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Updating a search index using reported browser history data

  • US 10,482,073 B2
  • Filed: 07/22/2016
  • Issued: 11/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for updating a search index with newly published documents, the method comprising:

  • providing an application to a user computing device having a processor and a memory, the application configured to generate and store on the user computing device a history file that includes an indication of each of one or more uniform resource identifiers (URIs) accessed by a browser application executing on the user computing device and metadata indicating a time of day when the URIs were accessed by the user computing device, wherein the application and the browser application are the same or different;

    receiving the history file at a server having a processor and a memory from the user computer device based on a predetermined schedule;

    identifying a new URI by the server from the one or more URIs indicated in the history file, the new URI being associated with a document that was previously unknown to the server; and

    updating a search index with the new URI, the search index being useable by a search engine to identify search results for a search query.

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