WO2004029780A2 - Selecting, tracking and transferring access to content of web pages - Google Patents
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- the invention pertains in general to the World Wide Web, and more particularly to a method, system and apparatus for selecting, displaying, managing, tracking and transferring access to content accessible by computing devices on the World Wide Web and other sources.
- Internet and the like, provide fast and convenient means for obtaining information from various sources throughout the world, and for sharing the information with others.
- one of the forms of this information is the web page.
- An Internet web page can contain a large amount of information and a large number of individual items, such as text, photographs, moving images and the like.
- the present invention enables Users to quickly and conveniently focus on and display separately selected items of content of a web page, and to share those selected items with other individuals or systems over the network.
- the World Wide Web uses a growing variety of media, styles and elements ananged in the form of web pages. These web pages contain various types of content, including text, pictures and other compelling visual formats. As a rule, web pages have a finite amount of usable space in which to place text, images, and other content. Because of this, the authors of the web pages must make compromises in regards to how much space is reserved for textual information, and how much for the other visual aspects (images, animation, video, etc). An analogy can be made to a newspaper. Each section of the paper is provided its own 'space' on the paper itself, with boundaries defining where topics, stories and pictures appear. Since a web page also follows many of these same layout restrictions, elements within a web page are typically restricted to given areas on the page.
- Some of the methods that have been devised to overcome this limitation include launching multiple instances of a web browser, or opening a link in a new window (both launch a new full instance of the browser). This allows users to try to resize the content within each page or browser instance, and fit both on the screen together. Most browsers will resize, but the contents within the page often will not. Additionally, by opening another fully enabled browser instance, users consume more memory resources than one browser instance would consume.
- the cunent invention also relates to the 'tracking' of online activity of web users.
- Existing methods of tracking online activity often involve the use of a 'cookie', which is a small file written to, and then subsequently read from a user's computer. Advertising companies that serve up 'banner ads' are predominant users of these cookie files.
- 'cookies' are created for the purpose of tracking what pages or web sites the user visits. Companies track, record and sell this information to other companies that are interested in obtaining such data. Many users and privacy advocates are speaking out against the invasive tracking method of using cookies. '
- Another aspect of the cunent invention pertains to searching for content on the World Wide Web.
- Many '"search engines" exist today, but users often lack the required skills to use them as efficiently as possible.
- the user In order for a search engine to return relevant results to a query, the user must know how to format search criteria. This means the user must know what key words to query, and what combination of key words to use. Users will often not use the conect key words, causing the search results to have little relevance.
- a web page can be comprised of many elements or topics, there may be confusion as to what element in the page to search. If the user were to search a particular web page or site for related information, the user usually gets results relevant to that page, not a specific element of that page.
- E-Mail is one of the most popular applications used today. Email, however, is not capable of addressing all of the aforementioned concerns or issues that users encounter online.
- the invention provides a system, method and apparatus for selecting, displaying, managing, tracking and transferring access to content accessible by computing devices, such as content in web pages, pop-up windows, players and plug- ins available on the World Wide Web, word processor documents, spreadsheets, and other like content.
- the selected content can be in the form of plain text, or can be in the form of static or dynamic graphic images, such as pictures, movies, animations, web casts, "3-D" images, or the like.
- the User can select several different content items, of the same type or of different types, and place all of the items in an independent browser window.
- the content placed in the independent browser window only contains the content selected by the User, and does not contain other content which may be present in the original source of the content.
- a User may wish to select a specific image or string of text from a web page containing several images or a lengthy text section.
- the system allows the User to create an independent window with only the desired content item, free from other content items on the source, which permits the User to focus on the desired content item.
- the system provides a heretofore unavailable ability for a User to create a grouping, or custom selection of content available from the World Wide Web or other sources.
- the system also provides the ability to adjust both the size of the entire independent browser window, and, separately, the size of each content item within the window.
- Other important capabilities of the system include the ability to easily search for content similar to the selected content and the ability to transfer access to the custom selection to others via electronic mail, instant messenger applications, and other electronic communications methods.
- the invention is effected, in part, by software added to the User's computing device, which is preferably in the form of a plug-in to an Internet browser, such as the Internet Explorer TM Internet browser of Microsoft Corporation or the Netscape NavigatorTM Internet browser of Netscape Corporation, or similar content viewing applications.
- the software on the User's computing device modifies the User's browser to allow the User to select desired content from a web page or other document or spreadsheet, or the like, and to place the desired content in an independent browser window, free from other content on the source web page or document.
- the software creates a toolbar on the browser, the Main Toolbar, having menu items or icons which activate the functions.
- the software allows the User to select desired content from a web page by directing the mouse pointer over the content, depressing the right mouse button (i.e., "right click") and choosing a Select Content Function offered in an otherwise standard pop-up menu.
- the Select Content Function on such pop-up menu is identified by the word "Amplify” TM.
- the User preferably first defines the desired text by using the standard "click and drag” method and then the "right click" method.
- the system may place a floating icon over the content when the mouse is directed over the content.
- the floating icon can be used (clicked on) to select the content item with one click.
- the floating icon appears as an overlay on top of the content item and only appears when the User directs the mouse pointer over the content item.
- the floating icon does not ordinarily obscure the content item.
- the software may present the User with a Properties Window that allows the User to enter a descriptive Description for the Custom selection being created by the User, and allows the User to enter Keywords for the custom selection. As described in detail below, the software uses the Keywords to perform searches for similar content on the World Wide Web.
- the software creates an independent browser window, the Custom Selection Window, containing only a relatively small toolbar, the Window Toolbar, and the custom selection of the content items selected by the User. This allows the User to select and focus on desired content free from additional, and possibly distracting, content on the source page.
- the Custom Selection Window is of a predetermined size and may be resized by the User in the known manner of resizing windows.
- the content selected by the User is set to occupy specific percentages of the height and width of the window (other than the Window Toolbar), such as 100%.
- the browser adjusts the dimensions of the content within the window proportionately.
- Certain content available on the World Wide Web may require that additional software be present on the User's computer.
- additional software includes media players such as Microsoft's Windows Medial Player, Real Media's Real Player, Apple's Quicktime, and other similar media players, and includes other "applets", plug-ins, applications and programs. The User would need to install this software prior to using the system of the invention for these types of content.
- the system allows the User to have several instances of the Custom Selection Window open simultaneously, each window containing a different custom selection. If additional software is required to view a content item in a Custom Selection ' Window, such as a media player or applet, or the like, the additional software is preferably defined within the Custom Selection Window as an "embedded object", which allows multiple instances of the additional software to operate on the computing device at the same time. In this manner, the User can select and view several content items requiring the same additional software simultaneously.
