Hyperlink park and search

• US 7,383,248 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2002
• Issued: 06/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Byteweavr, LLC (Ascend Innovation Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Jay Chieh Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Jay Chieh
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong; Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thai; Hanh B
• Application Number:
  US10/248,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20050102274A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,000 Days
• Field of Search: 707 1- 10
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for hyperlink parking and searching. A user pre-defined search criteria is formed by adding, deleting, or modifying a search criteria that includes at least one search term. A universal resource Locator (URL) is obtained by parking a cursor on a hyperlink displayed on the current viewing computer screen, and, in response to parking the cursor on the hyperlink, an Internet connection with the URL is established. If the parked-on hyperlink is linkable and displayable, then a second indication is displayed on the current viewing computer screen, a web page associated with the URL is imported and searched with the user pre-defined search criteria to determine a number of matches for each search term, and each search term and a number of matches for each search term is displayed on the current viewing computer screen. Otherwise, a first indication is displayed on the current viewing computer screen.

Claims

1. A method for hyperlink parking and background searching, comprising:

adding, deleting, or modifying a search criteria, including at least one search term, to form a user pre-defined search criteria;

obtaining a universal resource locator (URL) by parking a cursor on a hyperlink displayed on the current viewing computer screen;

in response to parking the cursor on the hyperlink, establishing an Internet connection with the URL; and

if the parked-on hyperlink is linkable and displayable;

displaying a second indication on the current viewing computer screen,

importing a web page associated with the URL,

searching the imported web page with the user pre-defined search criteria to determine a number of matches for each search term, and

displaying each search term and a number of matches for each search term on the current viewing computer screen

otherwise;

displaying a first indication on the current viewing computer screen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first indication, the second indication, the search terms and the number of matches are displayed in a web browser.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the contexts that contains the search terms on the current viewing computer screen.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rating the imported web page content with a search-rate criteria; and

displaying a Web Page Text Rating Index (WPTRI) on the current viewing computer screen as a result from the search-rate criteria.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said rating includes:

determining a selected subject by selecting at least a rating subject and/or sub-subject from a predefined list;

determining a search subject by searching the imported web page with all the rating subjects in the predefined list if there is no selection of a selected subject, and searching the web page with the sub-subjects of the rating subject with the most matches or if there is an equal number of rating subjects with the most matches, then searching the web page with the sub-subjects of the rating subject that matches first on the web page; and

using the selected subjects sub-subjects if there is a selected subject, if not, using the searched subject'"'"'s sub-subjects to calculate the WPTRI by dividing the number of matches by the total number of strings in the sub-subjects and multiplying that number by 100.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing at least a portion of each displayed data into a memory located in the current viewing computer, and

editing, displaying and printing the stored data from the memory.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

using the obtained URL as a search string to search the stored data in the memory located in the current viewing computer, and

displaying the match on the current viewing computer screen.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the user pre-defined search criteria may be added, deleted, or modified between a first park and a second park.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein between the first park and the second park, at least one keyboard input or at least one mouse button click is received.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein, between the first park and the second park, the URL hosting the hyperlink is changed.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising downloading a media data file to play on the current viewing computer by a media player when a search of the imported web page with the user pre-defined search criteria has identified a match of the media data file'"'"'s information.

12. A system adapted to implement a method for hyperlink parking with background searching, the method comprising:

adding, deleting, or modifying a search criteria, including at least one search term, to form a user pre-defined search criteria;

obtaining a universal resource locator (URL) by parking a cursor on a hyperlink displayed on the current viewing computer screen;

in response to parking the cursor on the hyperlink, establishing an Internet connection with the URL; and

if the parked-on hyperlink is linkable and displayable;

displaying a second indication on the current viewing computer screen,

importing a web page associated with the URL,

searching the imported web page with the user pre-defined search criteria to determine the number of matches for each search term, and

displaying each search term and a number of matches for each search term on the current viewing computer screen otherwise;

displaying a first indication on the current viewing computer screen.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first indication, the second indication, the search terms and the number of matches are displayed in a web browser.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises displaying the contexts that contain the search terms on the current viewing computer screen.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

rating the imported web page content with a search-rate criteria; and

displaying a Web Page Text Rating Index (WPTRI) on the current viewing computer screen as a result from the search-rate criteria.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the user pre-defined search criteria may be added, deleted, or modified between a first park and a second park.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein, between the first park and the second park, at least one keyboard input, or at least one mouse button click, is received.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein, between the first park and the second park, the URL hosting the hyperlink is changed.

19. A machine readable medium storing instructions adapted to be executed by at least one processor to implement a method for hyperlink parking with background searching, the method comprising:

adding, deleting, or modifying a search criteria, including at least one search term, to form a user pre-defined search criteria;

obtaining a universal resource locator (URL) by parking a cursor on a hyperlink displayed on the current viewing computer screen;

in response to parking the cursor on the hyperlink, establishing an Internet connection with the URL; and

if the parked-on hyperlink is linkable and displayable;

displaying a second indication on the current viewing computer screen,

importing a web page associated with the URL,

searching the imported web page with the user pre-defined search criteria to determine a number of matches for each search term, and

displaying each search term and a number of matches for each search term on the current viewing computer screen otherwise;

displaying a first indication on the current viewing computer screen.

20. The machine readable medium of claim 19, wherein the first indication, the second indication, the search terms and the number of matches are displayed in a web browser.

21. The machine readable medium of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises displaying the contexts that contain the search terms on the current viewing computer screen.

22. The machine readable medium of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:

rating the imported web page content with a search-rate criteria; and

displaying a Web Page Text Rating Index (WPTRI) on the current viewing computer screen as a result from the search-rate criteria.

23. The machine readable medium of claim 19, wherein the user pre-defined search criteria may be added, deleted, or modified between a first park and a second park.

24. The machine readable medium of claim 23, wherein, between the first park and the second park, at least one keyboard input, or at least one mouse button click, is received.

25. The machine readable medium of claim 23, wherein, between the first park and the second park, the URL hosting the hyperlink is changed.