Method and apparatus of obtaining and organizing relevant user defined information

• US 9,047,381 B1
• Filed: 09/23/2010
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Original Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Inventors: Ledet, David Gerard
• Primary Examiner(s): Vital, Pierre
• Assistant Examiner(s): ASPINWALL, EVAN S
• Application Number:
  US12/888,565
• Time in Patent Office: 1,713 Days
• Field of Search: 707/648, 707/706, 707/707, 707/713, 707/722, 707/723, 707/727, 707/728, 707/731, 707/732, 707/733, 707/735, 707/748, 707/754, 707/770
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3334 Selection or weighting of terms from queries, including natural language queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/334 Query execution G06F16/335 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/34 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/35 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method and apparatus of organizing user requested data is disclosed. One example method may include transmitting a query message to a remote site to obtain the user requested data, receiving a response data based on the query message, the response data may include at least a portion of the user requested data. The method may also include storing the response data in a temporary data file memory location, processing the response data in the temporary data file, storing said at least a portion of the user requested data in a permanent data file, and presenting the permanent data file contents to the user. The user may have the capability of receiving numerous messages in a single interface and expanding those messages of interest to review the original message information.

Claims

1. A method of organizing user requested data, the method comprising:

transmitting a query message from a user device to a remote site device to obtain the user requested data;

receiving a response data from the remote site device based on the query message, the response data including at least a portion of the user requested data;

storing the response data in a temporary data file memory location of the user device;

processing the response data in the temporary data file as a plurality of data messages and determining search relevancy between content of the data messages and content of the query message;

storing said at least a portion of the user requested data in a permanent data file and assigning weights to the data messages stored in the permanent data file indicating the search relevancy determined from the processing of the plurality of data messages, wherein the weights of each of the data messages correspond to a particular category and are assigned and incremented to a certain value proportional to a frequency of the particular category being identified in each of the data messages; and

presenting the permanent data file contents to the user via the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein more weights are assigned to the user requested data which includes more instances of the predefined user search requirements.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the predefined user search requirements are keywords selected by the user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether an amount of time has expired prior to sending the query message.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

formatting the query message into a specific format to accommodate the remote site format requirements prior to transmitting the query message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the permanent data file contents to the user further comprises presenting options to the user to select one of a plurality of displayed messages and expand the message contents to view original data contents of the selected message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the site is at least one of a website server and a remote database server.

8. An apparatus configured to organize user requested data, the apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a query message to a remote site to obtain the user requested data;

a receiver configured to receive a response data based on the query message, the response data including at least a portion of the user requested data;

a memory configured to store the response data in a temporary data file memory location as a plurality of data messages; and

a processor configured to process the response data in the temporary data file and determine search relevancy between content of the data messages and content of the query message, store said at least a portion of the user requested data in a permanent data file, and assign weights to the data messages stored in the permanent data file indicating the search relevancy determined from the plurality of processed data messages, wherein the weights of each of the data messages correspond to a particular category and are assigned and incremented to a certain value proportional to a frequency of the particular category being identified in each of the data messages, and present the permanent data file contents to the user.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein more weights are assigned to the user requested data which includes more instances of the predefined user search requirements.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the predefined user search requirements are keywords selected by the user.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether an amount of time has expired prior to sending the query message.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to format the query message into a specific format to accommodate the remote site format requirements prior to transmitting the query message.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein presenting the permanent data file contents to the user further comprises presenting options to the user to select one of a plurality of displayed messages and expand the message contents to view original data contents of the selected message.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the site is at least one of a website server and a remote database server.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store a computer program that when executed causes a processor to perform organizing user requested data, the processor being further configured to perform:

transmitting a query message to a remote site to obtain the user requested data;

receiving a response data based on the query message, the response data including at least a portion of the user requested data;

storing the response data in a temporary data file memory location;

processing the response data in the temporary data file as a plurality of data messages and determining search relevancy between content of the data messages and content of the query message;

storing said at least a portion of the user requested data in a permanent data file and assigning weights to the data messages stored in the permanent data file indicating the search relevancy determined from the processing of the plurality of data messages, wherein the weights of each of the data messages correspond to a particular category and are assigned and incremented to a certain value proportional to a frequency of the particular category being identified in each of the data messages; and

presenting the permanent data file contents to the user.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein more weights are assigned to the user requested data which includes more instances of the predefined user search requirements.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the predefined user search requirements are keywords selected by the user.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising:

determining whether an amount of time has expired prior to sending the query message.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising:

formatting the query message into a specific format to accommodate the remote site format requirements prior to transmitting the query message.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein presenting the permanent data file contents to the user further comprises presenting options to the user to select one of a plurality of displayed messages and expand the message contents to view original data contents of the selected message.