options:

Contexion Online Lookup Service. Provides a subscription-based ASP model for direct and immediate access to the Contexion Services rating database.

Contexion Embedded Analysis Toolkit. Enables Contexion Services technology to be directly embedded into applications for real-time analysis of personalized Web pages, search results and other dynamic Web content.

Contexion List Service. Enables augmentation or replacement of existing URL lists via the Contexion List Service Toolkit, which provides application developers with all necessary application programming interfaces to access and manage the URL lists.

The combination of real-time categorization and automated retrieval of site category ratings from Contexion Service's unmatched database of pre-categorized content results in the highest possible degree of filtering precision.

About RuleSpace, LLC

RuleSpace, LLC, a privately held corporation located in Portland, Oregon, is an Internet infrastructure vendor that powers Internet applications with its Contexion Services product family. These products provide automated Web content recognition technology and services that instantly recognize Web content and facilitate the delivery of relevant Web information. Solutions powered by Contexion Services enable network access vendors, ISPs and portals to deliver more meaningful and appropriate information to users as they surf the Web. More information on RuleSpace is available at www.rulespace.com.



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