METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE DISCOVERY OF CONTENT ON A NETWORK
First Claim
1. A device for identifying documents that include a searchable form relevant to a topic, the device comprising:
- a processor;
a computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, upon execution by the processor, perform operations comprising(a) receiving a document;
(b) determining if the received document comprises a form, wherein the form includes a field presented to a user requesting information from the user;
(c) if the received document is determined to comprise a form, determining if the form is a searchable form, wherein a searchable form returns non-trivial information to a requestor in response to a submission of the form;
(d) if the form is determined to be a searchable form, determining if the form is relevant to an identified topic; and
(e) if the form is determined to be relevant to the identified topic, identifying the document as a searchable form relevant to the identified topic.
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Abstract
A method is provided for identifying documents that include a searchable form relevant to a topic. A document is received. If the received document comprises a form is determined. A form includes a field presented to a user requesting information from the user. If the received document is determined to comprise a form, a determination is made concerning whether or not the form is a searchable form. A searchable form returns non-trivial information to a requester in response to a submission of the form. If the form is determined to be a searchable form, a determination is made concerning whether or not the form is relevant to an identified topic. If the form is determined to be relevant to the identified topic, the document is identified as a searchable form relevant to the identified topic.
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29 Claims
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1. A device for identifying documents that include a searchable form relevant to a topic, the device comprising:
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a processor; a computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, upon execution by the processor, perform operations comprising (a) receiving a document; (b) determining if the received document comprises a form, wherein the form includes a field presented to a user requesting information from the user; (c) if the received document is determined to comprise a form, determining if the form is a searchable form, wherein a searchable form returns non-trivial information to a requestor in response to a submission of the form; (d) if the form is determined to be a searchable form, determining if the form is relevant to an identified topic; and (e) if the form is determined to be relevant to the identified topic, identifying the document as a searchable form relevant to the identified topic.
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2. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions therein that, upon execution by a processor, cause the processor to identify documents that include a searchable form relevant to a topic, the instructions configured to cause a computing device to:
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(a) receive a document; (b) determine if the received document comprises a form, wherein the form includes a field presented to a user requesting information from the user; (c) if the received document is determined to comprise a form, determine if the form is a searchable form, wherein a searchable form returns non-trivial information to a requestor in response to a submission of the form; (d) if the form is determined to be a searchable form, determine if the form is relevant to an identified topic; and (e) if the form is determined to be relevant to the identified topic, identify the document as a searchable form relevant to the identified topic.
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3. A method of identifying documents that include a searchable form relevant to a topic, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a document; (b) determining if the received document comprises a form, wherein the form includes a field presented to a user requesting information from the user; (c) if the received document is determined to comprise a form, determining if the form is a searchable form, wherein a searchable form returns non-trivial information to a requester in response to a submission of the form; (d) if the form is determined to be a searchable form, determining if the form is relevant to an identified topic; and (e) if the form is determined to be relevant to the identified topic, identifying the document as a searchable form relevant to the identified topic. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of identifying documents relevant to a topic, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a document; (b) determining if the received document is relevant to an identified topic; (c) if the received document is determined to be relevant to the identified topic, identifying the received document as a relevant document; (d) identifying a hyperlink to the relevant document; (e) updating a link classifier based on the identified hyperlink, the link classifier estimating a distance between a received hyperlink and a potentially relevant document; (f) ranking a plurality of hyperlinks based on the updated link classifier; (g) selecting a next hyperlink from the ranked plurality of hyperlinks; (h) linking to the selected next hyperlink to receive a second document; and (i) repeating (b)-(h) with the received second document as the received document until a stop condition is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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