Methods and systems for grouping uniform resource locators based on masks
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for consolidating a plurality of uniform resource locators (URLs), each URL comprising at least one character, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of masks, each mask comprising a string of one or more characters;
accessing a list of URLs;
for each URL in the list of URLs;
identifying any portions of the URL that match the one or more characters in the plurality of masks, andremoving from the URL the identified portions to create a resultant URL; and
collapsing all identical resultant URLs into one URL.
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Abstract
A method and system for grouping metadata search results associated with media on a computer network, such as multimedia and streaming media include binning and iterative masking. The media metadata has an associated media file, which has an associated uniform resource locator (URL). Each URL has at least one field, and each field has at least one character. Binning includes selecting, sorting, and putting URLs having a common attribute into the same bin. Masking includes creating a mask of masking characters. Each field in each URL in each bin is compare with the mask. If a masking character matches a character in a field, the character in the field is removed from the field. This produces at least one resultant URL, i.e., URL that has been compared with a mask. Identical resultant URLs are collapsing into one URL. Thus, redundant and variant URLs are collapsed into a single URL, which may be provided to a search system (e.g., search engine) and/or to a user.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for consolidating a plurality of uniform resource locators (URLs), each URL comprising at least one character, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of masks, each mask comprising a string of one or more characters; accessing a list of URLs; for each URL in the list of URLs; identifying any portions of the URL that match the one or more characters in the plurality of masks, and removing from the URL the identified portions to create a resultant URL; and collapsing all identical resultant URLs into one URL. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computing system, comprising:
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a processor configured to execute instructions; and a memory system comprising one or more computer readable media, wherein the memory system stores computer instructions that, when executed by the process, cause the processor to perform a method comprising; receiving a plurality of masks, each mask comprising a string of one or more characters; accessing a list of URLs; for each URL in the list of URLs; identifying any portions of the URL that match the one or more characters in the plurality of masks, and removing from the URL the identified portions to create a resultant URL; and collapsing all identical resultant URLs into one URL. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A tangible computer-readable medium storing computer instructions, wherein the computer instructions, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of masks, each mask comprising a string of one or more characters; accessing a list of URLs; for each URL in the list of URLs; identifying any portions of the URL that match the one or more characters in the plurality of masks, and removing from the URL the identified portions to create a resultant URL; and collapsing all identical resultant URLs into one URL. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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