- This system also allows the User to add additional content items to an existing Custom Selection Window.
- the User can preferably define whether the additional content item is to appear above, below, to the right, or to the left of an existing content item. The process can be repeated to populate a Custom Selection Window with yet more content items.
- the several content items contained within one Custom Selection Window are each placed within an individual frame created within the window, which frames are preferably set to collectively occupy specific percentages (e.g., 100%) of the height and width of the Custom Selection Window (not including the Window Toolbar, as discussed above). Further, as with a single content item, each of the several content items is preferably set to occupy specific percentages (e.g., 100%) of the height and width of its respective frame.
- the User may also preferably resize the frames. Thus, when a frame for a content item is resized, the browser resizes the content within that frame, and, importantly, resizes the other frames (and the content therein), proportionately.
- each frame of a Custom Selection Window includes a toolbar, the Frame Toolbar, having predefined functions that are applied with respect to the specific content item located in the frame, as opposed to Window Toolbar which has functions that are applied with respect to the Custom Selection Window as a whole.
- the Frame Toolbar preferably contains icons that allow the User to divide (and sub-divide) each frame to allow the User to populate the Custom Selection Window with multiple content items, as described above.
- the Frame Toolbar appears as an overlay to the content item within the frame and only appears when the User directs the mouse pointer over the content item (i.e., on a so- called “mouseover” event).
- the Frame Toolbar does not ordinarily cover or otherwise obscure the content item located within the frame.
- the Frame Toolbar preferably provides a menu item or icon to select the content item located within the respective frame and place the content item in a new Custom Selection Window in a manner similar to selecting content from an original source page. Thus, using this function, the User can pick desired content items out of an existing Custom Selection Window.
- the Frame Toolbar preferably includes a menu item or icon to Refresh the content item in the respective frame.
- the Window Toolbar also preferably provides a similar function to refresh all of the content items within a Custom Selection Window simultaneously.
- the system provides the ability to search the World Wide Web for content similar to the selected content.
- the User can select a Search function provided by the software, which is preferably accessible via an icon on the Window Toolbar of the Custom Selection Window or on the Frame Toolbar.
- the software opens a new browser page and queries a predetermined World Wide Web search engine, such as google.com, or the like, with certain Search Parameters.
- the Search Parameters are created from a group including the domain name of the source of a content item in the Custom Selection Window, the title of the original web page of the content item, and the Keywords.
- the search can be performed on the basis of the Search Parameters of the entire Custom Selection Window (via the Window Toolbar), or on the basis of an individual content item within a frame of the Custom Selection Window (via the Frame Toolbar).
- the result of the search is an independent browser window containing "hits" returned by the search engine, which should be relevant to the selected content or source of the content.
- the hits are typically in the form of short descriptions of the search results accompanied by hypertext links, or universal resource locators (i.e., url's), which lead to web pages.
- the system also provides the ability for the User to open a new browser window containing either the entire web page of a selected content item, or containing the main or "home" web page of the domain for the selected content.
- These functions, the GoTo This Page and GoTo This Site functions are preferably made available via menu items or icons on the Window Toolbar or via menu items or icons on each Frame Toolbar.
- the system provides the ability to maintain the Custom Selection Window as the "top” window on the computing device.
- This function the Always On Top function, is preferably made available via a menu item or icon on the Window Toolbar.
- the Always On Top function is selected (i.e., "on")
- the Custom Selection Window will remain visible as the top window on the computing device inespective of whether the User selects another window, such as another program, as the active window.
- the User can quickly and conveniently select and focus on a desired content item, such as a streaming video, and ensure that the content item is always visible even if the User is working with another program.
- the User can resize and relocate the Custom Selection Window to view other programs, as desired.
- the system also provides the ability for the User to save a Custom Selection
- a Favorites List is preferably made available via a menu item or icon on the Window Toolbar.
- the Main Toolbar accessible on the main browser, includes a retrieval function, the GoTo Favorites function, accessible via a menu item or icon.
- the GoTo Favorites function displays a list of saved Custom Selection Windows, which are identified by the Description entered by the User when creating the Custom Selection Window.
- Custom Selection Window is sent to Favorites, the User can quickly and conveniently recreate the window at a later time by choosing the selection from the list of Favorites.
- the system also provides a convenient means for the User to print the Custom Selection Window.
- the Send To Printer function is preferably made available via a menu item or icon on the Window Toolbar.
- the system also provides the ability for the User to transfer a Custom Selection Window to another computing device (a Recipient) via electronic mail, instant messenger programs, or other similar electronic communication means.
- a Recipient a computing device
- This function, the Send To Friends function is preferably made available via a menu item or icon on the Window Toolbar.
- the software presents the User with a dialog window to enter the Electronic Address of the Recipient (e.g., the email address, or instant messenger name).
- the software also preferably provides the ability to save the Electronic Addresses of Recipients, identified by a descriptive Recipient Name entered by the User, in a Friends List for future use.
- the Definition includes a predefined, unique identifier for the sender (the User Identifier), the Description, the anangement and sizes of the frames in the window and the Keywords.
- the Definition also includes the universal resource locator (url) for the image content.
- the Definition also includes either the entirety of the selected text or the url for the source of the text and parameters that define the location of the beginning and end of the selected text within the source of the text.
- the electronic message sent to the Recipient contains a hypertext link, or universal resource locator (url) which leads back to the Server.
- the link contains the Window Identifier of the Custom Selection Window.
- the electronic message can be sent by the Server or can be sent by the computing device of the User. In the case where the electronic message is sent by the User, the Server transmits the Window Identifier of the Custom Selection Window to the User and the Window Identifier is incorporated into the electronic message as described above.
- Keywords provide an important function by allowing the creator of the custom selection to provide targeted words to search for related content on the web.
- the Keywords are attached to the Custom Selection Window and remain with the Custom Selection Window when it is saved by the User (or sent to the Favorites List), and travel with the Custom Selection Window when the Custom Selection Window is accessed by a Recipient.
- the electronic message sent to the Recipient does not contain the content items themselves, but only a link to the Server.
- the present invention greatly reduces the time and bandwidth required to send an electronic message to another to share content over a network such as the World Wide Web.
- electronic messaging systems often have limitations in the type and amount of content that each can transmit in a single message. For example, electronic mail systems typically limit messages to a certain size and instant messaging systems typically do not allow the transfer of images and typically limit the amount of text in a message to a certain number of characters.
