Method and system for intelligent processing of electronic information

• US 8,078,977 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2006
• Issued: 12/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blake Bookstaff
• Original Assignee: Blake Bookstaff
• Inventors: Bookstaff, Blake
• Primary Examiner(s): Do, Chat C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nunez, Jordany
• Application Number:
  US11/636,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20070106654A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,831 Days
• Field of Search: 707/E17.107, 707/E17.108, 707/E17.109, 707/E17.11, 709/224, 715/748, 715/854, 715/716
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method and system for intelligent electronic information processing. The method and system include selecting one or more portions of a set of electronic information including any unwanted portions that have been reviewed and are to be eliminated from display. The selected portions are recording thereby eliminating any unwanted previously reviewed portions of the set of electronic information from display with any additional sets of electronic information. The method and system may be used to review search engine results, electronic auction results, syndicated news items and to purchase tickets for transportation and events and for reserving lodging.

Claims

1. A method for intelligently processing electronic information, comprising:

requesting a first set of electronic information on an application on a target network device with one or more processors from a source network device with one or more processors via a communications network;

selecting with the application one or more portions of the first set of electronic information received from the source network device including any unwanted portions that have been reviewed and are to be eliminated from display on the target network device;

recording with the application the selected one or more portions of the first set electronic information in a data structure in a non-transitory computer readable medium on the target network device, thereby eliminating any unwanted previously reviewed portions of the first set of electronic information from further display with any additional sets of electronic information received on the target network device;

allowing the recorded one or more portions of the first set of electronic information on the target network device to be used from the non-transitory computer readable medium on the target network device from a plurality of other target network devices from a same user of the target network device and connected to the communications network and using the non-transitory computer readable medium from a plurality of different login accounts from the same user of on a plurality other source network devices different from the source network device, thereby removing any unwanted previously reviewed portions of the first set of electronic information from display across the plurality of other target network devices and across the plurality of different logins;

requesting a second set of electronic information from the application on the target network device from the source network device, wherein the request for the second set of electronic information does not include any unwanted previously reviewed portions selected and recorded from the first set of electronic information;

comparing the second set of electronic information received on the application on the target network device with the selected one or more portions recorded in the data structure in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the target network device; and

displaying with the application on the target network device only those portions of the second set of electronic information received on the target network device that are not recorded in the data structure in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the target network device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first set of electronic information includes electronic search engine results, electronic auction results, syndicated electronic news items, non-syndicated electronic news items, tickets for events and transportation or reservations for lodging.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the selecting step includes displaying a plurality of graphical radio buttons, a plurality of graphical check boxes or accepting one or more selection inputs for one or more portions of the first set of electronic information.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the selecting step includes displaying plurality of graphical radio buttons, a plurality of graphical check boxes or accepting one or more selection inputs for one or more portions of the first set of electronic information from the application on the target network device or on a plug-in for a browser on the target device.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the selecting step includes displaying plurality of graphical radio buttons, a plurality of graphical check boxes or accepting one or more selection inputs for one or more portions of the first set of electronic information from an application on the source network device.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the recording step includes recording the selected one or more portions of the first set of electronic information on the source network device.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving on the source network device a request for a first set of electronic information from the target network device via the communications network;

sending the first set of electronic information to the target device via the communications network;

receiving a selection input for one or more portions of the first set of electronic information including any unwanted portions that have been reviewed and are to be eliminated from display;

recording the selected one or more portions of the first set of electronic information from the selection input, thereby eliminating any unwanted previously reviewed portions of the first set of electronic information from any additional sets of electronic information received on the target network device;

receiving a request for a second set of electronic information from the target network device; and

returning the second set of electronic information to the target device, wherein the second set of electronic information does not include any portions selected and recorded from the first set of electronic information.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising a computer readable medium having stored therein instructions allowing one or more processors to execute the steps of the method.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the first set of electronic information includes electronic search engine results, electronic auction results, syndicated electronic news items, non-syndicated electronic news items, tickets for transportation or events or reservations for lodging.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein the step of sending the first set of electronic information to the target device via the communications network includes displaying a plurality of graphical radio buttons, a plurality of graphical check boxes or accepting one or more selection inputs for one or more portions of the first set of electronic information from an application on the source network device.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein the step of receiving a selection input includes receiving a selection input created by displaying a plurality of graphical radio buttons, a plurality of graphical check boxes or accepting one or more selection inputs for one or more portions of the first set of electronic information from the application or a browser plug-in on the target network device.

