Method and System for Capturing Image of Web Site, Managing Information of Web Site, and Providing Image of Web Site

• US 20080168085A1
• Filed: 03/09/2006
• Published: 07/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Original Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Inventors: Chun, Se-Jin, Yoon, Ji-Hun, Lee, Hee-Won
• Granted Patent: US 8,010,500 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/102
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

A website image capturing method includes the steps of: receiving at least one network address from a predetermined website information management system; accessing a website corresponding to the received at least one network address and determining whether a predetermined webpage error occurs in the website; generating image information through a capturing operation with respect to the website, when the webpage error does not occur in the website; generating predetermined access result information in association with the generation of the image information; and transmitting the access result information to the website information management system.

Claims

1. A method of archiving a website image, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving at least one network address for archiving a website;

accessing a website corresponding to the received network address;

detecting an error in the accessed website in accordance with a predetermined rule;

generating image information associated with the accessed website wherein the image information is generated based, at least in part upon a captured image of at least a portion of the accessed website if no error is detected according to the predetermined rule;

generating access result information in association with the accessed website and the generated image information; and

storing the generated access result information in a database.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

an image of the accessed website is not captured and error information is generated, if an error is detected in accordance with the predetermined rule.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

parsing the accessed website;

analyzing an error or a severity level of the webpage error with respect to the accessed website based, at least in part, upon the parsed information; and

generating analysis information if an error is detected in accordance with the predetermined rule.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of detecting an error comprises the steps of:

checking a size of the website and an internal frame, when the webpage error occurs in the internal frame constituting the website;

calculating a ratio of the size of the internal frame to the size of the website, and when the calculated ratio is within a set numerical value, performing the capturing operation; and

including information associated with the webpage error of the internal frame in the access result information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of detecting an error comprises the steps of:

determining a deletion or a location change of the website through a predetermined validity check with respect to the received network address; and

generating website change information associated with the deletion or the location change, when the website is deleted or changed, and including the website change information in the access result information, and the received network address is updated in the website information management system based on the website change information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating the image information comprises the steps of:

setting a first point in time when a capturing operation is performed, based on a point in time when the website is initially accessed; and

determining whether the set first point in time is earlier than a predetermined second point in time when loading of the website is completed,

wherein the capturing operation is not performed if the first point in time is earlier than the second point in time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating the image information comprises the steps of:

setting a standard with respect to at least one of a number of colors, a size and a resolution with respect to the image information; and

deleting the image information when at least one of the number of colors, the size, and the resolution with respect to the image information does not satisfy the set standard, and including information associated with the deleting of the image information in the result access information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating the image information comprises the step of blocking a pop-up window so as to prevent the pop-up window from being captured.

14. A computer readable storage medium storing a program for implement the method recited in claim 1.

9. A method of managing website information, the method comprising the steps of:

maintaining a list of network addresses;

receiving access result information associated with a website associated with a network address included in the list, from a predetermined website image capturing system;

determining whether the received access result information includes image information, wherein the image information is generated based, at least in part, upon a captured image of at least a portion of the accessed website;

editing the image information if the image information is included; and

storing the edited image information and one or more website identifier.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the access result information includes cause information of why the image information is not included therein and information about inaccessible website or inability to capture the image, if the image information is not included in the access result information.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of editing the image information determines whether a predetermined standardization about the image information is possible in association with recording in the database, and when the standardization is possible, edits the captured image.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of storing the edited image information stores the edited image information in the database, in association with at least one of a generation point in time of the image information, a receiving point in time of the access result information, and a recording point in time in the database.

13. The method of claim 9, further A method of providing a website image, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a search request associated with a website from a searcher;

extracting at least one image information associated with the website from the database, in response to the received search request;

arranging the extracted image information according to the time information and generating history information of the website; and

providing the searcher with the generated history information, as a result for the search request.

15. A system of capturing a website image, the system comprising:

a communication interface configured for receiving at least one network address from a predetermined website information management system, and transmitting access result information, which is generated in response to the received network address, to the website information management system;

an error determination unit configured for accessing a website corresponding to the received network address and detecting an error in the accessed website in accordance with a predetermined rule;

an image generation unit configured for generating image information associated with the accessed website wherein the image information is generated based, at least in part, upon a captured image of at least a portion of the accessed website if no error is detected according to the predetermined rule; and

an information generation unit configured for generating the access result information in association with the accessed website and the generated image information.

16. A system of managing website information, the system comprising:

a first database maintaining a list of network addresses corresponding to a predetermined website;

a communication interface configured for receiving access result information to a website associated with a network address included in the list, from a predetermined website image capturing system;

an image determination unit configured for determining whether the received access result information includes image information associated with a capturing operation with respect to the website, wherein the image information is generated based, at least in part, upon a captured image of at least a portion of the accessed website;

an image editor configured for editing the image information if the image information is included; and

a second database recording the edited image information in association with a website identifier identifying the website.

17. The system of claim 16, the system comprising:

an image extraction unit configured for receiving a search request associated with the website from a searcher, and in response to the received search request, extracting at least one of the captured image information associated with the website from the database;

a history generation unit configured for arranging the extracted image information according to the time information and generating history information about the website; and

a result providing unit configured for providing the searcher with the generated history information, as a result of the search request.