- the present invention overcomes these limitations by sending an electronic message containing a link used to re-create the custom selection.
- the User can recreate the Custom Selection Window by selecting, or clicking on, the hypertext link in the message.
- the computing device of the Recipient activates a browser application that sends a request to the Server, which request contains the unique Identifier of the Custom Selection Window.
- the Server responds with a web page that recreates, on the computing device of the Recipient, the custom selection as defined by the sender.
- a standard browser application can create a Recipient Window containing the custom selection without the additional software required to initially create and send the custom selection. Therefore the User is able to transmit access to the custom selection to another computing device on the network, even if the other computing device does not have the additional software required to initially create the custom selection.
- the Recipient Window is configured to load the content items of the custom selection via the browser application on the computing device of the Recipient directly from the respective sources of the content.
- the system of the present invention avoids the content type and size limitations of electronic messaging systems, as discussed above.
- the Recipient Window also preferably includes a tool bar, the Recipient Toolbar, that provides certain functions to the Recipient related to the custom selection in the Recipient Window.
- the Recipient Toolbar preferably includes Search, Goto This Page, GoTo This Site, and Print functions, similar to those functions provided by the Window Toolbar, to allow the User to search the World Wide Web for content related to the content in the Recipient Window, to open another browser window with either the source web page containing the content item or the web site of the domain of the source web page, or to print the Recipient Window.
- the custom selection received by the Recipient includes the Keywords in the Definition, which allows the Recipient to perform targeted searches of the web for related content.
- the initial web page sent to the Recipient preferably senses whether the
- the Recipient has installed the software on their computing device. If so, the Recipient has the full functionality of the Custom Selection Window, including the functionality of the Window Toolbar, as described above. In particular, the Recipient has the ability to save the Custom Selection Window to the History List, the Favorites List and has the ability to transfer access to the Custom Selection Window to other computing devices, among the other functionality described above.
- the software is preferably compatible with several different computing platforms, such as Microsoft Windows-based and Apple computers, internet appliances, personal digital assistants (PDAs, such as the Palm Pilot, and the like), and other computing platforms, such that custom selections can be shared among Users of various computing devices.
- PDAs personal digital assistants
- certain items of User-defined attribute information such as the User's Favorites and the Friends List, are preferably portable amongst various computing devices of the User.
- the software accomplishes this function by transmitting the attribute information to the Server and storing the information along with the unique User Identifier.
- the User's attribute information is retrieved using the User Identifier when the User first launches the browser.
- the system provides a consistent and familiar experience regardless of which computing device the User chooses.
- the system also provides a highly accurate and flexible means to track content viewed and shared by Users and Recipients.
- the Server is contacted whenever a custom selection is saved to or chosen from the Favorites list, when a custom selection is sent to another device using an electronic message, and when a Recipient views a received custom selection.
- the unique Identifier of the custom selection is sent to the Server, which Server contains the Definition of the custom selection. Therefore, in the case of custom selections of a User's Favorites List, the system can track and compile statistics including regarding what content items have been selected, what content items are selected in the same window, the number of times a selected item (or group of items) is viewed, and the frequency of viewing. Such statistics can be compiled along with the unique User Identifier to track such information with respect to a particular User, or can be compiled "blind" without regard to a particular User.
- the system can also track and compile statistics on what content items (or groups) are shared with others (and by whom), the number of times a Recipient views a selection, the frequency of viewing, and the chosen method of messaging.
- the system can track statistics regarding a User viewing (and likely comparing) images of two products side-by-side in a custom selection, and can track statistics about any sharing of that custom selection. This tracking can be accomplished whether the two images are on the same site or different sites.
- the system does not rely on pre-placed tracking devices, such as "cookies" or "web bugs.”
- the tracking capability of the present invention is based on the content items themselves, in their unaltered format.
- the tracking capability of the system is highly targeted in that it is able to track viewing and transferring of specific content items, whereas traditional tracking methods such as cookies and web bugs typically only track views of entire web pages.
- communication with the Server is required for certain actions, such as saving and retrieving, the tracking capabilities of the system cannot be circumvented. Therefore, the system provides a very non-invasive reliable, highly targeted and flexible tracking system.
- the present invention provides a convenient method for a User to create, view, modify, print and save custom groupings of image and text content items available on web pages and other sources, to search for other related content, and to transfer access to such selections with others, which method is effected in a manner which avoids the limitations of electronic communications methods, which reduces the time and bandwidth required to share the custom groupings via electronic messages, and which provides for highly accurate and flexible tracking of such content viewing and sharing.
- FIG. 1 is an image of an Internet browser application showing the Main Toolbar of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is an image of the Main Toolbar showing the Identified Content Item List
- FIG. 3 is an image of the Select Content Item Function invoked by the "right- click" method of selecting a content item
- FIG. 4 is an image illustrating the floating Instant Selection Icon
- FIG. 5 is an image of the Properties Window
- FIG. 6 is an image of a Custom Selection Window having a single image content item
- FIG. 7 is an image of a Custom Selection Window having a content item in a top frame and a blank bottom frame;
- FIG. 8 is an image of the Select Target Window
- FIG. 9 is an image of a Custom Selection Window having an image content item in a top frame and an animation content item in a bottom frame
- FIG. 10 is an image of a Custom Selection Window having a bottom frame divided into right and left frames
- FIG. 11 is an image of a Custom Selection Window having an image content item in a top frame, having an animation content item in a left bottom frame and having a text content item in a right bottom frame;
- FIGs. 12 and 13 are images of a Custom Selection Window as in FIG. 11, showing a Frame Toolbar in the top frame;
- FIG. 14 is an image of the (Go To) History menu item of the Main Toolbar
- FIG. 15 is an image of the (Send To) Favorites menu item of the Window Toolbar
- FIG. 16 is an image of the (Go To) Favorites menu item of the Main Toolbar
- FIG. 17 is an image of the (Send To) Recipients menu item of the Window Toolbar
- FIG. 18 is an image of the Edit Recipients dialog window
- FIG. 19 is an image of the Recipient Window
- FIG. 20 is an image of a Custom Selection Window showing the Create Link Window Toolbar menu item
- FIG. 21 is an image of an electronic messaging application message containing a Link to a Custom Selection Window
- FIG. 22 is an image of a System Area Icon and System Area Menu
- FIG. 23 is an image of a Return To Search Results icon and a condensed Search Results List.
- the User installs software on the User's computing device that adds functionality to the Internet browser application and operating system of the User's computing device.
