AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION AND TAGGING OF PAGES SUITABLE FOR SUBSEQUENT DISPLAY WITH A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20080040374A1
• Filed: 12/14/2006
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rama Rao, Sudhir Kumar, Murugesan, Sundaramoorthy, Seth, Siddharth, Prabhakar, Bangalore Subbaramaiah
• Application Number:
  US11/611,031
• Publication Number:
  US 20080040374A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/101
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/80 of semi-structured data, e.g. markup language structured data such as SGML, XML or HTML content-based retrieval of web data G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed to identify and tag documents that are mobile documents in that they are compatible with limited capability devices, such as mobile phones. A website hosting a document is checked to determine whether the website considers the document to be a mobile document. The document is also for indications that the document is a mobile document. The indications include a content type, a document type, and/or markup tags that are consistent with a mobile document. A URL for the document is also checked for parameters indicating a mobile document. The above information is used to determine one or more categories of mobile devices that could display or otherwise process the document. A confidence level is determined indicating a degree of confidence that the document is a mobile document. The information is used for searching documents for those that are likely to be mobile documents.

Claims

1. A method for identifying a document, comprising:

requesting the document from a website that enables access to the document over an electronic network;

determining whether the website indicates that the document is displayable with limited capability devices; and

identifying the document as displayable with limited capability devices, if the website does not indicate that the document is displayable with the limited capability devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein requesting the document comprises communicating a request to the website, indicating that the document is requested for a limited capability device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the website indicates that the document is displayable, comprises at least one of the following:

receiving no response from the website;

receiving the document in a format that is displayable by limited capability devices; and

receiving the document in a format that is not displayable by limited capability devices.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the document as displayable, comprises inspecting the document for a content type that indicates the document is displayable with limited capability devices.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the document as displayable, comprises inspecting the document for a document type indicating that the document is displayable with limited capability devices.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the document as displayable, comprises inspecting the document for tags indicating that the document is compatible with limited capability devices.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the document as displayable, comprises inspecting a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the document for an indication that the document is displayable with limited capability devices.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a category of limited capability devices with which the document is displayable.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a confidence level that indicates a degree of confidence that the document is displayable with limited capability devices.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing an indicator in a search index, indicating that the document is displayable with limited capability devices.

11. A computer readable storage medium storing executable instructions for performing the actions of claim 1.

12. An apparatus for identifying a document, comprising.

a communication interface in communication with an electronic network;

a processor in communication with the communication interface; and

a memory in communication with the processor and storing instructions that cause the processor to perform a plurality of actions, including;

requesting the document from a website that provides the document over the electronic network;

determining whether the website indicates that the document is displayable with limited capability devices; and

identifying the document as displayable with limited capability devices, if the website does not indicate that the document is displayable with the limited capability devices.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform the action of inspecting the document for a content type that indicates the document is displayable with limited capability devices.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform the action of inspecting the document for a document type indicating that the document is displayable with limited capability devices.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform the action of inspecting the document for tags indicating that the document is compatible with limited capability devices.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform the action of inspecting a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the document for an indication that the document is displayable with limited capability devices.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform the action of determining a category of limited capability devices with which the document is displayable.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform the action of determining a confidence level that indicates a degree of confidence that the document is displayable with limited capability devices.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus comprises one of the following:

a server and a mobile device.

20. A system for identifying a document, comprising:

a user-agent that sends a request to a website for a document, the request indicating that it came from a limited capability device;

a classifier in communication with the user-agent, wherein the classifier performs a plurality of operations, including;

determining whether the website indicates that the document is displayable with limited capability devices; and

identifying the document as displayable with limited capability devices, if the website does not indicate that the document is displayable with the limited capability devices.