18. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein at least one of the one or more regular expressions specifies a format or syntax condition which is used to identify the additional data of interest.
10. An apparatus for extracting data from a data source, the apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to: apply an extractor pattern to a computer-readable data source, wherein the extractor pattern is generated based at least in part on a prior identification of data of interest and wherein the extractor pattern includes one or more regular expressions which are configured to identify additional data of interest in the computer-readable data source; retrieve the additional data of interest from the computer-readable data source using the one or more regular expressions; and store the additional data of interest in a data storage device.