- the software Upon installation of the software, the software communicates with a remote Server that assigns a unique User Identifier for the User and transmits the User Identifier to the User's computing device, which stores the User Identifier on a memory device for later use.
- the software adds a Main Toolbar 10 to the browser application 12 on the User's computing device to allow the User to create a custom selection by selecting desired content items from a web page or other document or spreadsheet, or the like, and to place the desired content items in an independent browser window, free from other content on the source web page or document.
- the Main Toolbar 10 has menu items or icons that activate some of the functions.
- the software may analyze web pages and other types of sources upon loading into the browser application to identify content items supported by the software and to determine the network locations of the content items.
- a list of supported content is preferably contained in a file stored on the User's computing device, such as in a Dynamic Link Library (DLL), that can be updated automatically as new types of content become supported by the software.
- the Main Toolbar 10 preferably provides a menu item that allows the User to disable the automatic page scanning if desired.
- the Main Toolbar 10 includes an Identified Content 14 menu item that displays an Identified Content Items List 16 of supported and identified content items in the web page or source cunently loaded into the browser application.
- the User can select a desired content item by clicking on the item in the Identified Content Items List 16.
- the User can also select a desired content item from a web page by directing a pointing device of the computing device (e.g., a mouse pointer) over the content item 18 in the page, depressing the right mouse button (i.e., "right click") and choosing a Select Content Item Function 20 offered in an otherwise standard pop-up menu 22.
- a pointing device of the computing device e.g., a mouse pointer
- the right mouse button i.e., "right click”
- Select Content Item Function 20 on such pop-up menu 22 is identified by the word "Amplify" TM).
- the software when selecting content items, the software obtains the network location and name of the content item from the web page or other source of the content item and retains the network location in memory, which is preferably temporary memory. Further, it should be noted that content items (and groups of content items) can be selected using the standard "click and drag” method and then the "right click” method.
- the User preferably first defines the desired text by using the standard "click and drag” method and then the "right click” method.
- This function is also operable to select non-text content items.
- a group of non-text content items or a group of text and non-text content items may be selected in a similar manner by selecting the entire group, for example using the "click and drag” method.
- a select function inherent in the operating system e.g., WindowsTM
- the term "click” is meant to encompass any means or method by which the pointing device receives a selection command from the User.
- the system preferably places a floating, Instant Selection Icon 24 over the content item 18' when the User directs the mouse pointer over the display area or frame of the content item.
- the Instant Selection Icon 24 can be used (clicked on) to select the content item 18' with one click.
- the Instant Selection Icon 24 appears as an overlay on top of the content item 18' and only appears when the User directs the mouse pointer over the display area or frame of the content item.
- the Instant Selection Icon 24 does not ordinarily obscure the content item.
- the software may present a Properties Window 28 that allows the User to enter a Description 30 for the custom selection being created by the User, and allows the User to enter Keywords 32 for the custom selection.
- the software uses the Keywords 32 to perform searches for similar content on the World Wide Web.
- the software then creates an independent browser window, the Custom Selection Window 34, containing only a relatively small toolbar, the Window Toolbar 36, and the custom selection of the content item 18 selected by the User.
- This allows the User to select and focus on desired content free from additional, and possibly distracting, content on the source page.
- the network location of the content item is retrieved from the (temporary) memory to which it was stored during the selection process.
- the software preferably loads the content item into the Custom Selection
- Network source as used herein include any cached source that may be present on the network.
- the Custom Selection Window 34 is of a predetermined size and may be resized by the User in the known manner of resizing windows.
- the content item 18 selected by the User is set to occupy specific percentages of the height and width of the window (other than the Window Toolbar 36), such as 100%.
- the browser application adjusts the dimensions of the content item 18 within the window proportionately.
- the system preferably maintains any original aspect ratio settings of the content item.
- Certain content available on the World Wide Web may require that additional software be present on the User's computer.
- additional software includes external player programs (such as Microsoft's Windows Medial Player, Real Media's Real Player, Apple's Quicktime, and other similar media players), helper application, "applets”, plug-ins, and other programs.
- the User would need to install this software prior to using the system of the invention for these types of content.
- the software allows the User to have several instances of the Custom Selection Window 34 open at any given time, each window containing a different custom selection. If additional software is required to view a content item in a Custom Selection Window 34, such as a media player or applet, or the like, the additional software is preferably defined within the Custom Selection Window as an "embedded object", which allows multiple instances of the additional software to operate on the computing device at the same time. In this manner, the User can select and view several content items requiring the same additional software at the same time.
- the software also allows the User to add additional content items to an existing Custom Selection Window 34.
- the User preferably first divides a Frame 37 of an existing content item 18 in the Custom Selection Window 34 to add a new frame to the window.
- the Frame Toolbar 38 which appears over the content item 18 in the Custom Selection Window 34, includes New Frame Bottom, New Frame Top, New Frame Right, and New Frame Left icons 40, 42, 44, 46 (or menu items) that add a new frame below, above, to the left or to the right, respectively, of the existing content item 18.
- the software preferably divides the frame 36 of the selected content item 18 into two, equal, sub-frames 48, 50, with one of the frames 48 occupied by the existing content item 18 and the other frame 50 blank. Then, the User selects an additional content item in the manner described above.
- the software determines whether there exist other, open Custom Selection Windows. If so, the software presents a Select Target Window 52, that displays an Open Window List 54 of all open Custom Selection Windows, which are preferably identified by the Description 30 entered by the User when creating the windows. Preferably, the User can select an open window from the Open Window List 54.
- the Select Target Window 52 also preferably provides a New Window 56 button, icon or menu item to allow the User to place the content item in its own Custom Selection Window, if desired.
- the software Upon the selection of an open Custom Selection Window as the target, the software displays the selected Custom Selection Window 34, which includes the frame 48 occupied by the existing content item 18 and a blank frame 50 (as shown in FIG. 6). If the Custom Selection Window 34 contains more than one blank frame, the software then preferably pauses and prompts the User to select the blank frame in which to place the additional, content item. The User can select the desired blank frame by clicking within the border of the frame. If the Custom Selection Window 34 contains only one blank frame then the software may automatically place the additional content item within that frame.
- the software then displays the modified Custom Selection Window 34, which now contains both the first content item 18 (e.g., in the top frame 48) and the additional content item 58 (in tlie bottom frame 50).
- Custom Selection Window 34 with more content items In this case, a new frame 60 is added to the right of the bottom frame 50. As above, the new frame 60 is added by selecting the New Fame Right icon 44 in the Frame Toolbar 38 (not shown) of the bottom frame 50 to add a frame to the right of the bottom frame 50. As shown, a text selection content item 62 can then be placed in the new frame 60 in the manner described above.
