APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE TO INTERACT WITH SOURCE FILES IN NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT

• US 20100192055A1
• Filed: 01/12/2010
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kutano Corp.
• Original Assignee: Kutano Corp.
• Inventors: Weber, Michael, Shaked, Motti, Koren, Assaf, Benezra, Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/685,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20100192055A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/313 Selection or weighting of terms for indexing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

A subject of a file'"'"'s content which is stored on a physical storage medium at a logical address in a networked system may be determined and used to identify the file to facilitate retrieval and/or the provision of information about the file, for example via forums or messages.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of interacting with data source files stored on computer-readable media and identified by logical addresses, the method comprising:

computationally identifying a number of keys from a content of a data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file based at least in part on at least one of;

a frequency of appearance of the key in the content of the data source file, a component type associated with the key in the content of the data source file, an indication indicative of at least a presence of a combination of alpha characters and non-alpha characters in the key, a formatting characteristic assigned to the key in the content of the data source file, a tuple size associated with the key, or a lack of inclusion of the key in a dictionary;

computationally identifying a number of keys from the content of the data source file to be ignored in determining the subject of the data source file based at least in part on at least one of an inclusion of the key in set of core language words, an inclusion of the key in a domain specification portion of a uniform resource locator, an association of the key in the content of the data source file with a first subset of component types and not with a second subset of component types, or a formatting characteristic assigned to the key in the content of the data source file;

computationally applying weights to at least some of the keys that are computationally identified to be considered and not computationally identified to be ignored; and

computationally determining the subject of the data source file based at least in part on a result of computationally applying the weights.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

parsing the content of the data source file into a plurality of keys before identifying the number of keys to either be considered or ignored in determining the subject of the data source file.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

parsing the content of the data source file into a plurality of keys of multiple tuples before identifying the number of keys to either be considered or ignored in determining the subject of the data source file; and

computationally assigning each of the keys a respective tuple size equal to a number of words contained in a string of characters that form the key.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from a content of a data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file includes computationally identifying a number of strings of characters in the content of the data source file.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from a content of a data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file includes computationally identifying a number of strings of characters in the content of a Webpage source file.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from a content of a data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file based at least in part on a component type associated with the key in the content of the data source file includes computationally determining whether the key is associated with a title tag, a meta element tag, a keyword tag, a description tag, or an alternative tag of a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

7. The method of claim 1 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from a content of a data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file based at least in part on a formatting characteristic assigned to the key in the content of the data source file includes computationally determining whether the key is associated with a specific heading level, a specific font size, a bold formatting style, an italic formatting style, an underline formatting style, a specific color, or a specific visibility state of a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or Cascading Style Sheet.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein computationally applying weights to at least some of the keys that are computationally identified to be considered and not computationally identified to be ignored includes computationally applying weights based at least in part on at least one of:

a frequency of appearance of the key in the content of the data source file, a frequency of appearance of the key in multiple portions of the content of the data source file, a lack of appearance of the key in a domain portion of a uniform resource locator that identifies the data source file, an appearance of the key in a portion of the uniform resource locator other than the domain portion, a position of the key in the data source file, or a format associated with the key in the content of the data source file.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a request for a particular data source file, providing a forum logically related to the determined subject of the data source file, the forum including a number of messages contextually related to the determined subject of the data source.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein providing a forum logically related to the determined subject of the data source file includes providing the forum in a format to be displayed in forum window in addition to a main window of a browser that displays an image defined by the requested data source file.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein providing a forum logically related to a determined subject of the data source file includes providing the forum controlled by an entity that is not controlled by an authority that controls a content of the data source file.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

logically associating a plurality of data source files with a single forum where each of the data source files of the plurality of data source files have a respective determined subject in common.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

computationally identifying a number of messages based on the determined subject of the data source file; and

providing at least one of the messages as part of the forum logically related to the determined subject of the data source file.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein computationally identifying a number of messages based on the determined subject of the data source file includes computationally determining a number of advertisements.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein providing at least one of the messages as part of the forum logically related to the determined subject of the data source file includes providing the at least one message from a source that is not controlled by an authority that controls the content of the data source file.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein computationally identifying a number of messages based on the determined subject of the data source file includes computationally identifying the number of messages based on an abstraction of the determined subject of the data source file.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

computationally identifying a number of messages based on a determined subject of each of a plurality of data source files previously requested by a user; and

providing at least one of the messages as part of the forum logically related to the determined subject of the data source file.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

computationally identifying a number of messages based on a browsing history of a user; and

providing at least one of the messages as part of the forum logically related to the determined subject of the data source file.

19. The method of claim 13 wherein computationally identifying a number of messages based on a determined subject of each of a plurality of data source files previously requested by a user includes computationally identifying the number of messages based on an abstraction of the determined subject of each of a plurality of data source files previously requested by the user.

