Automatic network search, data download, and storage write system
First Claim
1. A download and storage write system encoded on a computer readable medium, comprising:
- establishing a computer processor;
setting download criteria for inputting the download criteria into the processor;
searching a computer accessible network based on the download criteria;
specifying a number of levels of web sites;
automatically downloading and storing all data files, singly or in a batch mode, according to the download criteria, wherein when the data files consist of web sites, the first page of each of said web sites is optionally downloaded, and each hyperlink contained in the first page is also optionally downloaded until the specified level is reached to enable offline browsing; and
writing all data files to the storage, wherein said data files are reformatable, such that a data file of one type is optionally reformatted into a data file of another type containing the same data.
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Abstract
An automatic search, download, and write to storage system comprising setting up download criteria, searching a network for data according to the download criteria, downloading data matching the download criteria, and writing the downloaded data to a storage device or medium. Once the download criteria are established, the remaining processes from searching to writing occur automatically. The download criteria act as a preference or filter to identify appropriate data. Multiple preferences or download criteria can be batched processed. Furthermore, the system can be activated and searching, downloading, and writing completed by a single click.
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1. A download and storage write system encoded on a computer readable medium, comprising:
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establishing a computer processor; setting download criteria for inputting the download criteria into the processor; searching a computer accessible network based on the download criteria; specifying a number of levels of web sites;
automatically downloading and storing all data files, singly or in a batch mode, according to the download criteria, wherein when the data files consist of web sites, the first page of each of said web sites is optionally downloaded, and each hyperlink contained in the first page is also optionally downloaded until the specified level is reached to enable offline browsing; andwriting all data files to the storage, wherein said data files are reformatable, such that a data file of one type is optionally reformatted into a data file of another type containing the same data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A download and storage write system encoded on a computer readable medium comprising:
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establishing a computer processor; searching a computer accessible network based on download criteria; specifying a number of levels of web sites;
automatically downloading and storing all data files, singly or in a batch mode, according to the download criteria wherein when the data files consist of web sites, the first page of each of said web sites is optionally downloaded and each hyperlink contained in the first page is also optionally downloaded until the specified level is reached to enable offline browsing; andwriting all data files to the storage, wherein said data files are reformatable, such that a data file of one type is reformatted into a data file of another type containing the same data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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