INDEXING AND SEARCHING CONTENT BEHIND LINKS PRESENTED IN A COMMUNICATION

• US 20140207761A1
• Filed: 03/25/2014
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Brezina, Matthew, Smith, Adam
• Granted Patent: US 9,058,366 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/43 Billing software details
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/44 Augmented, consolidated or itemized billing statement or bill presentation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/58 : based on statistics of usage or network monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/745 : Customizing according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. friends or family
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0104 : Augmented, consolidated or itemised billing statement, e.g. additional billing information, bill presentation, layout, format, e-mail, fax, printout, itemised bill per service or per account, cumulative billing, consolidated billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0108 : Customization according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. customer preferences, friends and family, selecting services or billing options, Personal Communication Systems [PCS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0188 : Network monitoring; statistics on usage on called/calling number
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 : Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic

Abstract

Among other disclosures, a method may include identifying content in an electronic communication, the content including a link. The method may include characterizing content associated with the link and storing the characterization. Upon detecting a match of a characterization, presenting one or more of the communication or portion thereof, the link or content associated with the link.

Claims

1-24. -24. (canceled)

25. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions, which when executed, cause a computing system to:

receive a plurality of communications to a user;

create, via a computer, a plurality of profiles including a first profile, each profile containing information relating to a respective sender of one of the plurality of communications, and each profile including a plurality of web page links, each of the web page links extracted from one of the plurality of communications, wherein the first profile includes a first link that points to a first web page; and

display information obtained from the first web page.

26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the instructions further cause the computing system to display the first profile, the first profile including a display of a first plurality of web page links.

27. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the instructions further cause the computing system to:

receive a search request;

search the plurality of profiles using the search request; and

in response to the search request, display search results gathered from the first profile.

28. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein each of the plurality of communications is an e-mail.

29. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the plurality of communications comprises a first communication that includes the first link, and wherein the instructions further cause the computing system to display the first web page when the first link is activated.

30. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the information is obtained from the first web page in response to a search request, and the instructions further cause the computing system to display a first list of links in response to the search request, obtain content from a respective web page for each of the first list of links, and display the content for each respective web page along with each respective displayed link of the first list of links.

31. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, wherein the content displayed for each respective web page includes highlighting of each occurrence of a search term provided in the search request.

32. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the plurality of communications comprises a first communication that includes the first link, and the instructions further cause the computing system to display content associated with the first link, wherein the content is extracted from the first communication.

33. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein each of the plurality of web page links points to a respective web page, and the instructions further cause the computing system to characterize respective content associated with each of the plurality of web page links, the characterizing comprising extracting keywords associated with each respective web page.

34. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 33, wherein each of the extracted keywords is extracted from a title of the respective web page.

35. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 33, wherein each of the extracted keywords is extracted from content of the respective web page.

36. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 33, wherein the instructions further cause the computing system to use the extracted keywords when searching for content associated with historical communications.

37. A system, comprising:

memory storing software instructions; and

a computer configured via the software instructions to;

receive a plurality of communications to a user;

create a plurality of profiles including a first profile, each profile containing information relating to a respective sender of one of the plurality of communications, and each profile including a plurality of web page links, each of the web page links extracted from one of the plurality of communications, wherein the first profile includes a first link that points to a first web page; and

cause display of information obtained from the first web page.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein each of the plurality of web page links points to a respective web page, and the computer is further configured via the software instructions to characterize respective content associated with each of the plurality of web page links, the characterizing comprising extracting keywords associated with the respective web page.

39. The system of claim 38, wherein the computer is further configured via the software instructions to use the extracted keywords when searching for content associated with historical communications.

40. The system of claim 37, wherein the information obtained from the first web page is displayed on a display of a computer of the user.

41. A method, comprising:

receiving a plurality of communications to a user;

creating, via a computing device, a plurality of profiles including a first profile, each profile containing information relating to a respective sender of one of the plurality of communications, and each profile including a plurality of web page links, each of the web page links extracted from one of the plurality of communications, wherein the first profile includes a first link that points to a first web page; and

causing display of information obtained from the first web page.

42. The method of claim 41, further comprising:

searching the plurality of profiles in response to a search request; and

displaying search results, based on the search request, gathered from the first profile.

43. The method of claim 42, further comprising displaying the first profile, the first profile including a display of a first plurality of web page links.

44. The method of claim 41, wherein the information is displayed in response to a search request, the method further comprising displaying a first list of web page links in response to the search request, the first list of web page links obtained from the plurality of profiles.