Searching content on web pages
First Claim
1. A system for storing searchable content, the system comprising:
- a first electronic region that includes text displayed by different web pages from different web sites and that is populated by determining a number of times a web site is accessed by members of a web host and conditioning automatic scanning and storage of the text of the web site based upon whether the web site has been accessed a threshold number of times by the members of the web host; and
a second electronic region that includes text displayed by different web pages from different web sites and that is populated by automatically scanning and storing the text of a web site provided by a listing service that was not accessed the threshold number of times by members of the web host.
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Abstract
Performing a search to identify web sites that relate to a search term based on text within the web sites includes receiving at least one search term that then is compared with electronic information within at least one electronic information store to determine whether matches exist. The electronic information within the at least one information store may include text and/or full text displayed by different web pages from different web sites. Results based on the matches that are determined to exist are displayed. The results include at least one website identifier. The search may be performed by a web host having members and may further include automatically scanning and storing the text of a website when the website is accessed by a member of the web host. The stored text may be compared against received search terms.
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40 Claims
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1. A system for storing searchable content, the system comprising:
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a first electronic region that includes text displayed by different web pages from different web sites and that is populated by determining a number of times a web site is accessed by members of a web host and conditioning automatic scanning and storage of the text of the web site based upon whether the web site has been accessed a threshold number of times by the members of the web host; and
a second electronic region that includes text displayed by different web pages from different web sites and that is populated by automatically scanning and storing the text of a web site provided by a listing service that was not accessed the threshold number of times by members of the web host. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for performing a search to identify web sites that relate to a search term based on text within the web sites, the method comprising:
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receiving at least one search term;
comparing the search term with electronic information within at least one electronic information store to determine whether matches exist, where the electronic information within the at least one electronic information store includes text of only pages displayed as introductory web pages by different web sites such that comparing the search term comprises comparing the search term with the text of only pages displayed as introductory web pages by different web sites; and
displaying results based on the matches that are determined to exist, the results including at least one web site identifier. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A method for performing a search to identify web sites that relate to a search term based on content within the web sites, the method being performed by a web host having members and comprising:
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determining whether a web page of a web site is accessed by a member of a web host;
conditioning automatic collection of content appearing on the web page based upon whether the web page has been accessed by a member of a web host;
storing the content that was automatically collected for comparison against search terms received;
receiving at least one search term;
comparing the search term with the content stored from within at least two different web pages from different web sites to determine whether matches exist; and
displaying results based on the matches that are determined to exist, the results including at least one web site identifier. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for performing a search to identify web sites that relate to a search term based on text within the web sites, the method comprising:
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receiving at least one search term;
comparing the search term with electronic information within at least one electronic information store to determine whether matches exist, where the electronic information within the at least one electronic information store includes text displayed by different web pages from different web sites and titles, descriptions, and addresses of the different web sites such that comparing the search term comprises comparing the search term with at least one of the text, the titles, the descriptions, and the addresses of the web sites;
displaying results based on the matches that are determined to exist, the results including identifiers for several web sites; and
ranking identifiers for the several web sites based on whether the matches occur with at least one of the text, the titles, the descriptions, and the addresses of the web sites. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A computer program, stored on a computer readable medium for performing a search to identify web sites that relate to a search term based on text within the web sites, comprising instructions for:
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receiving at least one search term;
comparing the search term with electronic information within at least one electronic information store to determine whether matches exist, wherein the electronic information within the at least one electronic information store includes text of only pages displayed as introductory web pages by different web sites such that the instructions for comparing the search term comprise instructions for comparing the search term with the text of pages displayed as introductory web pages by different web sites; and
displaying results based on the matches that are determined to exist, the results including at least one web site identifier. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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