Creating first class objects from web resources

• US 20090199077A1
• Filed: 01/21/2009
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Harris, Tristan, Sar, Can, Young, Jesse
• Application Number:
  US12/321,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20090199077A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions

Abstract

The present inventions are directed to apparatus and method for creating first class object representations from web pages that are not normally considered first class objects.

Claims

1. A method of representing each of a plurality of web objects that are within a plurality of predetermined classes of web objects as a first class object representation comprising the steps of:

inputting each of the plurality of web objects that are within a plurality of predetermined classes of web objects into a computer system;

reviewing each of the plurality of web objects using a software program executed by the computer system, the reviewing including;

for each web object that is one of a plurality of previously instantiated objects having the first class representation, using the software program executed by the computer system to associate any additional and known data fields that exist that can be used when further processing of each web object occurs;

for each web object that is not one of the plurality of previously instantiated objects, ensuring that each web object has a minimum predetermined set of data fields so that each web object can become one of the plurality of previously instantiated objects having the first class representation using the software program executed by the computer system, the step of ensuring including;

for some web objects, determining that the web object as input into the computer system has the minimum predetermined set of data fields and identifying each of those some objects as having the first class representation; and

for each of other web objects,

determining that the other web object as input into the computer system does not have the minimum predetermined set of data fields,

associating any additional and known to the computer data fields corresponding to the other web object,

transmitting a request to an external source for further data fields sufficient for the other web object to obtain the first class representation,

receiving the response to the transmitted request at the computer system,

wherein the response received includes received data fields; and

associating the received data fields with the other web object to obtain the minimum predetermined set of data fields and thereby identify the other web object as having the first class representation.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the step of transmitting makes a request to an external source associated with the web object.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the objects is an image object and image content, a width and height are required in order to obtain the first class representation.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one object is a text object, and a text field is required in order to obtain the first class representation.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the objects is a video object and video content, a width and height are required in order to obtain the first class representation.

6. The method according to claim 5 wherein a further obtained data field is video length.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the at least one object, after being designated as the first class object representation, has the capability to be manipulated using all functions of a member class associated with the at least one object.

8. A computer-readable medium for representing each of a plurality of web objects that are within a plurality of predetermined classes of web objects as a first class object representation, said program causing a computer to perform:

inputting each of the plurality of web objects that are within a plurality of predetermined classes of web objects into a computer system;

reviewing of each of the plurality of web objects, the reviewing including;

for each web object that is one of a plurality of previously instantiated objects having the first class representation, associating any additional and known to the computer data fields that can be used when further processing of each web object occurs;

for each web object that is not one of the plurality of previously instantiated objects, ensuring that each web object has a minimum predetermined set of data fields so that each web object can become one of the plurality of previously instantiated objects having the first class representation, the step of ensuring including;

for some web objects, determining that the web object as input has the minimum predetermined set of data fields and identifying each of those some objects as having the first class representation; and

for other web objects,

determining that the other web object as input does not have the minimum predetermined set of data fields,

associating any additional and known to the computer data fields corresponding to the other web object,

transmitting of a request to an external source for further data fields sufficient for the other web object to obtain the first class representation,

receiving a response to the transmitted request, wherein with the response received is included received data fields; and

associating the received data fields from each response with the other web object in order to obtain the minimum predetermined set of data fields and thereby identify the other web object as having the first class representation.