Persistent saving portal

• US 8,572,202 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2006
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Weber, Karon A., Trevor, Jonathan, Ho, Edward, Tripodi, Samantha
• Primary Examiner(s): SERRAO, RANODHI N
• Application Number:
  US11/508,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20080052369A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,625 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/219
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Method and computer program product for collecting information on the Internet are disclosed. The method includes parsing contents of a web page to form a plurality of collectable objects, selecting one or more objects from the plurality of collectable objects, storing the one or more objects to one or more saving portals, annotating the one or more objects in accordance with user-specified data, and annotating the one or more objects in accordance with implicit data of the one or more saving portals. The method further includes annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention, using user-specified data, and annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention, using implicit data of the one or more saving portals.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

parsing, by a computing device, contents of a web page on a network to form a plurality of collectable objects;

receiving, by the computing device, a selection of one or more objects from the plurality of collectable objects;

storing, by the computing device, the one or more objects to one or more saving portals;

annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention, using user-specified data;

annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention, using implicit data of the one or more saving portals;

retrieving, by the computing device, at least one entity based on data associated with the one or more objects; and

causing, by the computing device, a display of the one or more objects together with the at least one entity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more objects selected from the web page comprise one or more pieces of information selected from the group consisting of text, audio, video, graphics, image, and URL.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more objects comprise information about a person, including job title, professional association, contact information, and area of expertise.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the implicit data comprises social data associated with the one or more objects, including reviews, rating, and number of times the one or more objects are viewed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the implicit data comprises one or more items selected from the group consisting of:

date an object was created;

location the object was created;

date the object was collected;

title of the object;

original owner of the object;

intermediate owner of the object; and

URL to the web page of the original owner.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

organizing the one or more saving portals according to user-defined parameters to form sets of objects; and

linking the sets of objects to additional information on the network, wherein the additional information includes shopping, news, and map information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the one or more objects further comprises:

storing the one or more objects on the network; and

sharing the one or more objects across multiple user devices.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein sharing the one or more objects providing access to the one or more objects to multiple user devices, including stationary computing devices and mobile devices.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention using implicit data further comprises:

identifying sources of the one or more objects; and

providing copyright information of the sources of the one or more objects.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

retrieving additional information using the data associated with the one or more objects; and

constructing structured metadata of the one or more objects using the additional information retrieved.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending one or more objects from the one or more saving portals to a destination, wherein the destination includes at least an item selected from the group consisting of a group mailing list and a group website.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one entity is a member selected from the group consisting of an address, business, and company.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program which, when executed by a computer system, causes the computer system to perform a method of collecting information on a network, the method comprising:

parsing contents of a web page to form a plurality of collectable objects;

receiving a selection of one or more objects from the plurality of collectable objects;

storing the one or more objects to one or more saving portals;

annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention, using user-specified data;

annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention, using implicit data of the one or more saving portals;

retrieving at least one entity based on data associated with the one or more objects; and

causing a display of the one or more objects together with the at least one entity.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more objects selected from the web page comprise one or more pieces of information selected from the group consisting of text, audio, video, graphics, image, and URL.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more objects comprise information about a person, including job title, professional association, contact information, and area of expertise.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the implicit data comprises social data associated with the one or more objects, including reviews, rating, and number of times the one or more objects are viewed.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the implicit data comprises one or more items selected from the group consisting of:

date an object was created;

location the object was created;

date the object was collected;

title of the object;

original owner of the object;

intermediate owner of the object; and

URL to the web page of the original owner.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, the method further comprising:

organizing one or more saving portals according to user-defined parameters to form sets of objects; and

linking the sets of objects to additional information on the network, wherein the additional information includes shopping, news, and map information.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein storing the one or more objects further comprises:

storing the one or more objects on the network; and

sharing the one or more objects across multiple user devices.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein sharing the one or more objects comprises:

providing access to the one or more objects to multiple user devices, including stationary computing devices and mobile devices.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein annotating the one or more objects automatically, without manual intervention using implicit data further comprises:

identifying sources of the one or more objects; and

providing copyright information of the sources of the one or more objects.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

retrieving additional information using the data associated with the one or more objects; and

constructing structured metadata of the one or more objects using the additional information retrieved.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

sending one or more objects from the one or more saving portals to a destination, wherein the destination includes at least an item selected from the group consisting of a group mailing list and a group website.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the at least one entity is a member selected from the group consisting of an address, business, and company.