Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically classifying web pages

• US 20070233777A1
• Filed: 03/28/2006
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Day, Paul, Bates, Cary, Watts, Byron
• Application Number:
  US11/390,838
• Publication Number:
  US 20070233777A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for dynamically classifying web pages associated with a search engine is provided. The method includes calculating a composite respect value for messaging accounts. The calculating includes generating a local respect list for each of the messaging accounts. The local respect list includes a respect quotient assigned to each message sender in the local respect list that indicates a level of deference and esteem afforded to the message sender. The respect quotient is calculated based upon activities conducted by a receiver of at least one message transmitted by the message sender. The calculating also includes periodically querying local respect lists, compiling respect quotients for each message sender, and averaging the compilation. The method also includes calculating a rank for a web page transmitted via a messaging account using a corresponding composite respect value, the page and the rank indexed for searching via a search engine.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically classifying web pages associated with a search engine, comprising:

calculating a composite respect value for each of a plurality of messaging accounts, comprising;

generating a local respect list for each of the plurality of messaging accounts, the local respect list including a respect quotient assigned to each message sender in the local respect list, the respect quotient indicating a level of deference and esteem afforded to the message sender and calculated based upon activities conducted by a receiver of at least one message transmitted by the message sender;

wherein the receiver holds one of the plurality of messaging accounts;

periodically querying local respect lists and compiling respect quotients for each message sender; and

averaging the compilation of respect quotients resulting from the querying; and

calculating a rank for a web page transmitted via at least one of the plurality of messaging accounts using a corresponding composite respect value, the page and the rank indexed for searching via a search engine.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the messaging accounts comprise at least one of email accounts and instant messaging accounts.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein time measurements taken with respect to the activities factor into the respect quotient, the activities including:

opening a message received from the message sender;

opening a link to the web page received in the message from the message sender;

deleting a message received from the message sender;

deleting a message that contains a link to the web page without first accessing the link;

deleting a message that contains a link to the web page after accessing the link; and

transferring a message to a junk or Spam folder;

wherein the timing of the opening and deleting, and the response of the receiver in taking action after the opening, are compared to activities conducted with respect to messages from other senders.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the order in which the receiver opens messages is factored into the respect quotient.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the rank is calculated by dividing a total number of receivers of a web page sent from a sender by a total sum of receivers who received all web pages sent from the sender.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the calculating a rank for a web page further includes assigning a weight to the web page based upon at least one of:

placement of a uniform resource locator of the web page within a message; and

text attributes of a uniform resource locator including at least one of;

font size;

font color; and

content.

7. A system for dynamically classifying web pages associated with a search engine, comprising:

a web content classification application executing on a host system, the host system executing a search engine and a mail server, the web content classification application performing;

calculating a composite respect value for each of a plurality of messaging accounts implemented by the mail server, comprising;

generating a local respect list for each of the plurality of messaging accounts, the local respect list including a respect quotient assigned to each message sender in the local respect list, the respect quotient indicating a level of deference and esteem afforded to the message sender and calculated based upon activities conducted by a receiver of at least one message transmitted by the message sender;

wherein the receiver holds one of the plurality of messaging accounts;

periodically querying local respect lists and compiling respect quotients for each message sender; and

averaging the compilation of respect quotients resulting from the querying; and

calculating a rank for a web page transmitted via at least one of the plurality of messaging accounts using a corresponding composite respect value, the page and the rank indexed for searching via the search engine.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the messaging accounts comprise at least one of email accounts and instant messaging accounts.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein time measurements taken with respect to the activities factor into the respect quotient, the activities including:

opening a message received from the message sender;

opening a link to the web page received in the message from the message sender;

deleting a message received from the message sender;

deleting a message that contains a link to the web page without first accessing the link;

deleting a message that contains a link to the web page after accessing the link; and

transferring a message to a junk or Spam folder;

wherein the timing of the opening and deleting, and the response time of the receiver in taking action after the opening, are compared to activities conducted with respect to messages from other senders.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the order in which the receiver opens messages is factored into the respect quotient.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the rank is calculated by dividing a total number of receivers of a web page sent from a sender by a total sum of receivers who received all web pages sent from the sender.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the calculating a rank for a web page further includes assigning a weight to the web page based upon at least one of:

placement of a uniform resource locator of the web page within a message; and

text attributes of a uniform resource locator including at least one of;

font size;

font color; and

content.

13. A computer program product for dynamically classifying web pages associated with a search engine, the computer program product including instructions for implementing:

calculating a composite respect value for each of a plurality of messaging accounts, comprising;

generating a local respect list for each of the plurality of messaging accounts, the local respect list including a respect quotient assigned to each message sender in the local respect list, the respect quotient indicating a level of deference and esteem afforded to the message sender and calculated based upon activities conducted by a receiver of at least one message transmitted by the message sender;

wherein the receiver holds one of the plurality of messaging accounts;

periodically querying local respect lists and compiling respect quotients for each message sender; and

averaging the compilation of respect quotients resulting from the querying; and

calculating a rank for a web page transmitted via at least one of the plurality of messaging accounts using a corresponding composite respect value, the page and the rank indexed for searching via a search engine.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the messaging accounts comprise at least one of email accounts and instant messaging accounts.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein time measurements taken with respect to the activities factor into the respect quotient, the activities including:

opening a message received from the message sender;

opening a link to the web page received in the message from the message sender;

deleting a message received from the message sender;

deleting a message that contains a link to the web page without first accessing the link;

deleting a message that contains a link to the web page after accessing the link; and

transferring a message to a junk or Spam folder;

wherein the timing of the opening and deleting, and the response time of the receiver in taking action after the opening, are compared to activities conducted with respect to messages from other senders.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the order in which the receiver opens messages is factored into the respect quotient.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the rank is calculated by dividing a total number of receivers of a web page sent from a sender by a total sum of receivers who received all web pages sent from the sender.

18. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the calculating a rank for a web page further includes assigning a weight to the web page based upon at least one of:

placement of a uniform resource locator of the web page within a message; and

text attributes of a uniform resource locator including at least one of;

font size;

font color; and

content.