- the software preferably defines the frames of the Custom Selection Window
- each of the several content items is preferably set to occupy specific percentages (e.g., 100%) of the height and width of its respective frame.
- the User may also preferably resize and rescale the frames in a Custom Selection Window by relocating a border between frames by clicking on and dragging a border 64 to a new location. When the frame border is relocated, the browser application resizes both of the content items within the frames that share that border 64, proportionately. However, the system preferably maintains any original aspect ratio settings of the content item. It can be appreciated that the ability to arrange, size and resize multiple content items within one independent browser page gives the User great flexibility when creating custom selections.
- the software first determines what type of content has been selected and determines whether there exists other open Custom Selection Windows.
- An example of the code for these steps is set for the in Table A.
- the software then defines certain parameters of the content item, such as the source page or document of the content item and the file name of the content item.
- Certain parameters of the content item such as the source page or document of the content item and the file name of the content item.
- An example of this step, for an image content item, is set forth in Table B.
- the software launches a new browser application window and passes the XML structure of the image to the new window.
- An example of the code for this step, for an image content item, is set forth in Table C.
- the software pauses to receive an indication from the User as to the desired location of the content item within the new window.
- the software may automatically insert the content item in that frame.
- An example of the code for this step is set forth in Table D.
- Se BaseHREF oTargetWindow.document, xmlImage.selectSingleNode("source)
- the XML structure of a content item preferably includes tags related to the network location and other aspects ofthe source ofthe content item such as the protocol (e.g., http), host (e.g., amplifytheweb.com), path (e.g., /images/), page (e.g., page.html), and query.
- tlie XML structure also preferably includes tags related to the file name (e.g., image.jpeg), alternate information (e.g., "A JPEG image”), height and width.
- An example ofthe XML structure for an image content item is set forth in Table F. TABLE F
- the HTML code loaded into a frame includes instructions that define the appearance ofthe content item in the frame.
- An example ofthe HTML code the frame of an image content item is set forth in Table G.
- the software allows the User to divide frames of an open Custom Selection Window to insert additional content items into the window.
- An example ofthe code to divide a frame of a Custom Selection Window is set forth in Table H.
- the HTML code that defines the frameset for a Custom Selection Window preferably defines the frames as predetermined percentages ofthe window.
- the code may also identify the Custom Selection Window by a unique Window Identifier.
- the code set forth in Table I below defines a frameset having a top and bottom frame for a Custom Selection Window having a Window Identifier of 579E3E1B-F2A9-42A3- 91AC-1635B0A67D04.
- Custom Selection Window defined by the frameset defined by the code set forth in the above Table I is set forth below in Table J.
- dHeightRatio lOriginalHeight / (document.body.clientHeight - 4);
- dWidthRatio lOriginalWidth / (document.body.clientWidth - 4);
- Table L can contain the image content item (as defined by the code of Table J) in the frame ofthe top row, an MPEG movie content item in the left frame ofthe bottom row, and a text content item in the right frame ofthe bottom row.
- An example ofthe HTML code for a text content item comprising the text "This is the text selected by the user.” is set forth in Table M.
- the Frame Toolbar 38 preferably appears as an overlay to the content item 18 within the frame and only appears when the User directs the mouse pointer over the display area or frame ofthe content item (i.e., on a "mouseover" event). In this manner, the Frame Toolbar 38 will disappear when the pointer exits the display area or frame. Thus, the Frame Toolbar 38 does not ordinarily cover or otherwise obscure the content item 18 located within the frame.
- the Frame Toolbar 38 preferably includes a Select Content Item 66 icon to select the content item 18 located within the respective frame and place the content item in a new Custom Selection Window in a manner similar to selecting content from an original source page.
- a Select Content Item 66 icon to select the content item 18 located within the respective frame and place the content item in a new Custom Selection Window in a manner similar to selecting content from an original source page.
- the Frame Toolbar 38 preferably includes a Refresh 68 menu item or icon to reload the content item in the respective frame.
- the software To refresh a content item, the software first determines which frame the User has chosen to reload. An example ofthe code to make this determination is set forth in Table N.
- AddItem_Callback oDocument.frames (x ⁇ Frames.Item(i).selectSingleNode("@id”).Text), xmlFrames.ltem(i),
- the Frame Toolbar 38 preferably includes a Search 70 icon which allows the User to perform a search for content related to the content item in the frame.
- the Search icon 70 preferably provides a drop-down menu having a Similar Pages 72 menu item and a Related Content 74 menu item.
- the software opens a new browser window and queries an Internet search engine (e.g., google.com) with a search command using certain search parameters.
- the Similar Pages 72 menu item performs a search for web pages related to the domain name ofthe source ofthe content item in the frame.
- the Related Content 74 menu item performs a search ofthe domain ofthe source ofthe content item ofthe frame for items related to the Keywords ofthe Custom Selection Window.
- the result ofthe search is an independent browser window containing "hits" returned by the search engine, which should be relevant to the selected content or source ofthe content.
- the hits are typically in the form of short descriptions ofthe search results accompanied by hypertext links, or universal resource locators (i.e., url's), which lead to web pages.
- the Frame Toolbar 38 also preferably includes a Delete menu item (not shown) that is operable to delete the associated frame from the Custom Selection
- the "parent" frame that is the frame from within the deleted frame was originally created, is resized to occupy the space previously occupied by the parent frame and the deleted frame.
- the content item within the resized parent frame is resized (i.e., expanded) accordingly.
- the Frame Toolbar 38 also preferably includes a GoTo 78 icon that presents a drop-down menu having a This Site 80 menu item and a This Page 82 menu item.
- the This Site 80 menu item opens a new browser window that loads the main page ofthe domain ofthe content item in the frame.
- the This Page 82 menu item opens a new browser window that load the page from which the content item ofthe frame was selected.
- the Window Toolbar 36 includes a Window Properties 84 icon that displays the Properties Window 28 (see FIG. 5) to allow the User to modify the Description 30 and the Keywords 32.
- the Window Toolbar 36 also includes a Search 88 icon that performs a search ofthe World Wide Web base upon the Keywords 32.
- the Window Toolbar 36 also preferably includes a Refresh 90 icon that reloads all ofthe content items of a Custom Selection Window 34 with one click.
