Systems and methods for selectively storing event data

• US 8,346,777 B1
• Filed: 03/31/2004
• Issued: 01/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Auerbach, David Benjamin, Khan, Omar Habib, Lawrence, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Mofiz, Apu
• Assistant Examiner(s): DAYE, CHELCIE L
• Application Number:
  US10/814,054
• Time in Patent Office: 3,198 Days
• Field of Search: 707/2, 707/4, 707/101, 707/102, 707/741, 709/203
• US Class Current: 707/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2228 Indexing structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for selectively storing event data. In one described method, an event associated with an article is captured. The captured event can comprise event data. The method further comprises evaluating the event for satisfaction of a criterion. If the event satisfies the criterion, it is indexed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

capturing an event associated with an article;

evaluating the event for satisfaction of a criterion;

indexing the event responsive to the event satisfying the criterion;

creating a related event object associating a set of one or more related events comprising the indexed event;

storing the related event object at a first location within a data store;

storing at least a portion of the indexed event at a second location within the data store; and

providing a pointer between the related event object and the at least a portion of the indexed event stored in the data store.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the related event object further comprises article meta data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether the event is an indexable event or a non-indexable event, and wherein indexing the event comprises indexing the event responsive to the event being determined an indexable event and satisfying the criterion.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein evaluating the event for satisfaction of the criterion comprises implicitly evaluating the event for satisfaction of the criterion.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein evaluating the event for satisfaction of the criterion comprises explicitly evaluating the event for satisfaction of the criterion.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising implicitly generating the criterion.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising requesting the criterion.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a preference instruction; and

adjusting the criterion based, at least in part, on the preference instruction.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the preference instruction comprises an instruction to exclude.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the preference instruction comprises an instruction to include.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a response signal.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the response signal comprises a determination of whether the event satisfies the criterion.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the response signal comprises a determination of which of a plurality of criteria takes precedence.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising adjusting the criterion based, at least in part, on the response signal.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting the criterion based, at least in part, on at least one of a total amount of event data stored in a data store, an event capture frequency, and an amount of remaining capacity of the data store.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the criterion prohibits indexing an unsatisfactory event.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the criterion enables indexing a satisfactory event.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the criterion comprises an event capture criterion.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the event capture criterion comprises whether the event was captured during a specified time period.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the event capture criterion comprises whether the event was captured at a specified client device location.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the event capture criterion comprises whether the event was captured using a specified network connection.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the event capture criterion comprises whether the event was captured under a specified user profile.

23. The method of claim 18, wherein the event capture criterion comprises whether the event was captured while accessing the article with a specified client device application.

24. The method of claim 18, wherein the event capture criterion comprises whether the event was captured in association with a search.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein the criterion comprises an article criterion.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the article criterion comprises whether the article comprises a specified article genre.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the article criterion comprises whether the article comprises a specified article subject.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the article criterion comprises whether the article comprises a specified article author.

29. The method of claim 25, wherein the article criterion comprises whether the article comprises a specified article publisher.

30. The method of claim 25, wherein the article criterion comprises whether the article comprises a specified article content.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the specified article content comprises a term.

32. The method of claim 30, wherein the specified article content comprises a phrase.

33. The method of claim 30, wherein the specified article content comprises an image.

34. The method of claim 30, wherein the specified article content comprises a sound.

35. The method of claim 30, wherein the specified article content comprises a search result.

36. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing executable program code, comprising:

program code for capturing an event associated with an article;

program code for evaluating the event for satisfaction of a criterion;

program code for indexing the event responsive to the event satisfying the criterion;

program code for creating a related event object associating a set of one or more related events comprising the indexed event;

program code for storing the related event object at a first location within a data store;

program code for storing at least a portion of the indexed event at a second location within the data store; and

program code for providing a pointer between the related event object and the at least a portion of the indexed event stored in the data store.

37. The computer-readable medium of claim 36, further comprising program code for determining whether the event is an indexable event or a non-indexable event, and wherein the program code for indexing the event comprises program code for indexing the event responsive to the event being determined an indexable event and satisfying the criterion.

38. The computer-readable medium of claim 36, further comprising program code for implicitly generating the criterion.

39. The computer-readable medium of claim 36, further comprising program code for requesting the criterion.

40. The computer-readable medium of claim 36, further comprising:

program code for receiving a preference instruction; and

program code for adjusting the criterion based, at least in part, on the preference instruction.

41. The computer-readable medium of claim 36, further comprising program code for receiving a response signal.

42. The computer-readable medium of claim 41, wherein the response signal comprises a determination of whether the event satisfies the criterion.

43. The computer-readable medium of claim 41, wherein the response signal comprises a determination of which of a plurality of criteria takes precedence.

44. The computer-readable medium of claim 41, further comprising program code for adjusting the criterion based, at least in part, on the response signal.

45. The computer-readable medium of claim 36, further comprising program code for adjusting the criterion based, at least in part, on at least one of a total amount of event data stored in a data store, an event capture frequency, and an amount of remaining capacity of the data store.

46. A computer-implemented method for selectively storing event data, comprising:

determining whether an event associated with an article and occurring on a client device is an indexable event;

responsive to a determination that the event is an indexable event, determining whether the event satisfies a criterion;

indexing the indexable event responsive to a determination that the event is an indexable event and a determination that the event satisfies the criterion;

creating a related event object associating a set of one or more related events comprising the indexed event;

storing the related event object at a first location within a data store associated with the client device;

storing at least a portion of the indexed event at a second location within the data store; and

providing a pointer between the related event object and the at least a portion of the indexed event stored within the data store.