Method and system for communicating with internet resources to identify and supply content for webpage construction

• US 8,909,683 B1
• Filed: 10/28/2010
• Issued: 12/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Original Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Inventors: Ledet, David Gerard
• Primary Examiner(s): Filipczyk, Marc
• Application Number:
  US12/913,856
• Time in Patent Office: 1,503 Days
• Field of Search: 707/793, 707/795, 707/796, 707/999.101, 707/706, 707/707, 707803-805, 709/218
• US Class Current: 707/804
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

A process and system are directed to generating a medium without user involvement in supplying the content. A user makes a series of increasingly granular selections to specify the type of medium to be built, such as a webpage. A query-reply communications protocol is used to identify relevant content for building the webpage from network resources. A resource is queried to determine whether the resource contains any relevant content. The response from the resource, if affirmative, includes the requested content. The query communications are formulated to conduct a keyword type search of the resource. The resource response includes the search results.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a user selection specifying a medium to be automatically created, the medium having a plurality of content components, based on user-selected criteria, and is selected from a list including at least one of a webpage, blog, tweet, instant message, or social media application;

employing a keyword search based at least in part on the user selection of the medium and criteria;

responsive to receiving the user'"'"'s selection of the medium to be automatically created and the associated criteria, querying at least one of local environment resources and remote environment resources to identify content relevant to the medium that the user wishes to generate, wherein the querying comprises at least one of identifying suitable resources in a networking environment and searching the identified resources;

selecting, by a user from a dropdown list, the identified resources;

receiving and processing a response, by a processor, to the query from the at least one of the local environment resources, the remote environment resources, and the identified resources; and

generating the medium, including formatting and structuring a layout of the medium based on the processed response by supplying content to the medium components without the user'"'"'s further involvement, wherein the query response is used to supply the content and the supplied content is based on the user'"'"'s selected criteria.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching of the identified resources further comprises:

determining whether any content in the identified resources is relevant to the user selection of the medium and criteria.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the querying further comprises:

conducting a search of the resources serving as query objects.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

adapting the search of a respective queried resource to the type of content represented by the respective queried resource.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the queried resource responses define search results.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

conducting the resource querying and the resource responding to facilitate the customization of content, as indicated by the query responses, to at least one of the user selected criteria and the user medium selection.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

making a determination of any networking resources having content relating to the user; and

using the determination of the networking resources as the basis for determining objects for the querying operation.

8. A system, comprising:

an input device configured to receive a user selection that specifies a medium to be automatically created, the medium having a plurality of content components, based on user-selected criteria, and is selected from a list including at least one of a webpage, blog, tweet, instant message, or social media application;

a query facility configured to, responsive to receipt of the user'"'"'s selection of the medium to be automatically created and the associated criteria, query at least one of local environment resources and remote environment resources to identify content relevant to the medium that the user wishes to generate, and employ a keyword search based at least in part on the user selection of the medium and criteria, wherein the query comprises at least one of an identification of suitable resources in a networking environment and a search for the identified resources;

a dropdown list from which the identified resources can be selected by a user;

a processor configured to receive and process a response to the query from the at least one of the local environment resources, the remote environment resources, and the identified resources; and

a generator configured to generate the medium, including a format and a structure of a layout of the medium based on the processed response by content supplied to the medium components without the user'"'"'s further involvement, wherein the generator is further configured to supply the content and the supplied content is based on the user'"'"'s selected criteria.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the query facility comprises:

a search engine configured to search networking environment resources via a medium definition as search criteria.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

means for adapting the search of a respective resource to the type of content represented by the respective resource.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for execution by a processor, that, when executed, cause the processor to:

receive a selection made by a user that specifies a medium to be automatically created, the medium having a plurality of content components, based on user-selected criteria, and is selected from a list including at least one of a webpage, blog, tweet, instant message, or social media application;

responsive to receipt of the user'"'"'s selection of the medium to be automatically created and the associated criteria, query at least one of local environment resources and remote environment resources to identify content relevant to the medium that the user wishes to generate, and employ a keyword search based at least in part on the user selection of the medium and criteria, wherein the query comprises at least one of an identification of suitable resources in a networking environment and a search for the identified resources;

a dropdown list from which the identified resources can be selected by a user;

receive and process, by the processor, any response received from the at least one of the local environment resources, the remote environment resources, and the identified resources; and

generate the medium including a format and a structure of a layout of the medium by content supplied to the medium components without the user'"'"'s further involvement, wherein the query response is used to supply the content and the supplied content is based on the user'"'"'s selected criteria.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

conduct the resource query to facilitate the customization of content, as indicated by the query responses, to at least one of the user and the user medium selection.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

direct the query to conduct a search of the resources serving as query objects.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

adapt the search of a respective queried resource to the type of content represented by the respective queried resource.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

manage the queried resource responses as search results for use in content supplied to the medium.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

determine whether any content in the identified resources is relevant to the user'"'"'s medium selection.