Method for producing Internet information

• US 20040059796A1
• Filed: 09/25/2003
• Published: 03/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: McLintock, Graeme
• Application Number:
  US10/669,338
• Publication Number:
  US 20040059796A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method by which an end-user can collect and store information form the Internet, in particular from website addresses and can transmit the information to other Internet end-users. The method also allows attribute-based modifications and the addition of information. The invention consists of selecting and packaging stored information that is to be distributed to other end-users. The second end-user can then unpack the received information and process it in the same manner as the first end-user. The desired information that is of interest is stored in a hierarchy determined by the end-user.

Claims

1. A method for producing Internet information, wherein an end user unit generates one or more segments from the address (URL) of a downloaded web page as one or more attributes and stores them in a web object.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, in that the downloaded web page in the end user unit produces further attributes and stores them in the web object.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in addition to the attributes, the associated web pages or selected parts thereof are stored in the web object.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the date and time when the web page was downloaded are entered as a further attribute for the web page.

5. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein a list of the web pages previously visited in the same domain is entered as a further attribute for the web page.

6. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein end user inputs into “

input”

fields on the web page are entered as further attributes for the web page.

7. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein segments from addresses for links in the web page are entered as further attributes for the web page.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the segments from the addresses are chosen such that reliable means of access to the web pages are obtained.

9. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein remark texts are entered as further attributes.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the attribute or attributes of the respective web page are transmitted to one or more further end users of the Internet.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein in addition to the attributes, the associated downloaded web page or the selected parts thereof are transmitted.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the attributes are automatically generated from addresses (URL) by using the respective address to search a configuration file and, if a segment of the address is found in the configuration file, by assigning this part as a sought attribute from the address of the web page.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the configuration file contains attribute templates, comprising text patterns and appropriate attribute names.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the segments found are stored as named attributes (NAME=VALUE).

15. The method as claimed in one of claim 1, wherein a plurality of web objects are combined to form a web packet.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein a web packet is assigned one or more additional attributes.

17. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein a web packet is combined with the associated additional attributes to form a packet file.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the packet file is transmitted as a whole or in selected parts to further end users.

19. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a web object explorer is used to display the attributes in the end user unit, to process them and to combine the web objects to form web packets and to transmit them.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the web object explorer is implemented as a plug-in, in order to extend a standard web browser.

21. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein transmission is effected in the form of e-mail.

22. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein transmission is effected via a web server using HTTP.