Web based communication of information with reconfigurable format

• US 8,606,584 B1
• Filed: 08/14/2007
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Harris Technology LLC
• Original Assignee: Harris Technology LLC
• Inventors: Harris, Scott C.
• Primary Examiner(s): JOHNSON, GREGORY L
• Application Number:
  US11/838,821
• Time in Patent Office: 2,310 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/102 applying security measure for e-commerce data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0442 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply asymmetric encryption, i.e. different keys for encryption and decryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for public-key encryption H04L9/30

Abstract

Internet/SCHA system of using an interactive device such as an e-mail pager to obtain information from a publicly available source, such as the Internet. The e-mail pager may send information in its native format to a service that acts as an intermediary. That service takes the information and uses it to assemble a request to the actual information source, such as a Web page being accessed. If a web page is being accessed, the request is in HTML, and may include personal logon information. The response from the web page is also in HTML, and this information is received by the service, and salient information is taken from the HTML file. The information is reformatted, e.g. according to a template, into the e-mail pager'"'"'s native format, and sent to the pager. Another embodiment describes opening multiple pages, and assembling their content into a single web page.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in a computer, receiving information indicative of a communication;

using the computer to recognize at least one keyword within the communication as being one of a group of keywords representing only specific allowed operations that can be carried out by the computer, where each keyword on said group of keywords represents multiple different operations that can be carried out by the computer that include actions including said keyword,

determining at least one secondary word associated with said at least one keyword, and where said at least one secondary word is specific to said at least one keyword, and is not associated with other keywords other than said at least one keyword;

in the computer, using said secondary word to select one of said multiple different operations associated with said keyword;

where at least one of said multiple operations is represented by a plurality of different secondary words, any of which secondary words will cause the same operation to be carried out by the computer;

finding a best match to the secondary word within the communication; and

based on said finding, returning a response that is indicative of a most probable action representing what a sender of the communication wanted to do on the computer, as represented by said information indicative of said communication, based on said finding the best match.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein said communication is a plain word communication in plain words, and said determine and compare finds words within the plain words.

3. A method as in claim 2, wherein said specific allowed operations comprise all of specified websites, accesses to specified banks, and checking specified stock information.

4. A method as in claim 1, further comprising storing stored previous action information indicative of what a specific user did, and wherein said most probable action is based on said stored previous actions.

5. A method as in claim 1, wherein said communication is an e-mail.

6. A method as in claim 5, further comprising, after said finding the best match, sending a follow-up e-mail, said follow up email requesting a confirmation that a user wants to take a specified action.

7. A method as in claim 6, wherein said sending a follow-up e-mail comprises sending a list of different alternative probable actions based on said recognizing, and wherein each item on the list includes an identifier that can be selected by the user.

8. A method as in claim 5, wherein said most probable action is based on actions that are for many different email senders and are not specific to any of said senders.

9. A method as in claim 7, wherein said identifier comprises an identifier to be sent in the body of an e-mail communication to request further information about one of the probable actions that is associated with the identifier.

10. A method as in claim 1, wherein said action commands an external server to take an action more than once, at specified intervals.

11. A method as in claim 10, wherein said action requires the external server to check a website at said specified intervals.

12. A method as in claim 11, wherein website results are returned to a specified destination when they vary by more than a specified non-zero percentage from a previous request, and are not returned when they do not vary by more said specified non-zero percentage from said previous request.

17. A method as in claim 1, wherein said keyword is a name of a website, and said at least one secondary word comprises actions that can be taken on said website represented by said name, and cannot be taken on other websites.

13. A method, comprising:

using a computer to analyze information indicative of an incoming communication, where said incoming communication is a plain word communication that allows at least one operation to be commanded by a number of different words in the communication;

first recognizing at least one keyword in the communication, said at least one keyword including a name of a website;

based on said first recognizing said name of said website, determining at least one secondary word associated with said at least one keyword, where said at least one secondary word represents actions that can be taken on said website with said name, and do not represent actions that can be taken on other websites other than said website;

storing plural different operation information, each said operation information representing allowable operations that can be carried out automatically by the computer based on content of the incoming communication, and said allowable operations being arranged by website name, such that only some, but not all, operations can be carried out for each of a plurality of websites;

based on said analyzing, comparing the information indicative of the incoming communication with the operation information, and finding a match between said incoming communication information and said operation information, wherein said match is less than a 100% match between said incoming communication and operation information;

based on said finding a match, returning information indicative of a postulated meaning of the incoming communication, and at least one result that is based on said postulated meaning of the incoming communication.

14. A method as in claim 13, wherein said incoming communication is an e-mail, and said returning information comprises sending an e-mail to a user.

15. A method as in claim 13, wherein said finding a match comprises storing stored sender previous actions based on information indicative of what a specific sender took as previous actions, and wherein said postulated meaning is based on said stored sender previous actions.

16. A method as in claim 13, wherein said at least one result includes multiple different possible results, and said information that is returned includes instructions explaining to the user how to carry out any of said multiple different possible results.

18. A method, comprising:

receiving first information indicative of an incoming communication into a computer;

storing second, stored sender previous actions based on information indicative of previous actions carried out by a specific sender of communications;

using said first information from the incoming communication in the computer to find a closest match to recognition information stored in said computer, where the closest match is only a partial match between the incoming communication and the recognition information stored within the computer, and wherein said determining said closest match is based on said stored sender previous actions and a recognition operation; and

based on both said closest match, commanding carrying out an operation on a remote website at a first time.

19. A method as in claim 18, wherein said operation comprises checking a bid amount.

20. A method as in claim 18, wherein said operation comprises checking a stock amount.

21. A method as in claim 18, wherein said information is plain text information and wherein said closest match is less than a 100% match between said incoming communication and said information stored within the computer.

22. A method as in claim 18, further comprising using the computer to recognize at least one keyword within the communication as being one of a group of keywords representing only specific allowed operations that can be carried out by the computer, where each keyword on said group of keywords represents multiple different operations that can be carried out by the computer that include actions including said keyword,

determining at least one secondary word associated with said at least one keyword, and where said at least one secondary word is specific to said at least one keyword, and is not associated with other keywords other than said at least one keyword;

in the computer, using said secondary word to select one of said multiple different operations associated with said keyword;

where at least one of said multiple operations is represented by a plurality of different secondary words, any of which secondary words will cause the same operation to be carried out by the computer;

finding a best match to the secondary word within the communication.

23. A method as in claim 22, wherein said keyword is a name of a website and said at least one secondary word comprises actions that can be taken on said website represented by said name, and cannot be taken on other websites.

24. A method as in claim 18, further comprising, based on said closest match and also commanding carrying out said operation at plural second times subsequent to said first time, and returning information from said remote website only when said operation varies by a specified non-zero percentage relative to an operation at a previous time and not returning said information when said operation varies by less than said specified non-zero percentage at said second time relative to said first time.