20. A networked computing system, comprising:

at least one networked computer, including at least one processor and at least one processor-readable storage medium that stores instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to associate a number of logical network addresses of a plurality of data source files with a number of logical network addresses of a number of forums based on subject, where some of the data source files are identified by multiple logical network addresses and where a content of some of the data source files identified by a single logical network address differs based on an active content component of the source data file, by;

for each of a number of data source files, computationally identifying a number of keys from the content of the data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file based on a raw content of the data source file, a formatting of the content of the data source file and an organizational aspect of a presentation of the content of the data source file;

computationally identifying a number of keys from the content of the data source file to be ignored in determining the subject of the data source file based on a raw content of the data source file, a formatting of the content of the data source file and an organizational aspect of a presentation of the data source file;

computationally applying weights to at least some of the keys that are computationally identified to be considered and not computationally identified to be ignored; and

computationally determining the subject of the data source file based at least in part on a result of computationally applying the weights.

21. The networked computing system of claim 20 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from the content of the data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file on a raw content of the data source file, a formatting of the content of the data source file and an organizational aspect of a presentation of the content of the data source file includes computationally identifying a number of keys from the content of the data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file based at least in part on at least one of:

a frequency of appearance of the key in the content of the data source file, a component type associated with the key in the content of the data source file, an indication indicative of at least a presence of a combination of alpha characters and non-alpha characters in the key, a formatting characteristic assigned to the key in the content of the data source file, a tuple size associated with the key, or a lack of inclusion of the key in a dictionary.

22. The networked computing system of claim 20 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from the content of the data source file to be ignored in determining the subject of the data source file based on a raw content of the data source file, a formatting of the content of the data source file, and an organizational aspect of a presentation of the content of the data source file includes computationally identifying the number of keys from the content of the data source file to be ignored in determining the subject of the data source file based at least in part on at least one of an inclusion of the key in set of core language words, an inclusion of the key in a domain specification portion of a uniform resource locator, an association of the key in the content of the data source file with a first subset of component types and not with a second subset of component types, or a formatting characteristic assigned to the key in the content of the data source file.

23. The networked computing system of claim 20 wherein the instructions cause the at least one processor to associate a number of logical network addresses of a plurality of data source files with a number of logical network addresses of a number of forums based on subject, further by:

parsing the content of the data source file into a plurality of keys of multiple tuples before identifying the number of keys to either be considered or ignored in determining the subject of the data source file; and

computationally assigning each of the keys a respective tuple size equal to a number of words contained in a string of characters that form the key.

24. The networked computing system of claim 20 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from a content of a data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file includes computationally identifying a number of strings of characters in the content of a Webpage source file.

25. The networked computing system of claim 20 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from a content of a data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file based at least in part on a component type associated with the key in the content of the data source file includes computationally determining whether the key is associated with at least one of a title tag, a meta element tag, a keyword tag, a description tag, or an alternative tag of a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

26. The networked computing system of claim 20 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from a content of a data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file based at least in part on a formatting characteristic assigned to the key in the content of the data source file includes computationally determining whether the key is associated with at least one of a specific heading level, a specific font size, a bold formatting style, an italic formatting style, an underline formatting style, a specific color, or a specific visibility state of a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or Cascading Style Sheet.

27. The networked computing system of claim 20 wherein computationally applying weights to at least some of the keys that are computationally identified to be considered and not computationally identified to be ignored includes computationally applying weights based at least in part on at least one of:

a frequency of appearance of the key in the content of the data source file, a frequency of appearance of the key in multiple portions of the content of the data source file, a lack of appearance of the key in a domain portion of a uniform resource locator that identifies the data source file, a position of the key in the data source file, or a format associated with the key in the content of the data source file.

28. The networked computing system of claim 20 wherein in response to a request for one of the data source files the instructions cause the at least one processor to provide a forum logically related to the determined subject of the requested one of the data source files, by:

providing the forum which is controlled by an entity that is not controlled by an authority that controls a content of the requested data source file in a format to be displayed in forum window in addition to a main window of a browser that displays an image defined by the requested data source file.

29. The networked computing system of claim 20 wherein in response to a request for one of the data source files the instructions cause the at least one processor to provide at least one message contextually related to the determined subject of the requested one of the data source files, by:

computationally identifying a number of messages based on the determined subject of the data source file; and

providing at least one of the messages as part of the forum logically related to the determined subject of the data source file.

30. The networked computing system of claim 20 wherein in response to a request for one of the data source files the instructions cause the at least one processor to provide at least one advertisement, by:

computationally identifying a number of advertisements based on a determined subject of each of a plurality of data source files previously requested by a user; and

providing at least one of the advertisements as part of the forum logically related to the determined subject of the data source file.

