Method, a web document description language, a web server, a web document transfer protocol and a computer software product for retrieving a web document

• US 20060020881A1
• Filed: 07/19/2005
• Published: 01/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Szabo, Peter, Rossler, Horst, Hoche, Michael Walter
• Granted Patent: US 8,452,753 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/194 Calculation of difference between files

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for retrieving a web document provided by a web server, where the method comprising the usual steps of requesting a web document from the web server and replying with the web document, extended by the steps of requesting an analysis according to an inspection requirement, analyzing the content of the web document according to inspection requirements at the web server, and replying an analyzing result. The invention relates inter alia to a web document description language, a web server, a web document transfer protocol, and a computer software product for retrieving a web document.

Claims

1. A method for retrieving a web document provided by a web server, the method comprising the steps of

requesting a first web document from the web server and

replying with the first web document,

wherein said method further comprises the steps of

requesting a content analysis of a second web document according to an inspection requirement that is comprised by the first web document,

analyzing the content of the second web document according to the inspection requirements, and

integrating an analyzing result into the first web document.

2. The method according claim 1, wherein the inspection requirement is a unification problem and the analyzing is a unification where the variable bindings are the analyzing result.

3. The method according claim 2, wherein the unification has constraints.

9. A computer software product, wherein said computer software product comprises programming means that are adapted to perform the method according to claim 1.

4. A web document description language comprising expression means for presenting information and information access, wherein said web document description language further comprises expression means for requesting a web document analysis according to inspection requirements and for integrating an analyzing result.

5. The web document description language according to claim 4, wherein the expression means are markups specifying the analysis mode and the integration mode.

10. The computer software product according to claim 9, wherein a web document description language according to claim 4 is used to represent web documents, said web document description language comprising expression means for presenting information and information access, wherein said web document description language further comprises expression means for requesting a web document analysis according to inspection requirements and for integrating an analyzing result.

6. A web document transfer protocol comprising the steps of

transmitting a web document request from a client to a server and

replying according to the web document request,

wherein said web document request comprises inspection requirements on a web document that is triggering an analyzing at the server, and wherein the result of the analysis is replied.

7. A web server comprising receiving means for receiving a web document request, retrieval means for retrieving a web document, and replying means for replying the web document, wherein the web server comprises further inspection means for analyzing the content of the web document according to inspection requirements, and wherein the replying means are adapted to reply an analyzing result.

8. The web server according to claim 7, wherein said web server further comprises integration means for integrating an analyzing result into a web document.