WEB BROWSING ACTIVITY FLOW

• US 20150294019A1
• Filed: 04/10/2014
• Published: 10/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chakra, Al, Harpur, Liam, Rice, John
• Application Number:
  US14/249,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20150294019A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]

Abstract

A method for creating a web browser activity flow is disclosed. The method can include sending, to a browser information database, a content request related to a first topic, wherein the content request is sent by a client device. The method can include collecting, from a browsing information database having one or more web pages related to the first topic, web browsing information. The web browsing information can include an aggregated web browsing history from a plurality of individual web browsers that access the browsing information database. The method can include selecting a set of web pages from the aggregated web page browsing history based on the web browsing information and the content request. The method can also include generating a web browser activity flow having the set of web pages. The method can also include providing the web browser activity flow to a web browser of the client device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for creating a web browser activity flow, the method comprising:

sending, to a browser information database, a content request related to a first topic wherein the content request is sent by a client device;

collecting, from the browsing information database having one or more web pages related to the first topic, web browsing information including an aggregated web page browsing history from a plurality of individual web browsers that access the browsing information database;

selecting a set of web pages from the aggregated web page browsing history based on the web browsing information and the content request;

generating a web browser activity flow having the set of web pages; and

providing the web browser activity flow to a web browser of the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting further comprises requesting web browsing information related to the first topic from the one or more web pages of the web browsing database.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein requesting the web browsing information related to the first topic from the one or more web pages of the web browsing database further comprises:

accessing the browsing information database using an application programming interface configured to instantiate, in response to requesting the web browsing information from the one or more web pages, a web browsing information acquisition protocol configured to process streamed web browsing data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the browsing information database having one or more web pages includes a social networking site, the social network site including at least one user community related to the first topic.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting includes using a linking token communicatively connected to a web browser and the browsing information database, wherein the linking token is configured to transmit web browsing information data packets to the web browser in response to initiating the web browser.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity flow includes a set of subsequent web page recommendations based on the web browsing information, wherein the set of subsequent web page recommendations have a view count greater than a threshold view count value.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity flow includes a set of previous web page recommendations based on the web browsing information, wherein the set of previous web page recommendations have a view count greater than a threshold view count value.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by an activity flow processing engine, that a first subset of the set of web pages is unrelated to a first topic of the set of web pages;

filtering, in response to determining that a first subset of the set of web pages is unrelated to a first topic of the set of web pages, the set of web pages to remove the first subset; and

providing a second subset of the set of web pages that is related to the first topic of the set of web pages.

9. A computer-implemented method for creating an activity flow for a web browser, the method comprising:

receiving, in a web browser, a content request;

identifying a social network related to the content request;

accessing aggregate web browsing information from the social network; and

providing, based on the aggregate web browsing information, an activity flow having a set of web pages.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the content request is one of a first web page load or a search query.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein providing the activity flow further comprises generating, in response to the content request, a set of subsequent web page recommendations based on the web browsing information, wherein the set of subsequent web page recommendations have a view count greater than a threshold view count value.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein providing the activity flow further comprises generating, in response to the content request, a set of previous web page recommendations based on the web browsing information, wherein the set of previous web page recommendations have a view count greater than a threshold view count value.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the activity flow is accessed by a user interface in the web browser.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein accessing aggregate web browsing information from the social network further comprises requesting the aggregate web browsing information from the social network.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein requesting the aggregate web browsing information from the social network includes using an application programming interface configured to access a browsing information database, wherein the application programming interface is configured to instantiate, in response to requesting the aggregate web browsing information from the social network, a web browsing information acquisition protocol configured to process streamed data.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein accessing the aggregate web browsing information includes using a linking token communicatively connected to a web browser and a browsing information database, wherein the linking token is configured to transmit web browsing information data packets to the web browser in response to initiating the web browser.

17. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining, by an activity flow processing engine, that a first subset of the set of web pages is unrelated to a first topic of the set of web pages;

filtering, in response to determining that a first subset of the set of web pages is unrelated to a first topic of the set of web pages, the set of web pages to remove the first subset; and

providing a second subset of the set of web pages that is related to the first topic of the set of web pages.

18. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a first computing device, causes the first computing device to:

send, to a browser information database, a content request related to a first topic wherein the content request is sent by a client device;

collect, from a browsing information database having one or more web pages related to the first topic, web browsing information including an aggregated web page browsing history from a plurality of individual web browsers that access the browsing information database;

select a set of web pages from the aggregated web page browsing history based on the web browsing information and the content request;

generate a web browser activity flow having the set of web pages; and

provide the web browser activity flow to a web browser of the client device.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, further comprising computer readable program code configured to generate, in response to a content request:

a set of subsequent web page recommendations based on the web browsing information, wherein the set of subsequent web page recommendations have a view count greater than a threshold view count value; and

a set of previous web page recommendations based on the web browsing information, wherein the set of previous web page recommendations have a view count greater than a threshold view count value.

20. The computer program product of claim 18, further comprising:

computer readable program code to access the browsing information database using an application programming interface, wherein the application programming interface is configured to instantiate a web browsing information acquisition protocol for processing streamed web browsing data;

computer readable program code to determine, by an activity flow processing engine communicatively connected with the application programming interface, that a first subset of the set of web pages is unrelated to a first topic of the set of web pages;

computer readable program code to filter, in response to determining that the first subset of the set of web pages is unrelated to the first topic of the set of web pages, the set of web pages to remove the first subset; and

computer readable program code to provide a second subset of the set of web pages that is related to the first topic of the set of web pages.