WEB INFORMATION SCRAPING PROTECTION

• US 20110185434A1
• Filed: 06/18/2009
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Starta EGET Boxen 10516 AB
• Original Assignee: Starta EGET Boxen 10516 AB
• Inventors: Andersson, Stefan, Wetterström, Rickard
• Application Number:
  US13/000,157
• Publication Number:
  US 20110185434A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction

Abstract

A method and a filter element for preventing scraping/clipping of the information content of a database used for providing a website with data information. When a data record set from the database has been received, the filter splits all elements/fields of the data record set in a predetermined way into cells and a sortid is provided. Each cell is encoded into a markup language, wherein location information in the cell is used for generating a location value. The encoded cells are sorted into a file to establish a file, e.g. web page, wherein the encoded data cells are distributed in an arbitrary order.

Claims

1. A method for preventing scraping of the information content of a database used for providing a website with data information, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

receiving a data record set from the database;

splitting all elements/fields of the data record set in a predetermined way into cells;

encoding each cell into Markup Language, wherein the location information in the cell is used for generating a visual location value;

sorting the encoded cells, data containers, into a file to establish a file wherein the encoded data cells is distributed in an arbitrary order, thereby preventing scraping of the information content of the database and the file, but result in a correct visualization of the file on displaying means.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the splitting step is implemented by means of a splitting algorithm.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the splitting step either involves a step of providing each cell with a record set of location information for defining the place of the data content in a file, document, web page, database, or is followed by a step of providing each cell with a record set of location information for defining the place of the data content in a file, document, web page, or database.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the splitting step either involves a step of giving each encoded cell a unique sorting identity, sortid, or is followed by a step wherein each encoded cell is given a unique sortid, which is used in the sorting step for creating an arbitrary order of the encoded cells in a file to be sent to a requesting client.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the unique sortid preferably is generated by means of a random number generator.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the sorting step involves the use of some kind of random generator for distributing the encoded cells into a file to establish a file wherein the encoded data cells is distributed in an arbitrary order.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the file is addressed and delivered for distribution to the client ordering the data record set from the web site.

14. A computer readable medium encoded with software code means for performing the steps according to claim 1 when run on a computer.

15. The computer readable medium according to claim 14, wherein the software code means is stored on a computer-readable carrier.

16. The method of claim 2, wherein the splitting step either involves a step of providing each cell with a record set of location information for defining the place of the data content in a file, document, web page, database, or is followed by a step of providing each cell with a record set of location information for defining the place of the data content in a file, document, web page, or database.

17. The method of claim 2, wherein the splitting step either involves a step of giving each encoded cell a unique sorting identity, sortid, or is followed by a step wherein each encoded cell is given a unique sortid, which is used in the sorting step for creating an arbitrary order of the encoded cells in a file to be sent to a requesting client.

18. The method of claim 3, wherein the splitting step either involves a step of giving each encoded cell a unique sorting identity, sortid, or is followed by a step wherein each encoded cell is given a unique sortid, which is used in the sorting step for creating an arbitrary order of the encoded cells in a file to be sent to a requesting client.

8. A filter means for preventing scraping of the information content of a database used for providing a website with data information, said means comprising means for receiving a data record set from the database, means for splitting all elements/fields of the data record set in a predetermined way into cells, means for encoding each cell into Markup Language, wherein the location information in the cell is used for generating a visual location value, and means for sorting the encoded cells, data containers, into a file to establish a file wherein the encoded data cells are distributed in an arbitrary order, thereby preventing scraping of the information content of the database and the file, but result in a correct visualization of the file on displaying means.

9. The filter means of claim 8, wherein the splitting means comprises a splitting algorithm.

10. The filter means of claim 8, wherein the filter means comprises means for providing each cell with record set location information for defining the place of the data content, wherein said location providing means is either situated within the splitting means or after said splitting means.

11. The filter means of claim 8, wherein the filter means comprises means for giving each cell a unique sortid, wherein said sortid means is either situated within the splitting means or after said splitting means.

12. The filter means of claim 11, wherein the unique sortid preferably is generated by means of a random number generator.

13. The filter means of claim 8, wherein the means for sorting comprises a random generator to distribute the encoded cells into a file to establish a file wherein the encoded data cells are distributed in an arbitrary order.

19. The filter means of claim 9, wherein the filter means comprises means for providing each cell with record set location information for defining the place of the data content, wherein said location providing means is either situated within the splitting means or after said splitting means.

20. The filter means of claim 10, wherein the filter means comprises means for giving each cell a unique sortid, wherein said sortid means is either situated within the splitting means or after said splitting means.