Web internet screen customizing system

• US 6,209,007 B1
• Filed: 11/26/1997
• Issued: 03/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Knickerbocker, John U., Kelley, Edward E., Dauerer, Norman J., Cartier, Christopher E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Hosain T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shah, Sanjiv
• Application Number:
  US08/978,917
• Time in Patent Office: 1,217 Days
• Field of Search: 707/513, 707/530, 707/511, 707/514, 707/501, 707/10, 707/3, 707/5, 707/102, 707/104
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A process for creating a customized web page containing information from other web pages accessible by a client computer from an inter- or intra-net. First, there is provided the parameters for a search of desired information from web pages on a network. A search is initiated from a client computer and the desired information on the network is retrieved. The client computer then views the desired information retrieved from the search on the network, and at least one original web page on the network from which the desired information was retrieved in the search. The search may be optionally modified, and the above steps repeated. The customized web page is then created, for example, on a program storage device accessible by the client computer, and contains: 1) the desired information retrieved in the search and 2) other structure, not retrieved in the search, of at least one original web page. The process may further include updating the information retrieved in the search on the customized web page when a change in the retrieved information is made in the original web page.

Claims

1. A process for creating a customized web page containing information from other web pages accessible by a client computer from an inter- or intra-net comprising the steps of:

a) providing parameters for a search of desired information from web pages on a network;

b) initiating a search from a client computer for said desired information on said network;

c) retrieving said desired information from said search including primary information visible on a web page and imbedded source code from the web page selected from the group consisting of Java code and javascript code;

d) viewing on said client computer the desired information retrieved from said search on said network;

e) viewing on said client computer at least one original web page on said network from which the desired information was retrieved in said search;

f) creating a customized web page on a program storage device accessible by said client computer, said customized web page containing;

     1) the desired primary visible information retrieved in said search and

     2) the imbedded source code information retrieved in said search selected from the group consisting of Java code and javascript code, of at least one original web page; and

g) updating said information retrieved in said search on said customized web page when a change in the retrieved information is made in the original web page.

2. The process of claim 1 further including, between steps (e) and (f), the step of modifying said search and repeating steps (b) through (e).

3. The process of claim 1 wherein in step (f) the customized web page contains said desired information retrieved in said search and said other structure in source code selected from the group consisting of HTML, Java and javascript.

4. The process of claim 1 wherein in said steps (c) and (f) the imbedded source code comprises Java code.

5. The process of claim 1 wherein in said steps (c) and (f) the imbedded source code comprises javascript code.

6. A system for creating a customized web page containing information from other web pages accessible by a client computer from an inter- or intra-net comprising:

means for initiating a search from a client computer of desired information from web pages on a network and retrieving said desired information from said search, said desired information including primary information visible on a web page and imbedded source code from the web page selected from the group consisting of Java code and javascript code;

means for viewing on said client computer the desired information retrieved from said search on said network and at least one original web page on said network from which the desired information was retrieved in said search; and

means for creating a customized web page containing;

     1) the desired primary visible information retrieved in said search and

     2) the imbedded source code information retrieved in said search selected from the group consisting of Java code and javascript code, of at least one original web page.

7. The system of claim 6 further including means for updating said information retrieved in said search on said customized web page when a change in the retrieved information is made in the original web page.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein the imbedded source code comprises Java code.

9. The system of claim 6 wherein the imbedded source code comprises javascript code.

10. A process for creating a customized web page containing information from other web pages accessible by a client computer from an inter- or intra-net comprising:

a) providing parameters for a search of desired information from web pages on a network;

b) initiating a search from a client computer for said desired information on said network;

c) retrieving said desired information from said search from at least one original web page on said network accessed through a network server;

d) viewing on said client computer the desired information retrieved from said search on said network;

e) viewing on said client computer the at least one original web page on said network from which the desired information was retrieved in said search;

f) creating a customized web page containing;

     1) the desired information retrieved in said search and

     2) other structure, not retrieved in said search, of at least one original web page;

g) providing in a program storage device of said network server a database listing of said original web pages containing information retrieved in said search and, for each such original web page in said database listing, a corresponding listing of customized web pages containing said information retrieved in said search from said original web page;

h) determining at said network server if a change has been made to said information retrieved in said search in an original web page; and

i) updating said information retrieved in said search on said customized web page when a change in the retrieved information is made in the original web page.

11. The process of claim 10 including, prior to step (iii), the step of sending a notification from said client computer to said network server that said customized web page should be updated when a change in the retrieved information is made in the original web page.

12. The process of claim 10 wherein said step (f) comprises creating a customized web page including:

1) the desired information retrieved in said search comprising primary information visible on a web page and

     2) imbedded source code from the web page selected from the group consisting of Java code and javascript code.

13. A process for creating a customized web page containing information from other web pages accessible by a client computer from an inter- or intra-net comprising:

a) providing parameters for a search of desired information from web pages on a network;

b) initiating a search from a client computer for said desired information on said network;

c) retrieving said desired information from said search from at least one original web page on said network accessed through a network server;

d) viewing on said client computer the desired information retrieved from said search on said network;

e) viewing on said client computer the at least one original web page on said network from which the desired information was retrieved in said search;

f) creating a customized web page on a program storage device accessible by said client computer, said customized web page containing;

     1) the desired information retrieved in said search and

     2) other structure, not retrieved in said search, of at least one original web page, said other structure being selected from the group consisting of headings, footings, imbedded javascript code, text other than said desired information, and any links to other web pages therein;

g) updating said information retrieved in said search on said customized web page when a change in the retrieved information is made in the original web page;

h) providing in a program storage device of said network server a database listing of said original web pages containing information retrieved in said search and, for each such original web page in said database listing, a corresponding listing of customized web pages containing said information retrieved in said search from said original web page;

i) determining at said network server if a change has been made to said information retrieved in said search in an original web page; and

j) updating said information retrieved in said search on said customized web page when a change in the retrieved information is made in the original web page.

14. The process of claim 13 including, prior to step (iii), the step of sending a notification from said client computer to said network server that said customized web page should be updated when a change in the retrieved information is made in the original web page.

15. The process of claim 13 wherein said desired information is retrieved from a plurality of original web pages and wherein said step (f) comprises creating a customized web page including:

1) the desired information retrieved in said search from said plurality of original web pages comprising primary information visible on the web pages and

     2) imbedded source code from the web pages selected from the group consisting of Java code and javascript code.

16. A system for creating a customized web page containing information from other web pages accessible by a client computer from an inter- or intra-net comprising:

means for initiating a search from a client computer of desired information from web pages on a network and retrieving said desired information from said search from at least one original web page accessed through a network server;

means for viewing on said client computer the desired information retrieved from said search on said network and at least one original web page on said network from which the desired information was retrieved in said search;

means for creating a customized web page containing;

     1) the desired information retrieved in said search and

     2) other structure, not retrieved in said search, of at least one original web page;

a program storage device accessible by said network server having a database listing of said original web pages containing information retrieved in said search and, for each such original web page in said database listing, a corresponding listing of client computer customized web pages containing said information retrieved in said search from said original web page;

means for determining at said network server if a change has been made to said information retrieved in said search in an original web page; and

means for updating said information retrieved in said search on said customized web page when a change in the retrieved information is made in the original web page.

17. The system of claim 16 including means for sending a notification from said client computer to said network server that said client computer customized web page should be updated when a change in the retrieved information is made in the original web page.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein said other structure comprises the imbedded source code selected from the group consisting of Java code and javascript code.