WEB PAGE TRANSCODING METHOD AND SYSTEM APPLYING QUERIES TO PLAIN TEXT
First Claim
1. A method of transcoding a web page of a web site, the method comprising:
- receiving a web page comprising plain text; and
applying a signature schema comprising one or more instructions to locate and extract a subset of data from the plain text using one or more signatures previously identified within plain text of one or more web pages of a same web page family of the web site.
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Abstract
Signature schema documents, pre-defined in a query language, provide one or more instructions for application by an engine to transcode plain text-based web pages of respective web sites. The instructions identify a web page family for the web page and extract a subset of data using one or more signatures previously identified within web pages of the same web page family of the web site. The engine interprets the instructions to search the web page text for signatures to locate and extract the subset of data. Each signature may comprise at least one text string within the code of the web page. Directional references indicate positions of the subset of data relative to the location of the text strings and direct the searching. Transcoding may facilitate use of e-commerce web sites by wireless mobile devices.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of transcoding a web page of a web site, the method comprising:
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receiving a web page comprising plain text; and applying a signature schema comprising one or more instructions to locate and extract a subset of data from the plain text using one or more signatures previously identified within plain text of one or more web pages of a same web page family of the web site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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12. A computing device for transcoding a web page of a web site, the computing device comprising:
a processor and a memory coupled thereto, said memory storing instructions and data configuring the processor to provide a transcoding engine to; receive a web page comprising plain text; and apply a signature schema comprising one or more schema instructions to locate and extract a subset of data from the plain text using one or more signatures previously identified within plain text of web pages of a same web page family of the web site. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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23. A computer program product storing computer readable instructions which when executed by a computer processor configure the computer processor to:
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receive a web page comprising plain text; and apply a signature schema comprising one or more schema instructions to locate, extract and transcode a subset of data from the plain text using one or more signatures previously identified within plain text of web pages of a same web page family of the web site, thereby to transcode the web page.
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24. A system for transcoding web pages of a web site, the system comprising:
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a web server serving said web pages; at least one client machine configured to utilize transcoded web pages; a gateway coupled between the web server and the at least one client machine via a telecommunication network, said gateway proxying respective requests for web pages from the at least one client machine and responding with transcoded web pages;
said gateway configured with a transcoding engine to;receive a web page comprising plain text; and apply a signature schema comprising one or more schema instructions to locate and extract a subset of data from the plain text using one or more signatures previously identified within plain text of web pages of a same web page family of the web site.
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25. A method of conducting an e-commerce transaction between a wireless mobile device and an e-commerce web site, said method comprising:
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obtaining a signature schema comprising one or more schema instructions to locate, extract and transcode a subset of data from plain text of a web page using one or more signatures previously identified within the plain text of web pages of a same web page family of the e-commerce web site, thereby to transcode the web page; receiving at least one web page from the e-commerce web site comprising plain text for conducting the transaction; and transcoding at least some of the web pages received in accordance with the signature schema to conduct the transaction.
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