12. The method of claim 7 wherein the recording step includes recording the selected one or more portions of the first set of electronic information on the source network device.

13. The method of claim 7 wherein the recording step includes sending a message to the target network device requesting recording of the selected one or more portions of the first set of electronic information on the target network device.

14. A system for intelligently processing electronic information, comprising in combination:

means for displaying plurality of graphical radio buttons, a plurality of graphical check boxes or accepting one or more selection inputs for one or more portions of electronic information received and for selecting one or more portions of the received electronic information including any unwanted portions that have been reviewed and are eliminated from display on an application in a non-transitory computer readable medium on a target network device with one or more processors;

means selecting with the application on the target network device one or more portions of the electronic information received on the target network device from a source network device with one or more processors including any unwanted portions that have been reviewed and are to be eliminated from display on the target network device; and

means for recording with the application on the target network device the selected one or more portions of the electronic information in a data structure in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the target network device, thereby eliminating any unwanted previously reviewed portions of the electronic information from display with any additional sets of electronic information received on the target network device;

allowing the recorded one or more portions of the first set of electronic information on the target network device to be used from the non-transitory computer readable medium on the target network device from a plurality of other target network devices from a same user of the target network device and connected to the communications network and using the non-transitory computer readable medium from a plurality of different login accounts from the same user of on a plurality other source network devices different from the source network device, thereby removing any unwanted previously reviewed portions of the first set of electronic information from display across the plurality of other target network devices and across the plurality of different logins;

means for requesting a second set of electronic information from the application on the target network device from the source network device, wherein the request for the second set of electronic information does not include any unwanted previously reviewed portions selected and recorded from the first set of electronic information; and

means for comparing a second set of electronic information received on the application on the target network device with the selected one or more portions recorded in the data structure and for displaying only those portions of the second set of electronic information received on the target network device that are not recorded in the data structure on the target network device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the means for displaying, the means for selecting and the means for recording are included in a plug-in for a browser.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein a plurality of instructions for causing one or more processors on one or more network devices to execute the steps of:

requesting a first set of electronic information on an application on a target network device with one or more processors from a source network device with one or more processors via a communications network;

selecting with the application one or more portions of the first set of electronic information received from the source network device including any unwanted portions that have been reviewed and are to be eliminated from display on the target network device;

recording with the application the selected one or more portions of the first set electronic information in a data structure in a non-transitory computer readable medium on the target network device, thereby eliminating any unwanted previously reviewed portions of the first set of electronic information from further display with any additional sets of electronic information received on the target network device;

allowing the recorded one or more portions of the first set of electronic information on the target network device to be used from the non-transitory computer readable medium on the target network device from a plurality of other target network devices from a same user of the target network device and connected to the communications network and using the non-transitory computer readable medium from a plurality of different login accounts from the same user of on a plurality other source network devices different from the source network device, thereby removing any unwanted previously reviewed portions of the first set of electronic information from display across the plurality of other target network devices and across the plurality of different logins;

requesting a second set of electronic information from the application on the target network device from the source network device, wherein the request for the second set of electronic information does not include any unwanted previously reviewed portions selected and recorded from the first set of electronic information;

comparing the second set of electronic information received on the application on the target network device with the selected one or more portions recorded in the data structure in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the target network device; and

displaying with the application on the target network device only those portions of the second set of electronic information received on the target network device that are not recorded in the data structure in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the target network device.