Facilitating Identification of Entire Web Pages When Each Web Page is Rendered From Multiple Portions and Interest is Expressed Based on Content of the Portions

• US 20060173815A1
• Filed: 01/28/2005
• Published: 08/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Vedula, Venkata Naga Ravikiran
• Granted Patent: US 7,370,036 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/966 Distributed
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99936 Pattern matching access

Abstract

A server system which stores data indicating the identifiers of web pages associated with which each portion has been previously rendered. The data facilitates identification of the entire web pages even if interest is expressed based on content of the portions. For example, a search engine may search the contents of the portions, and then send as search results the identifiers of the web pages which have previously included the portions. As a result, a user may be displayed the entire web pages (as opposed to just the content of the portion), which could be more meaningful.

Claims

1. A method of facilitating identification of entire web pages when each web page is rendered from a corresponding set of portions and interest is expressed based on the content of said set of portions, said method comprising:

receiving a web page definition corresponding to each web page of interest, with said web page definition specifying different portions, and a portion identifier of the source of content for each portion;

receiving a resource locator of a first web page;

identifying a first web page definition corresponding to said resource locator;

determining a first set of portions to be included according to said first web page definition; and

maintaining data associated with each of said first set of portions indicating that each portion is included in said first web page.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said maintaining uses a data structure with a included-in field associated with each of said first set of portion, said included-in field storing said resource locator associated with each of said first set of portions.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said data structure further contains a include field, which specifies whether any sub-portion is included in a corresponding portion.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said first web page comprises a dynamic web page.

5. A method of generating a search result, said method comprising:

receiving a search request;

determining a portion with content matching said search request;

identifying a plurality of resource locators of the web pages with which said portion has been previously rendered; and

sending said plurality of resource locators as a response to said search request.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising generating a web page containing said plurality of resource locators, wherein said sending sends said web page as a response to said search request.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said web page further comprises content matching criteria specified in said search request, and wherein said plurality of resource locators are included as hyperlinks in said web page.

8. A computer readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for causing a system to facilitate identification of entire web pages when each web page is rendered from a corresponding set of portions and interest is expressed based on the content of said set of portions, wherein execution of said one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors contained in said system causes said one or more processors to perform the actions of:

receiving a web page definition corresponding to each web page of interest, with said web page definition specifying different portions, and a portion identifier of the source of content for each portion;

receiving a resource locator of a first web page;

identifying a first web page definition corresponding to said resource locator;

determining a first set of portions to be included according to said first web page definition; and

maintaining data associated with each of said first set of portions indicating that each portion is included in said first web page.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein said maintaining uses a data structure with a included-in field associated with each of said first set of portion, said included-in field storing said resource locator associated with each of said first set of portions.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein said data structure further contains a include field, which specifies whether any sub-portion is included in a corresponding portion.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein said first web page comprises a dynamic web page.

12. A computer readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for causing a system to generate a search result, wherein execution of said one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors contained in said system causes said one or more processors to perform the actions of:

receiving a search request;

determining a portion with content matching said search request;

identifying a plurality of resource locators of the web pages with which said portion has been previously rendered; and

sending said plurality of resource locators as a response to said search request.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 12, further comprising generating a web page containing said plurality of resource locators, wherein said sending sends said web page as a response to said search request.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein said web page further comprises content matching criteria specified in said search request, and wherein said plurality of resource locators are included as hyperlinks in said web page.

15. A system facilitating identification of entire web pages when each web page is rendered from a corresponding set of portions and interest is expressed based on the content of said set of portions, said system comprising:

means for receiving a web page definition corresponding to each web page of interest, with said web page definition specifying different portions, and a portion identifier of the source of content for each portion;

means for receiving a resource locator of a first web page;

means for identifying a first web page definition corresponding to said resource locator;

means for determining a first set of portions to be included according to said first web page definition; and

means for maintaining data associated with each of said first set of portions indicating that each portion is included in said first web page.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said means for maintaining uses a data structure with a included-in field associated with each of said first set of portion, said included-in field storing said resource locator associated with each of said first set of portions.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said data structure further contains a include field, which specifies whether any sub-portion is included in a corresponding portion.

18. A system for generating a search result, said system comprising:

means for receiving a search request;

means for determining a portion with content matching said search request;

means for identifying a plurality of resource locators of the web pages with which said portion has been previously rendered; and

means for sending said plurality of resource locators as a response to said search request.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising means for generating a web page containing said plurality of resource locators, wherein said means for sending sends said web page as a response to said search request.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said web page further comprises content matching criteria specified in said search request, and wherein said plurality of resource locators are included as hyperlinks in said web page.