Using structured data for online research

• US 9,164,970 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2014
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jane T., Lyndersay, Sean, Pavlicic, Miladin, von Koch, Walter V., Truelove, Benjamin N.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEEMA, AZAM M
• Application Number:
  US14/462,357
• Publication Number:
  US 20140359414A1
• Time in Patent Office: 428 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

Various embodiments utilize structured data contained within a resource, such as a web page, to enable a user to define collections of data. Individual constituent parts of a collection or “links” are collected within a collection. In one or more embodiments, a full page viewing experience can be provided which enables users to not only view more details for a given link, but to view multiple different links at a time. Other viewing options and collection interactions are provided.

Claims

1. One or more computer-readable storage memories embodying processor-executable instructions which, responsive to execution by at least one processor, are configured to:

present a visual indicator that indicates that a link associated with structured data contained within a rendered resource can be added to a collection, the structured data described using one or more data types, the processor-executable instructions to present the visual indicator further configured to display the visual indicator with the rendered resource;

add the link associated with structured data to the collection;

enable display of the collection, the collection comprising;

at least one link associated with structured data; and

at least one link that is not associated with structured data; and

enable selection of an option to view the collection in multiple different ways, wherein at least one of the ways that the collection can be viewed is a full page view that includes a summary of information from individual links, the full page view configured to enable a side-by-side comparison of items in the collection.

2. The one or more computer-readable storage memories of claim 1, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further configured to add the link to the collection responsive to at least receiving selection of the visual indicator.

3. The one or more computer-readable storage memories of claim 2, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further configure to:

receive selection of the visual indicator; and

responsive to selection of the visual indicator, display a dialog box that;

enables the link to be added to an existing collection;

or

enables creation of a new collection to add the link to.

4. The one or more computer-readable storage memories of claim 1, wherein processor-executable instructions are further configured to display the visual indicator responsive to detecting a cursor in a hover position over a portion of the rendered resource associated with the structured data.

5. The one or more computer-readable storage memories of claim 1, wherein the structured data comprises one or more data types associated with real estate.

6. The one or more computer-readable storage memories of claim 1, wherein the collection further comprises at least one of:

structured data without a link;

or

a nested collection of one or more links.

7. The one or more computer-readable storage memories of claim 1, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further configured to:

determine when an item in the collection has information that has changed from a last determination of the information; and

display a visual cue effective to indicate the item has changed information.

8. A computer-implemented method comprising:

presenting a visual indicator that indicates that a link associated with structured data contained within a rendered resource can be added to a collection, the structured data described using one or more data types, the presenting the visual indicator further comprising displaying the visual indicator with the rendered resource;

adding the link associated with structured data to the collection;

enabling display of the collection, the collection comprising;

at least one link associated with structured data; and

at least one link that is not associated with structured data; and

enabling selection of an option to view the collection in multiple different ways, wherein at least one of the ways that the collection can be viewed is a full page view that includes a summary of information from individual links, the full page view configured to enable a side-by-side comparison of items in the collection.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 further comprising:

determining when an item in the collection is associated with data that has changed from when the item was added to the collection; and

displaying a visual cue effective to indicate the item has changed data.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 further comprising:

providing an option to flag or comment on a particular link contained within the collection;

responsive to receiving a flag or comment associated with the particular link, storing the flag or comment; and

displaying the flag or comment when at least some data associated with the particular link is displayed.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein at least one view associated with viewing the collection comprises a custom view that is customized based, at least in part on a type of the structured data.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the custom view is a default view for viewing the collection when the type of the structured data is a predominate structured data type in the collection.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 further comprising:

displaying a search box configured to enable a user to enter a search term;

receiving a search term via the search box;

searching at least the collection based, at least in part, on the received search term.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 further comprising:

displaying results from searching at least the collection, the results based, at least in part, on a history of previously accessed data.

15. A system comprising:

at least one processor;

one or more computer-readable storage memories comprising processor-executable instructions which, responsive to execution by the at least one processor, are configured to;

present a visual indicator that indicates that a link associated with structured data contained within a rendered resource can be added to a collection, the structured data described using one or more data types, the processor-executable instructions to present the visual indicator further configured to display the visual indicator with the rendered resource;

add the link associated with structured data to the collection;

enable display of the collection, the collection comprising;

at least one link associated with structured data; and

at least one link that is not associated with structured data; and

enable selection of an option to view the collection in multiple different ways, wherein at least one of the ways that the collection can be viewed is a full page view that includes a summary of information from individual links, the full page view configured to enable a side-by-side comparison of items in the collection.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the multiple different ways further comprise at least one of:

a title view;

or

a custom view that is customized based, at least in part on a type of the structured data.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the custom view is a default view for viewing the collection when the type of the structured data is a predominate structured data type in the collection.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further configured to:

determine when an item in the collection is associated with data that has changed from a last determination of the data; and

display a visual cue effective to indicate the item is associated with changed data.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor-executable instructions are further configured to:

analyze one or more saved links; and

automatically group the one or more links into one or more collections.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor-executable instructions to analyze the one or more saved links are further configured to:

retrieve content based, at least in part, on the one or more saved links; and

analyze the content for structured data.