Method and system for extracting contents of web pages

• US 20020059166A1
• Filed: 01/11/2001
• Published: 05/16/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: WayTech Development, Inc.
• Original Assignee: WayTech Development, Inc.
• Inventors: Lai, Peng-Cheng, Chen, Wei-Shang, Wu, Chan-Shiun, Wang, Douglas W.
• Application Number:
  US09/758,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20020059166A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A method and system for automatically parsing codes of Web pages and extracting contents of the Web pages. A computer program is utilized to decompose Web pages into a plurality of content blocks for users to flexibly select some desired content blocks according to their preferences and needs. Save a selection setting of the selected content blocks of Web pages and transmit the setting and the selected contents of Web pages to portable data processing gismos. Users thus could use portable data processing gismos to browse the information over the Internet and even use the selection setting to update the instant information of Web pages.

Claims

1. A method for extracting contents of Web pages, the method comprising:

(a) accessing one of the Web pages;

(b) decomposing the Web page into a plurality of content blocks;

(c) selecting at least one of the content blocks; and

(d) saving a setting of the at least one of the content blocks.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein after the step (d) further comprising:

(e) repeating the step (a) through (d) until completing saving the settings of the selected content blocks; and

(f) adding the settings of the selected content blocks into a Web-site database.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein after the step (f) further comprising:

(g) utilizing the settings of the Web-site database to update the selected content blocks over a network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (b) is carried out by:

decomposing architecture of a code of the Web page into a plurality of program blocks, each the program block of the code is correlative to each the content block of the Web page;

assigning an index corresponding to each the program block; and

saving the indexes.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the code of the Web page is selected from a group of CGI programs, Active Server Pages, JAVA programs, HTML programs and XML programs.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (a) further comprises to access the Web page over a network.

7. A computer implemented method for automatically parsing codes of Web pages, and extracting contents of the Web pages for a portable data processing device, the method comprising:

under control of a Web page extracting device,

(a) accessing one of the Web pages;

(b) decomposing the Web page into a plurality of content blocks;

(c) selecting at least one of the content blocks;

(d) saving a setting of the at least one of the content blocks;

(e) repeating the step (a) through (d) until completing saving the settings of the selected content blocks;

(f) adding the settings of the selected content blocks into a Web-site database;

(g) transmitting the Web-site database to the portable data processing device;

under control of the portable data processing device,

(h) receiving the Web-site database; and

(i) displaying the selected content blocks.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the Web page extracting device and the portable data processing device further being coupled with a network.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein after the step (i) further comprising:

utilizing the Web-site database on the Web page extracting device to update the selected content blocks over the network; and

transmitting the updated content blocks to the portable data processing device.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein after the step (i) further comprising:

utilizing the Web-site database on the portable data processing device to update the selected content blocks over the network.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the portable data processing device is selected from a group of a desktop, a laptop, a palm top, personal digital assistant (PDA), a pocket PC and mobile phone.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the step (b) is carried out by:

decomposing architecture of the code of the Web page into a plurality of program blocks, each the program block of the code is correlative to each the content block of the Web page;

assigning an index corresponding to each the program block; and

saving the indexes.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the code of the Web page is selected from a group of CGI programs, Active Server Pages, JAVA programs, HTML programs and XML programs.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the step (c) further includes to select one of the content blocks of the Web page to look for the details of the one of the content blocks of another Web page.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the Web-site database of the Web page extracting device further includes a renewing element coupled with a network to update the selected content blocks, and transmitting the selected content blocks to the portable data processing device.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the Web-site database of the portable data processing device further includes a renewing element coupled with a network to update the selected content blocks.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the portable data processing device is selected from a group of a desktop, a laptop, a palm top, personal digital assistant (PDA), a pocket PC and mobile phone.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the Web page extracting device further includes a program parsing element for decomposing architecture of codes of the Web pages into a plurality of program blocks, each the program block of the code is correlative to each the content block of the Web page, assigning an index corresponding to each the program block, and saving the indexes.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the codes of the Web pages are selected from a group of CGI programs, Active Server Pages, JAVA programs, HTML programs and XML programs.

15. A system for extracting contents of Web pages, the system comprising:

a Web page extracting device, the Web page extracting device is programmed to extract the contents of the Web pages by a method comprising the steps of;

(a) accessing one of the Web pages;

(b) decomposing the Web page into a plurality of content blocks;

(c) selecting at least one of the content blocks;

(d) saving a setting of the at least one of the content blocks;

(e) repeating the step (a) through (d) until completing saving the settings of the selected content blocks;

(f) adding the settings of the selected content blocks into a Web-site database;

(g) transmitting the Web-site database to the portable data processing device; and

a portable data processing device for receiving the Web-site database, and displaying the selected content blocks.

21. A computer program product for automatically parsing codes of Web pages, and extracting contents of the Web pages for a portable data processing device, the computer program product comprising:

a display element for displaying one of the Web pages;

a program parsing element for decomposing the Web page into a plurality of content blocks, selecting at least one of the content blocks, and generating a setting of the at least one of the content blocks; and

a Web-site database for saving the setting of the at least one of the content blocks.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the Web-site database further includes a renewing element coupled with a network to update the selected content blocks.

23. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the program parsing element is programmed to decompose the Web page into a plurality of content blocks by a method of decomposing architecture of a code of the Web page into a plurality of program blocks, each the program block of the code is correlative to each the content block of the Web page, assigning an index corresponding to each the program block, and saving the indexes.

24. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the code of the Web page is selected from a group of CGI programs, Active Server Pages, JAVA programs, HTML programs and XML programs.