Systems for enhancing communication of content over a network

• US 20020169865A1
• Filed: 01/22/2002
• Published: 11/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Harry L. Tarnoff
• Original Assignee: Harry L. Tarnoff
• Inventors: Tarnoff, Harry L.
• Application Number:
  US10/055,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20020169865A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• 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 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• 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 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5682 Policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

Systems include components added to a node of a communication network for providing a novel robot called RevBot which enables, for example, a website to efficiently update information and content at other network nodes such as search engines. These components are advantageously installed on the website'"'"'s computer platform and detect search engines and other qualifying databases and lists located at other nodes. The RevBot can be used to filter, block and enhance website content. The RevBot can also be used to facilitate E-commerce and data rights management (DRM) at the websites.

Claims

1. A system adapted for installation on the platform of the existing website for both limiting and expanding content sent to a client over said network connected to said website comprising,

a node registration database configured to store the location of plural nodes of said network,

a rules database configured to store rules regarding content to be sent to clients by said website, and

a content validator configured to automatically review said content before said content is transmitted to the client, and

controlling access by a client to said content in accordance with the decision of said content validity.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein this rules stored in said rules database include one or more of the following:

1. Only allow access from particular nodes

2. Only provide access during certain hours of the day

3. Only allow access from registered users using a security key

4. Only allow access from within a particular geographic region

5. Only allow access with the receipt of payment or credit approval

6. Transmit notifications, if any, to a particular node at only certain intervals

3. A system for automatically updating a plurality of search engines in a network with content changes in a site included in said network comprising:

a RevBot installed at said site, said RevBot comprising;

parser means responsive to incoming requests from said search engines in said network;

node registration means coupled to said parser means for storing a list of node network locations of said search engines; and

means responsive to said parser means and said node registration means for automatically transmitting said content changes to said search engines.

4. A RevBot for automatically controlling access to a website, said RevBot adapted for installation on the platform of an existing website, said RevBot comprising:

a parser coupled to the network in which said website is installed;

a rules file;

a rules applier coupled to said rules file;

a content validator; and

an access control and deny module responsively coupled to said rules applier, and operatively and responsively coupled to said website and to said content validator.

5. A RevBot for automatically updating information and content at network nodes hosting search engine databases, said RevBot comprising:

a parser coupled to the network in which website is installed;

a notification module responsively coupled to said parser; and

a node registration module coupled to said notification module so that nodes registered in said node registration module will be automatically sent content update notifications.

6. In a system adapted for installation on the platform of an existing network site, the method of automatically assisting search engines connected to said network, comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

storing the location of plural search engine nodes of said network;

storing rules regarding content to be sent to said search engine nodes; and

automatically transmitting content changes to said search engines over said network to update said search engines.