- the example code set forth in Tables N, O & P above will reload all ofthe content items of a Custom S election Window. Always On Top
- the Window Toolbar 36 also includes an Always On Top 92 icon, which, when selected, will retain the Custom Selection Window 34 as the top window on the computing device inespective of whether the User selects another window, such as another program, as the active window.
- the User can quickly and conveniently select and focus on a desired content item, such as a streaming video, and ensure that the content item is always visible even if the User is working with another program.
- the User can resize and relocate the Custom Selection Window 34 to view other programs, as desired.
- a Save 94 icon ofthe Window Toolbar 36 saves the Custom Selection Window 34 for later use.
- a Window Definition ofthe Custom Selection Window 34 is saved in memory ofthe computing device ofthe User (e.g., RAM or on a hard drive) and/or on a remote Server accessible via the Internet or other network.
- the content items of a Custom Selection Window are not themselves saved on the computing device ofthe User or on the Server, but only the Window Definition, which Window Definition contains the particulars ofthe Custom Selection Window and ofthe content items therein.
- the Window Definition is in the form of an XML document containing a unique Window Identifier, a frameset and specific information for each frame.
- the software on the computing device ofthe User or the Server assigns a unique Window Identifier to the Custom Selection Window which is saved with or otherwise associated with the Window Definition.
- the Window Identifier is used to recreate the Custom Selection Window at a later time.
- the Window Definition does not include the actual content items, but does include information regarding the source and identity ofthe content item sufficient to access or recreate the content item.
- the Window Definition preferably includes information identifying the source ofthe content item, including the domain name, path and file name, and includes identifying information and parameters of any media player or external application (or the like) required to display or play the content item.
- the Window Definition may include the string of text selected by the User, or may include information identifying the source ofthe text and coordinates specifying the beginning and end points ofthe text. If entered by the User, the Window Definition also includes the Keywords 30.
- Table S The example ofthe XML code set forth in Table S below is a Window Definition having a video content item, a text content item and an image content item.
- the Main Toolbar 10 includes a GoTo 94 icon, that presents a History 95 menu item list, that in turn presents a Most Recently Used (MRU) List 96 of Custom Selection Windows, in preferably chronological order of use.
- MRU Most Recently Used
- the windows are identified in the MRU List 96 by their Descriptions 30.
- the MRU List 96 is preferably limited to a predetermined number of windows, for example the last 20 used, such that the MRU List 96 is a dynamic list providing convenient access to recently used Custom Selection Windows.
- the User may recreate a Custom Selection Window from the MRU List 96 by clicking on the Description for the window.
- the software locates and retrieves the Window Definition from the memory device ofthe computing device or from the Server using the unique Window Identifier, recreates the Custom Selection Window and loads the content items directly from the original source of each item, as recorded in the Window Definition.
- the Window Toolbar 36 includes a Send To 97 icon, that presents a Favorites 98 menu item, that in turn presents an Add to Favorites 100 menu item.
- the Add to Favorites 100 menu item saves the Custom Selection Window in a Favorites List 102 that is accessible via the GoTo 94 icon ofthe Main Toolbar 10.
- the software stores the Window Definition of each Custom Selection Window in the Favorites List 102 on the computing device and preferably on the Server.
- the Custom Selection Windows in the Favorites List 102 are preferably identified by the Description 30.
- the Favorites List 102 preferably remains the same until the User adds or deletes a Custom Selection Window from the list.
- the Custom Selection Windows in the Favorites List 102 will always be available to the User regardless of other windows which the User may have created and saved.
- the software upon selection of a Custom Selection Window from the Favorites List 102, the software locates and retrieves the Window Definition from the memory device ofthe computing device ofthe User or from the Server using the unique Window Identifier, recreates the Custom Selection Window and loads the content items directly from the original source of each item, as recorded in the Window Definition.
- the Favorites List 102 can be modified, dynamically, as the User navigates (or
- Matching Custom Selection Windows containing content items from the domain ofthe source cunently displayed in the browser application ofthe User can be highlighted or segregated in the Favorites List 102.
- Matching Custom Selection Windows in the list can be grouped together in a sub-list (not shown) segregated from other Custom Selection Windows in the list.
- the Matching Custom Selection Windows in the list can be highlighted by limiting the display ofthe Favorites List 102 to only the Matching Custom Selection Windows, or can be highlighted visually, by color or in some other visual manner.
- the Favorites List 102 can be presented in an order that highlights the Matching Custom Selection Windows, such as with the Matching
- Custom Selection Windows at the top ofthe list. It can be appreciated that any other similar method of dynamically highlighting Matching Custom Selection Windows in the Favorites List 102 is within the scope ofthe invention.
- the Send To icon 97 ofthe Window Toolbar 36 preferably includes a Printer menu item 104 that sends the Custom Selection Window to a printer available to the computing device ofthe User.
- the Frame Toolbar 38 also preferably includes a Send to Printer Function (not shown) which allows the user to send the content item of one frame to the printer.
- the Send To icon 97 ofthe Window Toolbar 36 also includes a Recipients 106 menu item (shown as "Friends" in the drawings) that presents a List of Recipients 108 to which Custom Selection Windows may be sent by email, instant message or another type of electronic communication method.
- the Recipients 106 menu item provides a means to enter (or modify) the Electronic Address of a Recipient of a Custom Selection Window, such as the Edit Recipients 110 menu item which presents the dialog window 111 of FIG. 18.
- the User can enter the Electronic Communication Method 112 (e.g., EMAIL), a descriptive Recipient Name 114 and the Electronic Address 116 of the Recipient (e.g., email_address@domain.com).
- EMAIL Electronic Communication Method
- the Electronic Address 116 of the Recipient e.g., email_address@domain.com
- the software on the computing device ofthe User sends the Window Definition ofthe Custom Selection Window (comprising an XML document ofthe type set forth above in Table S) to the Server.
- the Window Definition is stored on the Server along with the Window Identifier (which is assigned at that time, if one has not been assigned yet).
- the Server After receipt ofthe Window Definition, the Server sends an electronic message to the Recipient at the Electronic Address ofthe Recipient via electronic mail, instant messaging program, or other electronic means, as appropriate.
- the electronic message sent to the Recipient contains a hypertext link, or universal resource locator (url) containing the Window Identifier, which link leads back to the Server. It may be preferable that the electronic message is sent to the Recipient by the Server. However, the electronic message may also be sent to the Recipient by a communication application on the computing device ofthe User. In either case, the electronic message includes a link to the Server, which link contains the unique
- the Keywords in the Window Definition provide an important function by allowing the creator ofthe Custom Selection Window to provide targeted words to search for related content on the web.
