Identification of shared resources

• US 8,538,940 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2008
• Issued: 09/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, ServiceNow Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chalmers, Blair, Klein, Marvin R., Lane, Dale, Thomas, James, Whitbourne, Matthew, Whittick, Emlyn
• Primary Examiner(s): BOCCIO, VINCENT F
• Application Number:
  US12/140,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20090030923A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,918 Days
• Field of Search: 707/999.003, 707/999.004, 707/721, 707732-735, 707/705, 707/748, 707/751
• US Class Current: 707/705
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

A method for identifying relevant shared resources for a requested browser criterion, the method comprising the steps of: receiving browser monitoring data for a shared resource, the browser monitoring data including an identification of a browser criterion; recording the browser monitoring data to a monitoring data store; parsing the monitoring data in the monitoring data store to identify relevant monitoring data for the requested browser criterion; and identifying shared resources associated with the relevant monitoring data.

Claims

1. A method for recommending relevant websites for a requested browser criterion, comprising:

monitoring a plurality of browsers used by different users;

generating browser monitoring data for websites browsed by the plurality of browsers, the browser monitoring data including data relating to interaction between a user and a web browser, data relating to interaction between a user and a website, and data relating to a reuse of resources at a website, the reuse of resources at a website including a clipboard operation associated with content within the website;

recording the browser monitoring data to a data store, each item of the browser monitoring data including an identification of a browser criterion relating to a specific subject matter or topic of activity;

receiving a requested browser criterion from a requestor browser;

parsing the stored browser monitoring data to identify monitoring data including an identification of a browser criterion matching the requested browser criterion as relevant to the requested browser criterion;

identifying websites associated the identified relevant monitoring data; and

recommending the identified websites to the requestor browser.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising ranking the identified websites using a relevance policy.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising

compressing the generated browser monitoring data to reduce quantity of stored monitoring data by removal of monitoring data based on a compression policy.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein

the interaction between a user and a web browser includes at least one of:

a selecting of options in the web browser by the user,

a specifying of an address of a website by the user,

a storing of a bookmark to the address of the website by the user,

a retrieving of the bookmark to the address of the website by the user, and

a selecting of a hypertext link within the website by the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein

the interaction between a user and a website includes an indication of at least one of:

an elapsed period of time a user spends browsing the website,

data transmitted to a web server for the website, and

a selection of a hypertext link in the website by a user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein

the reuse of resources at a website further includes:

downloading the content from the website.

7. A computer hardware device for recommending relevant websites for a requested browser criterion, comprising:

a processor, wherein the processor is configured to

monitor a plurality of browsers used by different users;

generate browser monitoring data for websites browsed by the plurality of browsers, the browser monitoring data including data relating to interaction between a user and a web browser, data relating to interaction between a user and a website, and data relating to a reuse of resources at a website, the reuse of resources at a website including a clipboard operation associated with content within the website;

record the browser monitoring data to a data store, each item of the browser monitoring data including an identification of a browser criterion relating to a specific subject matter or topic of activity;

receive a requested browser criterion from a requestor browser;

parse the stored browser monitoring data to identify monitoring data including an identification of a browser criterion matching the requested browser criterion as relevant to the requested browser criterion;

identify websites associated the identified relevant monitoring data; and

recommend the identified websites to the requestor browser.

8. The computer hardware device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to

rank the identified websites using a relevance policy.

9. The computer hardware device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to

compress the generated browser monitoring data to reduce quantity of stored monitoring data by removal of monitoring data based on a compression policy.

10. The computer hardware device of claim 7, wherein

the interaction between a user and a web browser includes at least one of:

a selecting of options in the web browser by the user,

a specifying of an address of the website by the user,

a storing of a bookmark to the address of the website by the user,

a retrieving of the bookmark to the address of the website by the user, and

a selecting of a hypertext link within the website by the user.

11. The computer hardware device of claim 7, wherein

the interaction between a user and a website includes an indication of at least one of:

an elapsed period of time a user spends browsing the website,

data transmitted to a web server for the website, and

a selection of a hypertext link in the website by a user.

12. The computer hardware device of claim 7, wherein

the reuse of resources at a website further includes

downloading the content from the website.

13. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage memory having stored therein computer usable program code for evaluating browser monitoring data associated with a shared resource, the computer usable program code, which when executed by a computer hardware system causes the computer hardware system to perform

monitoring a plurality of browsers used by different users;

generating browser monitoring data for websites browsed by the plurality of browsers, the browser monitoring data including data relating to interaction between a user and a web browser, data relating to interaction between a user and a website, and data relating to a reuse of resources at a website, the reuse of resources at a website including a clipboard operation associated with content within the website;

recording the browser monitoring data to a data store, each item of the browser monitoring data including an identification of a browser criterion relating to a specific subject matter or topic of activity;

receiving a requested browser criterion from a requestor browser;

parsing the stored browser monitoring data to identify monitoring data including an identification of a browser criterion matching the requested browser criterion as relevant to the requested browser criterion;

identifying websites associated the identified relevant monitoring data; and

recommending the identified websites to the requestor browser.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising

ranking the identified websites using a relevance policy.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising

compressing the generated browser monitoring data to reduce quantity of stored monitoring data by removal of monitoring data based on a compression policy.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein

the interaction between a user and a web browser includes at least one of:

a selecting of options in the web browser by the user,

a specifying of an address of the website by the user,

a storing of a bookmark to the address of the website by the user,

a retrieving of the bookmark to the address of the website by the user, and

a selecting of a hypertext link within the website by the user.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein

the interaction between a user and a website includes an indication of at least one of:

an elapsed period of time a user spends browsing the website,

data transmitted to a web server for the website, and

a selection of a hypertext link in the website by a user.

18. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein

the reuse of resources at a website further includes

downloading the content from the website.