Method and system for representing a web element for storing and rendering into other formats
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- means for receiving source-language information specifying web elements from a host web server;
means for selecting a web element from the source-language information, said selected web element capable of being parsed in a tree;
means for generating a signature identifying the selected web element, said means for generating including;
means for locating a container of said selected web element; and
means for following a unique local route of said selected web element within said tree;
means for generating a runtime engine prompt about the selected web element; and
means for storing the signature and the runtime engine prompt in a persistent store.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for converting two-dimensional data, particularly information in HTML format, into a canonical representation for rendering in aural or other visual forms wherein each element of interest is selected based on it being part of a mathematically regular expression, namely any expression that can be parsed in a tree. To perform the selection, the container of the element is located, and then the local route of the element within the parsed tree is followed, such that a signature of the element built upon this identification can be constructed and stored for later use in retrieving and rendering the value of the element of interest. The element of interest can thereafter be rendered through an appropriate language translator of interest to the querier. As a further refinement of the invention, the method searches for repeated elements and then stores only one of the selected repeated elements, such as the first repeated element.
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18 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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means for receiving source-language information specifying web elements from a host web server;
means for selecting a web element from the source-language information, said selected web element capable of being parsed in a tree;
means for generating a signature identifying the selected web element, said means for generating including;
means for locating a container of said selected web element; and
means for following a unique local route of said selected web element within said tree;
means for generating a runtime engine prompt about the selected web element; and
means for storing the signature and the runtime engine prompt in a persistent store. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving source-language information specifying web elements from a host web server;
selecting a web element from the source-language information, said selected web element capable of being parsed in a tree;
generating a signature identifying the selected web element, said means for generating including;
means for locating a container of said selected web element; and
means for following a unique local route of said selected web element within said tree;
generating a runtime engine prompt about the selected web element; and
storing the signature and the runtime engine prompt in a persistent store. - View Dependent Claims (17)
a type identifier indicating a web element type, an ID identifier corresponding to a source-language information web element ID, a name identifier corresponding to a name attribute on a web page, a position identifier indicating a position of the web element with respect to a web page, a URL identifier indicating an action URL, a dimension identifier indicating a structure of sub-elements of the web element, and a structure identifier indicating an attribute of the web element.
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18. A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing a computer to perform the steps of:
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receiving source-language information specifying web elements from a host web server;
selecting a web element from the source-language information, said selected web element capable of being parsed in a tree;
generating a signature identifying the selected web element, said means for generating including;
means for locating a container of said selected web element; and
means for following a unique local route of said selected web element within said tree;
generating a runtime engine prompt about the selected web element; and
storing the signature and the runtime engine prompt in a persistent store.
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