- the Keywords are attached to the Custom Selection Window and remain with the Custom Selection Window when it is saved (or sent to the Favorites List), and travel with the Custom Selection Window when the Custom Selection Window is accessed by a Recipient.
- the electronic message sent to the Recipient does not contain the content items themselves, but only a link to the Server.
- the present invention greatly reduces the time and bandwidth required to send an electronic message to another to share content over a network such as the Internet.
- the present invention overcomes the limitations of electronic communications methods by sending an electronic message containing a link used to re-create the content in a browser application.
- the User can recreate the Custom Selection Window by selecting, or clicking on, the hypertext link in the electronic message.
- the computing device ofthe Recipient activates a browser application that sends a request to the Server, which request contains the unique Window Identifier ofthe Custom Selection Window.
- the Server locates the Window Definition ofthe Custom Selection Window using the Window Identifier embedded within the link and responds with an Initial Recipient Web Page.
- the Initial Recipient Web Page has code that attempts to detect whether the Recipient has installed the software required to create Custom Selection Windows.
- the Initial Recipient Web Page attempts to detect the presence ofthe software by attempting to initialize certain components or objects ofthe software. If the software is detected on the Recipients computing device, then the Initial Web Page passes the Window Identifier to the software which then creates a Custom Selection Window as defined by the Window Definition, which window has the full functionality provided by the software, including the Window and Frame Toolbars.
- Web Page includes code to open a new browser window, the Recipient Window 118, having dimensions defined in the Window Definition and to retrieve a Recipient Toolbar 120 from the Server and to populate the new window with the Recipient Toolbar 120. Then the browser calls a page to create the frameset for the Recipient Window 118, according to the Window Definition. Each frame within a frameset then calls a page to populate the frame.
- a standard browser application can create the Recipient Window 118 without the additional software required to initially create and send the Custom Selection Window. Therefore the User is free to transmit access to the custom selection to any other computing device on the Internet or other network having a browser application.
- the Recipient Window 118 is configured to load the content items therein via the browser application on the computing device ofthe Recipient directly from the respective original sources ofthe content.
- the system of the present invention avoids the content type and size limitations of electronic messaging systems, as discussed above. Examples of Server-side code to create the frameset and individual frames for a Recipient Window are set forth in Table T & U, respectively.
- lAmplHeight oRS("ampl_height")
- lAmplWidth oRS("ampl_width)
- sAmplDescription oRS("ampl_descri ⁇ tion")
- sAmplKeywords oRS("ampl_keywords)
- Set oRS Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset)
- SetoRS2 Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset)
- sSQL "ampl_frame_sel_sp " _
- sFrameType oRS("fram__type)
- sSourceProtocol oRS("fram_source_protocol)
- sSourceHost oRS("f ⁇ am_source_host)
- sSourcePath oRS("fram_source_path)
- sSourcePage oRS("fram_source_page)
- sSourceQuery oRS("fram_source_query)
- the Recipient Toolbar 120 includes icons to Search 122, Send To Printer 124, Goto This Page 126, and GoTo This Site 128, which initiate functions similar to those functions provided by the Window Toolbar 36, to allow the User to search the World Wide Web for content related to the content in the Recipient Window 118, to print the Recipient Window, or to open another browser window with either the source web page containing the content item or the web site ofthe domain ofthe source web page.
- the Recipient Toolbar also preferably includes a refresh icon (not shown) to reload the window.
- the Window Definition preferably passes the Keywords to the
- the Search 122 function ofthe Recipient Toolbar 36 preferably invokes a search command similar to that of the Window Toolbar 36.
- the search command may be "http://www. goo gle.com/searchTq ⁇ Keywordl %20Kevword2."
- the system ofthe present invention is preferably compatible with several different computing platforms, such as Microsoft Windows-based and Apple computers, internet appliances,, personal digital assistants (PDAs, such as the Palm Pilot, and the like), and other computing platforms, such that custom selections can be shared among various computing devices.
- certain items of User-defined attribute information such as the User's MRU List, Favorites and the Recipients List, are preferably portable amongst various computing devices of the User.
- the software accomplishes this function by transmitting the attribute information to the Server and storing the information along with the unique User Identifier.
- the User's attribute information is preferably retrieved using the User Identifier when the User first launches the browser.
- the system provides a consistent and familiar experience regardless of which computing device the User chooses.
- the system also provides a highly accurate and flexible means to track content viewed and shared by Users and Recipients.
- the Server is contacted whenever a custom selection is saved, or sent to or chosen from the Favorites List, when a custom selection is sent to a Recipient using an electronic message, and when a Recipient views a received custom selection.
- the custom selection is uniquely identified to the Server by the Window Identifier, which Server contains the Definition ofthe custom selection. Therefore, in the case of custom selections of a User's Favorites List, the system can track and compile statistics regarding what content items have been selected, what content items are selected in the same window, the number of times a selected item (or group of items) is viewed, and the frequency of viewing.
- Such statistics can be compiled along with the unique User Identifier to track such information with respect to a particular User, or can be compiled "blind" without regard to a particular User. Importantly, this tracking can be accomplished whether the two images are on the same site or different sites.
- the system can also track and compile statistics on what content items (or groups) are shared with others (and by whom), the number of times a Recipient views a selection, the frequency of viewing, and the chosen method of messaging. As an example, the system can track statistics regarding a User viewing (and likely comparing) images of two products side-by-side in a custom selection, and can track statistics about any sharing of that custom selection.
- the system can track viewing and sharing activities of diverse custom selections containing two or more content items from different network domains (e.g., different web retailers) and can track such activity according to groups or sets of network domain, such as diverse custom selections containing content items from a network domain of web retailer A and from a network domain of web retailer B.
- network domains e.g., different web retailers
- the system does not rely on pre-placed tracking devices, such as "cookies" or "web bugs.”
- the tracking capability ofthe present invention is based on the content items themselves, in their unaltered format.
- the tracking capability ofthe system is highly targeted in that it is able to track viewing and transferring access to specific content items, whereas traditional tracking methods such as cookies and web bugs typically only track views of entire web pages.
- communication with the Server is required for certain actions, such as saving, saving and retrieving, the tracking capabilities ofthe system cannot be circumvented. Therefore, the system provides a very reliable, highly targeted and flexible tracking system.
- the system provides a convenient method for a User to create, view, modify, print and save custom groupings of image and text content items available on web pages and other sources, to search for other related content, and to transfer access to such selections with others, which method is effected in a manner which avoids the limitations of electronic communications methods, which reduces the time and bandwidth required to share the custom groupings via electronic messages, and which provides for highly accurate and flexible tracking of such content viewing and sharing.
