RETRIEVING CONTENT FROM AN APPLICATION
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- configuring an application into a first application state, the configuring performed using a first state access instruction associated with the first application state and resulting in a first output interface provided by the application;
selecting a first UI element from the first output interface, the first UI element indicating first content;
determining that the first UI element is of a first UI element type;
selecting first UI content instructions corresponding the first UI element type, the first UI content instructions including a first set of actions to retrieve content indicated by UI elements of the first UI element type; and
executing the first set of actions to retrieve the first content indicated by the first UI element.
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Abstract
Some aspects of the disclosure provide a method comprising configuring an application into a first application state, the configuring performed using a first state access instruction associated with the first application state and resulting in a first output interface provided by the application, selecting a first UI element from the first output interface, the first UI element indicating first content, determining that the first UI element is of a first UI element type, selecting first UI content instructions corresponding the first UI element type, the first UI content instructions including a first set of actions to retrieve content indicated by UI elements of the first UI element type, and executing the first set of actions to retrieve the first content indicated by the first UI element.
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29 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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configuring an application into a first application state, the configuring performed using a first state access instruction associated with the first application state and resulting in a first output interface provided by the application; selecting a first UI element from the first output interface, the first UI element indicating first content; determining that the first UI element is of a first UI element type; selecting first UI content instructions corresponding the first UI element type, the first UI content instructions including a first set of actions to retrieve content indicated by UI elements of the first UI element type; and executing the first set of actions to retrieve the first content indicated by the first UI element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 28)
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15. A system comprising:
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an application state configuration module configured to configure an application into a first application state, the configuring performed using a first state access instruction associated with the first application state and resulting in a first output interface provided by the application; an element selection module configured to select a first UI element from the first output interface, the first UI element indicating first content, and determine that the first UI element is of a first UI element type; and a scraper module configured to select first UI content instructions corresponding the first UI element type, the first UI content instructions including a first set of actions to retrieve content indicated by UI elements of the first UI element type, and execute the first set of actions to retrieve the first content indicated by the first UI element. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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29. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising executable instructions, the instructions being executable by a data processing device to perform a method, the method comprising:
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configuring an application into a first application state, the configuring performed using a first state access instruction associated with the first application state and resulting in a first output interface provided by the application; selecting a first UI element from the first output interface, the first UI element indicating first content; determining that the first UI element is of a first UI element type; selecting first UI content instructions corresponding the first UI element type, the first UI content instructions including a first set of actions to retrieve content indicated by UI elements of the first UI element type; and executing the first set of actions to retrieve the first content indicated by the first UI element.
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