Storing locally a file received from a remote location

• US 20050060352A1
• Filed: 11/04/2004
• Published: 03/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Rahman, Tanvir
• Granted Patent: US 7,493,332 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/959 Network
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99934 Query formulation, input preparation, or translation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

Systems and/or methods for storing locally a file received from a remote location corresponding to a file indicator and/or after waiting until an amount of time corresponding to a delay value has lapsed are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a plurality of file indicators, each corresponding to a different file located at a remote location; and

for each of the plurality of file indicators, obtaining the corresponding file from the remote location and storing the file locally.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of file indicators comprises a URL.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein each different file comprises a web page.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein different ones of the plurality of file indicators correspond to different files located at different remote locations.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving a reference page including the plurality of file indicators, the reference page being generated by,

receiving an indication of a destination to be searched;

receiving an indication of a set of search criteria;

searching the destination to identify one or more files that satisfy the search criteria; and

generating the reference page including a file indicator of each of the one or more identified files.

6. One or more computer readable media including a computer program that is executable by a processor to perform the method recited in claim 1.

7. One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform acts including:

creating an array object;

loading a plurality of uniform resource locators (URLs) into the array object;

identifying a delay value;

opening one of the URLs;

storing, in a log, an indication that the URL has been opened;

waiting until an amount of time corresponding to the delay value has lapsed; and

repeating the opening, storing, and waiting for another URL in the array object.

8. One or more computer readable media as recited in claim 7, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more processors to perform acts including:

initializing a delay timer with the delay value; and

wherein the waiting comprises waiting for the delay timer to expire.

9. One or more computer readable media as recited in claim 7, wherein the storing comprises storing, in the log, both the indication that the URL has been opened and a time that the URL was opened.

10. One or more computer readable media as recited in claim 7, wherein the storing comprises storing, in the log, both the indication that the URL has been opened and a number of URLs that have been opened.

11. One or more computer readable media as recited in claim 7, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more processors to perform acts including continuing the repeating until all of the URLs in the array object have been opened.

12. One or more computer readable media as recited in claim 7, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more processors to perform acts including obtaining the plurality of URLs by:

receiving an indication of a destination to be searched;

receiving an indication of a set of search criteria;

searching the destination to identify one or more files that satisfy the search criteria; and

generating the reference page including an URL for each of the one or more identified files.