COMPUTER PROGRAM, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING REPRESENTATIONS OF WEB PAGES AND TRANSMITTING CRAWLER LINKS FOR CRAWLING THE REPRESENTATIONS

• US 20090043756A1
• Filed: 08/10/2007
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Click Group Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Click Group Incorporated
• Inventors: Hentrich, Charles R. JR., Lebens, Beau F.
• Application Number:
  US11/837,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20090043756A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

The invention provides a method of providing information over a network, comprising utilizing a computer program to create a representation of a web page, utilizing the computer program to store the representation at a representation location, and utilizing the computer program to transmit a crawling link to the search engine, the crawling link being utilized by a crawler to access and copy the representation from the representation location to the search database, to provide the representation to a search engine.

Claims

1. A method of providing information over a network, comprising:

utilizing a computer program to create a representation of a web page;

utilizing the computer program to store the representation at a representation location; and

utilizing the computer program to transmit a crawling link to the search engine, the crawling link being utilized by a crawler to access and copy the representation from the representation location to the search database, to provide the representation to a search engine.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer program includes:

an interface with fields for entering information included in the representation and the crawling link;

a generation module to create the representation;

a storing module to store the representation; and

a transmission module to transmit the crawler link.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the interface includes a listing status selector that is selectable between an active state that generates an saves the representation, and an inactive state that saves a page without the representation at the representation location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer program compiles the representation from a plurality of information sources that are included in the representation.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the information sources include a plurality of keywords or search phrases

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the request for the web page from the client location; and

redirecting the client location the web page after receiving the request.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the crawling link and the request include the same domain.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the computer program includes an interface with a field for entering a display URL that is different than the crawler link.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

storing an account balance corresponding to the client location, an action being performed upon receiving the request for the web page depending on at least the account balance.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

predicting a future balance of the account based on at least a rate of requests for the web page, the action being performed being at least partially based on said prediction.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the action being performed is that the client location is directed to different web pages depending on at least the account balance.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the web pages are stored at a plurality of web page at a plurality of web page locations, a search request transmitted from a client location connected over the network to the search engine being utilized at the search engine to extract at least one of the representations of the web pages from a search database connected to the search engine, and the search engine transmitting at least one search result link from the client location, the search result link being based on the representation that is extracted and the search result link being utilized at the client location to transmit a request for the web page over the network such that the web page is transmitted from the web page location to the client location in response to the request from the client location for the web page.

13. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions that executable by a processor of at least one computer to provide informafion over a network according to a method comprising:

utilizing a computer program to create a representation of a web page;

utilizing the computer program to store the representation at a representation location; and

utilizing the computer program to transmit a crawling link to the search engine, the crawling link being utilized by a crawler to access and copy the representation from the representation location to the search database, to provide the representation to a search engine.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the computer program includes:

an interface with fields for entering information included in the representation and the crawling link;

a generation module to create the representation;

a storing module to store the representation; and

a transmission module to transmit the crawler link.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the interface includes a listing status selector that is selectable between an active state that generates an saves the representation, and an inactive state that saves a page without the representation at the representation location.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the computer program compiles the representation from a plurality of information sources that are included in the representation.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the information sources include a plurality of keywords or search phrases

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving the request for the web page from the client location; and

redirecting the client location the web page after receiving the request.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the crawling link and the request include the same domain.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the computer program includes an interface with a field for entering a display URL that is different than the crawler link.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, further comprising:

storing an account balance corresponding to the client location, an action being performed upon receiving the request for the web page depending on at least the account balance.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 21, further comprising:

predicting a future balance of the account based on at least a rate of requests for the web page, the action being performed being at least partially based on said prediction.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the action being performed is that the client location is directed to different web pages depending on at least the account balance.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the web pages are stored at a plurality of web page at a plurality of web page locations, a search request transmitted from a client location connected over the network to the search engine being utilized at the search engine to extract at least one of the representations of the web pages from a search database connected to the search engine, and the search engine transmitting at least one search result link from the client location, the search result link being based on the representation that is extracted and the search result link being utilized at the client location to transmit a request for the web page over the network such that the web page is transmitted from the web page location to the client location in response to the request from the client location for the web page.

25. A method of providing information over a network, comprising:

storing a plurality of web pages at a plurality of web page locations,

utilizing a computer program to create a representation of a web page;

utilizing the computer program to store the representation at a representation location;

utilizing the computer program to transmit a crawling link to the search engine;

crawling the representation with a crawler that utilizes the crawling link to access and copy the representation from the representation location to the search database;

storing the representation among a plurality of representations of the web pages in a search engine database connected to a search engine;

transmitting a search request from a client location connected over the network to the search engine;

utilizing the search request at the search engine to extract at least one of the representations of the web pages;

transmitting at least one search result link from the search engine to the client location, the search result link being based on the representation for the web page that is extracted;

utilizing the search result link at the client location to transmit a request for the web page over the network; and

transmitting the web page from the web page location to the client location in response to the request from the client location for the web page.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the computer program includes:

an interface with fields for entering information included in the representation and the crawling link;

a generation module to create the representation;

a storing module to store the representation; and

a transmission module to transmit the crawler link.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the interface includes a listing status selector that is selectable between an active state that generates an saves the representation, and an inactive state that saves a page without the representation at the representation location.

28. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

receiving the request for the web page from the client location; and

redirecting the client location the web page after receiving the request.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the crawling link and the request include the same domain.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein the computer program includes an interface with a field for entering a display URL that is different than the crawler link.

31. A computer system for providing information over a network, comprising:

a computer program which includes;

a module to create a representation of a web page;

a module to store the representation at a representation location; and

a module to transmit a crawling link to the search engine, the crawling link being utilized by a crawler to access and copy the representation from the representation location to the search database, to provide the representation to a search engine.

32. The computer system of claim 31, wherein the computer program includes:

an interface with fields for entering information included in the representation and the crawling link

33. The computer system of claim 32, wherein the interface includes a listing status selector that is selectable between an active state that generates an saves the representation, and an inactive state that saves a page without the representation at the representation location.

34. The computer system of claim 31, wherein the computer program compiles the representation from a plurality of information sources that are included in the representation.

35. The computer system of claim 34, wherein the information sources include a plurality of keywords or search phrases

36. The computer system of claim 31, further comprising:

module for receiving the request for the web page from the client location; and

a module redirecting the client location to the web page after receiving the request.

37. The computer system of claim 36, wherein the crawling link and the request include the same domain.

38. The computer system of claim 36, wherein the computer program includes an interface with a field for entering a display URL that is different than the crawler link.

39. The computer system of claim 36, further comprising:

a module for storing an account balance corresponding to the client location, an action being performed upon receiving the request for the web page depending on at least the account balance.

40. The computer system of claim 39, further comprising:

a module for predicting a future balance of the account based on at least a rate of requests for the web page, the action being performed being at least partially based on said prediction.

41. The computer system of claim 39, wherein the action being performed is that the client location is directed to different web pages depending on at least the account balance.

42. The computer system of claim 31, wherein the web pages are stored at a plurality of web page at a plurality of web page locations, a search request transmitted from a client location connected over the network to the search engine being utilized at the search engine to extract at least one of the representations of the web pages from a search database connected to the search engine, and the search engine transmitting at least one search result link from the client location, the search result link being based on the representation that is extracted and the search result link being utilized at the client location to transmit a request for the web page over the network such that the web page is transmitted from the web page location to the client location in response to the request from the client location for the web page.