31. The networked computing system of claim 20 wherein the at least one computer system includes at least one client computer system and at least one server computer system remote from the at least one client computer system, the at least one client computer system including at least one processor and at least one processor-readable storage medium that stores browser instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to display information, by:

requesting one of the data source files from the at least one server computer system;

displaying a presentation defined by the requested data source file; and

displaying a forum of comments logically associated with the requested data source filed based on the determined subject of the requested data source file.

32. At least one computer-readable medium that stores instructions that when executed by at least one computer system cause the at least one computer system to associate a number of logical network addresses of a plurality of data source files with a number of logical network addresses of a number of forums based on subject matter, where some of the data source files are identified by multiple logical network addresses and where a content of some of the data source files identified by a single logical network address differs based on an active content component of the source data file, by:

for each of a number of data source files, computationally identifying a number of keys from the content of the data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file based on a raw content of the data source file, a formatting of the content of the data source file and an organizational aspect of a presentation of the content of the data source file;

computationally identifying a number of keys from the content of the data source file to be ignored in determining the subject of the data source file based on a raw content of the data source file, a formatting of the content of the data source file and an organizational aspect of a presentation of the data source file;

computationally applying weights to at least some of the keys that are computationally identified to be considered and not computationally identified to be ignored; and

computationally determining the subject of the data source file based at least in part on a result of computationally applying the weights.

33. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 32 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from the content of the data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file on a raw content of the data source file, a formatting of the content of the data source file and an organizational aspect of a presentation of the content of the data source file includes computationally identifying a number of keys from the content of the data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file based at least in part on at least one of:

a frequency of appearance of the key in the content of the data source file, a component type associated with the key in the content of the data source file, an indication indicative of at least a presence of a combination of alpha characters and non-alpha characters in the key, a formatting characteristic assigned to the key in the content of the data source file, a tuple size associated with the key, or a lack of inclusion of the key in a dictionary.

34. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 32 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from the content of the data source file to be ignored in determining the subject of the data source file based on a raw content of the data source file, a formatting of the content of the data source file, and an organizational aspect of a presentation of the content of the data source file includes computationally identifying the number of keys from the content of the data source file to be ignored in determining the subject of the data source file based at least in part on at least one of an inclusion of the key in set of core language words, an inclusion of the key in a domain specification portion of a uniform resource locator, an association of the key in the content of the data source file with a first subset of component types and not with a second subset of component types, or a formatting characteristic assigned to the key in the content of the data source file.

35. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 32 wherein the instructions cause the at least one processor to associate a number of logical network addresses of a plurality of data source files with a number of logical network addresses of a number of forums based on subject, further by:

parsing the content of the data source file into a plurality of keys of multiple tuples before identifying the number of keys to either be considered or ignored in determining the subject of the data source file; and

computationally assigning each of the keys a respective tuple size equal to a number of words contained in a string of characters that form the key.

36. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 32 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from a content of a data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file includes computationally identifying a number of strings of characters in the content of a Webpage source file.

37. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 32 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from a content of a data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file based at least in part on a component type associated with the key in the content of the data source file includes computationally determining whether the key is associated with a title tag, a meta element tag, a keyword tag, a description tag, or an alternative tag of a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

38. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 32 wherein computationally identifying a number of keys from a content of a data source file to be considered in determining a subject of the data source file based at least in part on a formatting characteristic assigned to the key in the content of the data source file includes computationally determining whether the key is associated with a specific heading level, a specific font size, a bold formatting style, an underline formatting style, an italic formatting style, a specific color, or a specific visibility state of a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or Cascading Style Sheet.

39. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 32 wherein computationally applying weights to at least some of the keys that are computationally identified to be considered and not computationally identified to be ignored includes computationally applying weights based at least in part on at least one of:

a frequency of appearance of the key in the content of the data source file, a frequency of appearance of the key in multiple portions of the content of the data source file, a lack of appearance of the key in a domain portion of a uniform resource locator that identifies the data source file, or a format associated with the key in the content of the data source file.

40. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 32 wherein in response to a request for one of the data source files the instructions cause the at least one processor to provide a forum logically related to the determined subject of the requested one of the data source files, by:

providing the forum which is controlled by an entity that is not controlled by an authority that controls a content of the requested data source file in a format to be displayed in forum window in addition to a main window of a browser that displays an image defined by the requested data source file.

41. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 32 wherein in response to a request for one of the data source files the instructions cause the at least one processor to provide at least one message contextually related to the determined subject of the requested one of the data source files, by:

computationally identifying a number of messages based on the determined subject of the data source file; and

providing at least one of the messages as part of the forum logically related to the determined subject of the data source file.

42. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 32 wherein in response to a request for one of the data source files the instructions cause the at least one processor to provide at least one advertisement, by:

computationally identifying a number of advertisements based on a determined subject of each of a plurality of data source files previously requested by a user; and

providing at least one of the advertisements as part of the forum logically related to the determined subject of the data source file.