- the Window Toolbar 36 of the Custom Selection Window 34 preferably includes a Link Creation 130 icon (depicted in the drawing as "Copy Link”) which, when selected, loads or copies a hypertext Link 132 for the associated Custom Selection Window into the "Clipboard" memory or other similar user- accessible memory ofthe computing device.
- the hypertext Link 132 for the Custom Selection Window is preferably in the form of a complete uniform resource locator (url) leading to the Server and includes a unique Window Identifier 134 assigned to the particular Custom Selection Window.
- the Window Identifier is located in a query string, specifically after string "?amplification- ', however the Window Identifier may be located in another portion ofthe query string.
- Link 132 in an otherwise familiar manner into other documents or windows, such as the body of an electronic mail message, a word processing document, an instant message or any other location where information present in Clipboard memory may be pasted. Then that document or message may be transmitted to others (or may be saved) for sharing access to the Custom Selection Window, or for other purposes.
- the Link Creation 130 icon is preferably operable to initiate the assignment of the Window Identifier.
- the Window Identifier may also be assigned by the computing device ofthe User and/or by the Server when the Custom Selection Window is saved for the first time.
- the software preferably adds a System Area Icon 140 in a System Area 142 ofthe user interface (e.g., the "System Tray” in WindowsTM).
- a System Area Icon 140 in a System Area 142 ofthe user interface (e.g., the "System Tray” in WindowsTM).
- System Area Icon 140 is preferably not dependent upon the presence of a running instance ofthe browser application and is preferably always present and active.
- System Area Icon 140 when selected, provides a System
- the System Area Icon 140 provides quick and easy access to these features at all times, inespective of whether a browser application is running on the computing device ofthe User at the time.
- another feature ofthe software provides a Search Results List 146 that displays results ofthe last search ofthe Internet or other network sources, for example the results from an Internet search engine.
- the User may navigate to the results from the Search Results List 146 until the results are overwritten by a successive search, or until the browser from which the search was conducted is closed.
- a search ofthe Internet (or of an intranet or other network or local source) preformed with a search engine or similar means often produces a result that is presented in a predetermined, consistent format on a Search Results Page 147 containing a list of result items or "hits" 148.
- the individual result items are usually spaced from one another on the page such that each hit is visually distinguishable from the others.
- the layout ofthe web page containing the result items is defined by a formatting language, such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
- HTML Hypertext Markup Language
- Each result item on a Search Results Page 147 typically includes a Descriptive
- Hypertext Link 150 comprised of a descriptive text portion 152 displayed in plain English and an underlying raw url (which is hidden from the User).
- a result item may also include a Raw Hypertext Link 154 comprised of a displayed raw url.
- There may also be further descriptive text 156 associated with the result item which may be inactive.
- the User can access a resource associated with the result item listed on the Search Results Page 147 by selecting (i.e., clicking on) one ofthe hypertext links.
- the User must then return to the Search Results Page 147 using the "Back" command ofthe browser.
- this may require several (or many) steps, especially if the User has navigated far from the original Search Results Page 147. Further, in certain situations, the User may be unable to return to the original Search Results Page 147 and may have to perform another search.
- the Main Toolbar 10 preferably contains a Return to Search Results icon 157 that reloads the last Search Results Page 147 and a Search Results List icon 158 that produces the condensed Search Results List 146 containing a predetermined number (for example the first 10) of Results Items 160 obtained from a search.
- the text ofthe Results Items 160 is preferably obtained only from the displayed descriptive text portion 152 ofthe associated Descriptive Hypertext Link 150 ofthe particular search result item.
- the number of characters displayed for each Results Item 160 may be limited to a predetermined amount, for example 10 characters. As shown, an ellipsis or other visual indicator can be added to the Results Item 160 when the displayed descriptive text portion 152 is greater than the predetermined number of characters.
- the content ofthe Search Results List 146 preferably remains unchanged until another search is conducted. Thus, after performing a search and navigating to one of the results, the User need not return to the Search Results Page 147 to navigate to other results on the Search Results List 146. Instead, the User may access the Search Results List 146 from the Main Toolbar 10 and select the desired Results Item 160. Alternatively, the User can reload the Search Results Page 147 by selecting the Return To Search Results Page icon 157. It can be appreciated that this provides a significant advantage both in the amount of time required to access different Results Items 154 and the guaranteed ability to select different Results Items 154.
- results items are separated by and/or enclosed within predetermined anchors or tags.
- the hypertext reference tag defines the Descriptive Hypertext Link 150, including the descriptive text portion 152 and the underlying raw url.
- the underlying raw url of the first result item is ⁇ http://www.bi gcharts . com> and the descriptive text portion 152 is "BigCharts - Charting a World of Investment Information".
- the underlying raw url of the first result item is ⁇ http://stocks.tradingcharts.com> and the descriptive text portion 152 is "Free stock-price charts quotes”.
- the software analyzes each page or resource displayed within the browser application or other similar application ofthe computing device ofthe User, preferably when the page has completed loading, and compares the cunent page to a predetermined set of known search result pages.
- the software compares the first portion ofthe location ofthe cunent page or resource (i.e., the url), such as the domain and certain further arguments or strings, to a predetermined list of resource locations of known search results sources.
- the first portion of a url for a search result page returned by the "google.com” Internet search engine is known to be ⁇ http .7/www. goo gl e. com/search? > and a similar first portion ofthe url for the "Alta Vista" search engine is ⁇ hrtp://www.altavista.corn/sites/search/web? >.
- the software determines the current page to be one of a known type of search results source, the software scans through the source code ofthe page to determine the results items displayed on the page. It can be appreciated that upon detection of a search result page, the format of that page is also determined. Therefore, the scan ofthe source code is conducted according to the known format of the detected search results page.
- the software scans the source code of a detected search result page for an indicator of a results item such as a predetermined combination of tags. Specifically, the software scans the source code for the first occunence of a predetermined separator tag, such as a text formatting tag, where the next tag (i.e., the first child tag) is a resource reference tag, such as a hypertext reference tag.
- the software parses the resource information ofthe associated resource reference tag to determine the descriptive text portion and the underlying resource location (url) for the resource.
- the descriptive text portion of he resource reference tag is added to the Search Results List 146 and the resource location is stored in memory ofthe computing device and associated with the item added to the Search Results List 146. This process is repeated until the Search Results List 146 is filled with a predetermined number of results items, for example 10, or until the software scans through the entire page.
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