Recording, generation, storage and visual presentation of user activity metadata for web page documents

• US 20070255754A1
• Filed: 04/28/2006
• Published: 11/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Gheel, James
• Application Number:
  US11/413,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20070255754A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]

Abstract

Activity metadata associated with a user'"'"'s interaction with online content is collected and associated with the online content. The activity metadata is stored, and the online content is located based on at least some of the activity metadata.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

collecting activity metadata associated with a user'"'"'s interaction with online content;

associating the activity metadata with the online content;

storing the activity metadata; and

locating the online content based on at least some of the activity metadata.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the online content comprises content accessible through a browser, the method further comprising:

locally storing the online content; and

wherein locating the online content comprises locating the online content within the locally stored online content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity metadata comprises data about the number of times a user has viewed the online content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity metadata comprises data about the amount of information entered by the user into the online content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity metadata comprises data about the amount of time the user viewed the online content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity metadata comprises data about the amount of time the online content has been opened by the user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity metadata comprises data about the amount of scrolling performed by a user within the online content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity metadata comprises data about the amount of data entered into the online content by the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity metadata comprises a user-generated comment about the online content.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein locating the online content based on at least some of the activity metadata comprises:

receiving a user-defined query for the online content based on at least a portion of the activity metadata;

locating activity metadata specified by the query;

presenting information to the user, wherein the information allows the user to view the online content.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the online content to the user; and

displaying at least some of the activity metadata to user.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying simultaneously the online content and at least some of the activity metadata.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting content metadata about the online content;

associating the content metadata with the activity metadata and with the online content;

storing content metadata; and

locating the online content based on at least some of the activity metadata and at least some of the content metadata.

14. An apparatus comprising a machine-readable storage medium having executable-instructions stored thereon, the instructions including:

an executable code segment for causing a processor to collect activity metadata associated with a user'"'"'s interaction with online content;

an executable code segment for causing a processor to associate the activity metadata with the online content;

an executable code segment for causing a memory to store the activity metadata; and

an executable code segment for causing a processor to locate the online content based on at least some of the activity metadata.

15. A system for locating online content, the system comprising:

a metadata collection engine operable for collecting activity metadata associated with a user'"'"'s interaction with online content and associating the activity metadata with the online content; and

a memory configured for storing the activity metadata; and

a content retrieval engine operable for locating the online content based on at least some of the activity metadata stored in the memory.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the online content comprises content accessible through a browser, the system further comprising:

a memory configured for locally storing the online content; and

wherein the content retrieval engine is further operable for locating the online content within the locally stored online content.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the activity metadata comprises data selected from the group consisting of data about a number of times a user has viewed the online content, data about an amount of information entered by the user into the online content, data about an amount of time the user viewed the online content, data about an amount of time the online content has been opened by the user, data about an amount of scrolling performed by a user within the online content, data about an amount of data entered into the online content by the user, and a user-generated comment about the online content.

18. The system of claim 15, the content retrieval engine is further operable for:

receiving a user-defined query for the online content based on at least a portion of the activity metadata;

locating activity metadata specified by the query within the activity metadata stored in the memory;

presenting information to the user, wherein the information allows the user to view the online content.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a display configured for simultaneously displaying the online content to the user and displaying at least some of the activity metadata to user.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein:

the metadata collection engine is further operable for collecting content metadata about the online content and associating the content metadata with the activity metadata and with the online content;

the memory is further configured for storing content metadata; and

the content retrieval engine is further configured for locating the online content based on at least some of the activity metadata and at least some of the content metadata.