Internet content analysis

• US 20070050445A1
• Filed: 08/31/2005
• Published: 03/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brandimensions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Brandimensions, Inc.
• Inventors: Hyndman, Hugh
• Application Number:
  US11/215,119
• Publication Number:
  US 20070050445A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

Categorisation selections are received at a client computer. Internet content (e.g., a web page) is received by the client from a server and displayed. A categorisation selection is received from the set of categorisation selections through a user interface of the client and this selection is sent to the server. At a server side, web content may be filtered (e.g., searched for keywords) and, based on the filtering, an item of web content may be added to a database. The given item may be sent to a client and an indication of a categorisation for the given item of web content may be returned. The categorisation may be logged and the given item of web content marked as categorized.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium containing computer readable instructions which, when executed by a client computer, adapt said client computer to:

obtain a set of categorisation selections;

receive internet content from a server;

display said internet content on a display of said client;

receive from a user interface a categorisation selection from said set of categorisation selections; and

send said categorisation selection to said server.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1 further adapting said client computer to:

display said internet content in a first window of said display; and

display said categorisation selection in a second window of said display.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 1 further adapting said client computer to:

responsive to a user prompt, display at least a portion of said set of categorisation selections on said display.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein said internet content is web content.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 4 wherein said web content is received with an indication resulting in keywords of said web content being highlighted.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 4 wherein said web content is first web content and further adapting said client computer to link to a linked web page addressed by a hyperlink of said first web content on receiving a user prompt through said user interface.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 6 further adapting said client computer to:

receive from said user interface a request to categorize said linked web content; and

send an indication of said linked web content to said server.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7 further adapting said client computer to:

receive a categorisation selection for said linked web content from said set of categorisation selections; and

send said categorisation selection to said server.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 7 further adapting said client computer to:

receive an indication from said server refusing said linked web content.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 4 wherein said web content has source code defining a display layout and further adapting said client computer to:

provide a user interface allowing switching between display of said web content according to said display layout and said source code for said web content.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 2 further adapting said client computer to:

obtain a set of item selections;

receive from said user interface an item selection from said set of item selections;

send said item selection to said server along with said categorisation selection.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11 further adapting said client computer to:

display said item selection in a third window of said display;

and send said item selection to said server along with said categorisation selection responsive to a user prompt.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 12 further adapting said client computer to:

display a fourth window permitting entry of text; and

wherein, when sending said item selection to said server along with said categorisation selection, further sending any text entered to said fourth window.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further adapting said client computer to:

send a completion indication to said server and receive from said server further web content for display in said first window.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 5 wherein a first plurality of said keywords are highlighted in a manner visually distinct from a second plurality of said keywords.

14. The computer readable medium of 13 wherein said item selection, said categorisation selection and said entered text are sent to said server as a record along with an identifier of said web content.

17. At a client, a method of processing internet content, comprising:

receiving a set of categorisation selections;

receiving internet content from a server;

displaying said internet content on a display of said client;

receiving from a user interface a categorisation selection from said set of categorisation selections;

sending said categorisation selection to said server.

18. At a server, a method of categorizing web content, comprising:

filtering web content;

responsive to said filtering, adding a given item of web content to a database;

sending said given item of web content to a client;

receiving from said client an indication of a categorisation for said given item of web content;

logging said categorisation;

marking said given item of web content as categorized.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein said filtering comprises searching web content for keywords.

20. The method of claim 18 further comprising:

based on said receiving, further filtering web content.

21. The method of claim 19 wherein said further filtering comprises listing sources of web content that is not to be added to said database.