Method and system for making dynamic graphical web content searchable

• US 8,924,400 B2
• Filed: 09/18/2013
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Burson, Robert Jeffrey, Lee, Dexter, Weksler, Michael Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, Cheryl
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hoffler, Raheem
• Application Number:
  US14/030,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20140026035A1
• Time in Patent Office: 468 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/756
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

There is provided a method for making a rich web application searchable, one embodiment comprising providing companion content in a format searchable by a web search engine, loading the companion content in a web browser, calling a rich web application using the companion content, loading the rich web application in the web browser, and launching a data bridge interfacing the rich web application and the companion content. The method may further comprise retrieving a data feed for the rich web application, located in the companion content. In one embodiment, a system configured to make a rich web application searchable comprises a content storage, companion content in a format searchable by a web search engine, a data feed for the rich web application included in the companion content, and a data bridge interfacing the rich web application with the companion content.

Claims

1. A computer comprising:

a memory storing;

a companion content for presenting a markup language (ML) web page format;

a data feed including ML data searchable by a web search engine;

a web application for presenting a dynamic graphical web page format; and

a data bridge for providing the data feed to the web application;

a processor configured to;

load the companion content into a web browser for presenting the ML data of the data feed in the ML web page format;

call the web application, the call being performed by an instruction in the companion content executed in response to the companion content being loaded;

load the web application into the web browser for presenting the ML data of the data feed in the dynamic graphical web page format; and

launch the data bridge for feeding the ML data of the data feed to the web application, the data bridge being an embedded asset in one of the web application and the companion content.

2. The computer of claim 1, wherein the data feed is included in the companion content.

3. The computer of claim 1, wherein the data feed comprises Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) data.

4. The computer of claim 1, wherein the data feed comprises Extensible Markup Language (XML) data when the data feed is delivered to the web application.

5. The computer of claim 1, wherein the web application comprises an embedded graphics application.

6. The computer of claim 1, wherein the web application comprises a Flash movie.

7. The computer of claim 1, wherein the data bridge comprises a JavaScript program.

8. A method for use by a computer having a memory and a processor, the memory storing a companion content for presenting a markup language (ML) web page format, a data feed including ML data searchable by a web search engine, a web application for presenting a dynamic graphical web page format, and a data bridge for providing the data feed to the web application, the method comprising:

loading, using the processor, the companion content into a web browser for presenting the ML data of the data feed in the ML web page format;

calling, using the processor, the web application, the calling being performed by an instruction in the companion content executed in response to the companion content being loaded;

loading, using the processor, the web application into the web browser for presenting the ML data of the data feed in the dynamic graphical web page format; and

launching, using the processor, the data bridge for feeding the ML data of the data feed to the web application, the data bridge being an embedded asset in one of the web application and the companion content.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the data feed is included in the companion content.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the data feed comprises Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) data.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the data feed comprises Extensible Markup Language (XML) data when the data feed is delivered to the web application.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the web application comprises an embedded graphics application.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the web application comprises a Flash movie.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the data bridge comprises a JavaScript program.