Incorporated web page content

• US 7,958,103 B1
• Filed: 03/30/2007
• Issued: 06/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Ringhausen, Peggy, Tang, Gary, Shmulevich, Igor
• Primary Examiner(s): Thai; Hanh B
• Application Number:
  US11/731,404
• Time in Patent Office: 1,530 Days
• Field of Search: 707 1- 7, 707/10, 707706-710, 704 7- 9
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/838 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

Including search result based content in a webpage is disclosed. One or more search criteria and an indication that a search result based content associated with the search criteria is to be included in a web page are received. A computer script or code configured to enable the search result based content to be retrieved in accordance with the search criteria is generated automatically for the web page.

Claims

1. A method of including search result based content in a web page, comprising:

receiving one or more search criteria and an indication that a search result based content associated with the search criteria is to be included in a web page; and

using a processor to generate automatically for the web page a computer script or code configured to enable the search result based content to be retrieved in accordance with the search criteria;

wherein the search result based content includes content from pages that;

1) satisfy the search criteria,

2) are associated with a natural language with which the web page is associated, and

3) match a life cycle state of the web page, wherein the life cycle state describes a stage in a content management system approval process;

wherein the natural language comprises a primary natural language associated with the web page;

wherein using the processor to generate automatically includes inserting in the search result based content a specific content from a specific page that satisfies;

1) the search criteria and

2) is associated with a secondary or default natural language associated with the web page,

in the event a corresponding page associated with the primary natural language is not found.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the indication comprises an indication that the web page is to be published.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the indication comprises an update indication that a time or the end of an update interval specified by the schedule associated with the web page has arrived.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein receiving a schedule for updating the search result based content is via a graphical user interface.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising displaying in a web page design interface during design of the web page a current version of the search result based content determined by using the search criteria to perform a search.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising saving the web page in an intermediate format.

7. A method as recited in claim 6, wherein the intermediate format comprises XML.

8. A method as recited in claim 6, further comprising using the web page in the intermediate format to publish the web page in an HTML format.

9. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the computer script or code is configured to search or be used to search a repository.

10. A method as recited in claim 9, wherein each of one or more content items stored in the repository has associated with it one or more attributes and the attributes of the respective content items are used to search the repository for content items that satisfy the search criteria.

11. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein in the web page as published the search result based content includes only content that has been published.

12. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein prior to publication of the web page the search result based content includes both published and unpublished content, if any, that satisfies the search criteria.

13. A method as recited in claim 12, further comprising regenerating the search result based content, if necessary, upon publication of the web page such that in the web page as published the search result based content includes only content that has been published.

14. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein one or more external content repositories are searched to generate the search result based content.

15. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the search result based content is updated every time the web page is read.

16. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the search result based content is updated periodically.

17. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising receiving a schedule for updating the search result based content.

18. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising using the computer script or code to perform a search and receiving the set of search results of the search.

19. A computer system, comprising:

a processor configured to

receive one or more search criteria and an indication that a search result based content associated with the search criteria is to be included in a web page; and

generate automatically for the web page a computer script or code configured to enable the search result based content to be retrieved in accordance with the search criteria;

wherein the search result based content includes content from pages that;

1) satisfy the search criteria,

2) are associated with a natural language with which the web page is associated, and

3) match a life cycle state of the web page, wherein the life cycle state describes a stage in a content management system approval process;

wherein the natural language comprises a primary natural language associated with the web page;

wherein to generate automatically includes inserting in the search result based content a specific content from a specific page that satisfies;

1) the search criteria and

2) is associated with a secondary or default natural language associated with the web page,

in the event a corresponding page associated with the primary natural language is not found; and

a storage configured to store one or more of the search criteria and the computer script or code.

20. A computer system as recited in claim 19, wherein the indication comprises an update indication that a time or the end of an update interval specified by the schedule associated with the web page has arrived.

21. A computer system as recited in claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to display in a web page design interface during design of the web page a current version of the search result based content determined by using the search criteria to perform a search.

22. A computer program product for keeping search contents on a webpage up-to-date, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving one or more search criteria and an indication that a search result based content associated with the search criteria is to be included in a web page; and

generating automatically for the web page a computer script or code configured to enable the search result based content to be retrieved in accordance with the search criteria;

wherein the search result based content includes content from pages that;

1) satisfy the search criteria,

2) are associated with a natural language with which the web page is associated, and

3) match a life cycle state of the web page, wherein the life cycle state describes a stage in a content management system approval process;

wherein the natural language comprises a primary natural language associated with the web page;

wherein generating automatically includes inserting in the search result based content a specific content from a specific page that satisfies;

1) the search criteria and

2) is associated with a secondary or default natural language associated with the web page,

in the event a corresponding page associated with the primary natural language is not found.

23. A computer program product as recited in claim 22, wherein the indication comprises an update indication that a time or the end of an update interval specified by the schedule associated with the web page has arrived.

24. A computer program product as recited in claim 22, further comprising computer instructions for displaying in a web page design interface during design of the web page a current version of the search result based content determined by using the search criteria to perform a search.