Persistent saving portal

• US 20080052369A1
• Filed: 08/22/2006
• Published: 02/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ho, Edward, Weber, Karon A., Trevor, Jonathan, Tripodi, Samantha
• Granted Patent: US 8,572,202 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Method and computer program product for collecting information on the Internet are disclosed. The method includes parsing contents of a web page to form a plurality of collectable objects, selecting one or more objects from the plurality of collectable objects, storing the one or more objects to one or more saving portals, annotating the one or more objects in accordance with user-specified data, and annotating the one or more objects in accordance with implicit data of the one or more saving portals. The method further includes annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention, using user-specified data, and annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention, using implicit data of the one or more saving portals.

Claims

1. A method for collecting information on the Internet, comprising:

parsing contents of a web page to form a plurality of collectable objects;

selecting one or more objects from the plurality of collectable objects;

storing the one or more objects to one or more saving portals;

annotating the one or more objects in accordance with user-specified data; and

annotating the one or more objects in accordance with implicit data of the one or more saving portals.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more objects selected from the web page comprise one or more pieces of information selected from the group consisting of text, audio, video, graphics, image, and URL.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more objects comprise information about a person, including job title, professional association, contact information, and area of expertise.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the implicit data comprises social data associated with the one or more objects, including reviews, rating, and number of times the one or more objects are viewed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the implicit data comprises one or more items selected from the group consisting of:

date an object was created;

location the object was created;

date the object was collected;

title of the object;

original owner of the object;

intermediate owner of the object; and

URL to the web page of the original owner.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

organizing one or more saving portals according to user-defined parameters to form sets of objects; and

linking the sets of objects to additional information on the Internet, wherein the additional information includes shopping, news, and map information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the one or more objects further comprises:

storing the one or more objects on the Internet; and

sharing the one or more objects across multiple user devices.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein sharing the one or more objects comprises:

providing access to the one or more objects to multiple user devices, including stationary computing devices and mobile devices.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention, using user-specified data; and

annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention, using implicit data of the one or more saving portals.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein annotating the one or more objects in accordance with implicit data further comprises:

identifying sources of the one or more objects; and

providing copyright information of the sources of the one or more objects.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein annotating the one or more objects in accordance with implicit data further comprises:

retrieving additional information using the user-specified data and implicit data associated with the one or more objects; and

constructing structured metadata of the one or more objects using the additional information retrieved.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending one or more objects from the one or more saving portals to a destination, wherein the destination includes at least an item selected from the group consisting of a group mailing list and a group website.

13. A computer program product for collecting information on the Internet, comprising a medium storing computer programs for execution by one or more computer systems, the computer program product comprising:

code for parsing contents of a web page to form a plurality of collectable objects;

code for selecting one or more objects from the plurality of collectable objects;

code for storing the one or more objects to one or more saving portals;

code for annotating the one or more objects in accordance with user-specified data; and

code for annotating the one or more objects in accordance with implicit data of the one or more saving portals.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the one or more objects selected from the web page comprise one or more pieces of information selected from the group consisting of text, audio, video, graphics, image, and URL.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the one or more objects comprise information about a person, including job title, professional association, contact information, and area of expertise.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the implicit data comprises social data associated with the one or more objects, including reviews, rating, and number of times the one or more objects are viewed.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the implicit data comprises one or more items selected from the group consisting of:

date an object was created;

location the object was created;

date the object was collected;

title of the object;

original owner of the object;

intermediate owner of the object; and

URL to the web page of the original owner.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising:

code for organizing one or more saving portals according to user-defined parameters to form sets of objects; and

code for linking the sets of objects to additional information on the Internet, wherein the additional information includes shopping, news, and map information.

19. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the code for storing the one or more objects further comprises:

code for storing the one or more objects on the Internet; and

code for sharing the one or more objects across multiple user devices.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the code for sharing the one or more objects comprises:

code for providing access to the one or more objects to multiple user devices, including stationary computing devices and mobile devices.

21. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising:

code for annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention, using user-specified data; and

code for annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention, using implicit data of the one or more saving portals.

22. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the code for annotating the one or more objects in accordance with implicit data further comprises:

code for identifying sources of the one or more objects; and

code for providing copyright information of the sources of the one or more objects.

23. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the code for annotating the one or more objects in accordance with implicit data further comprises:

code for retrieving additional information using the user-specified data and implicit data associated with the one or more objects; and

code for constructing structured metadata of the one or more objects using the additional information retrieved.

24. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising:

code for sending one or more objects from the one or more saving portals to a destination, wherein the destination includes at least an item selected from the group consisting of a group mailing list and a group website.