SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING WEB ELEMENTS PRESENT ON A WEB-PAGE

• US 20160259773A1
• Filed: 03/04/2015
• Published: 09/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Inventors: JADHAV, Charudatta, AHMAD, Syed Absar
• Granted Patent: US 10,534,512 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• 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 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/205 Parsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/221 Parsing markup language streams streaming G06F40/149
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/226 Validation

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for identifying one or more web elements present on a web-page. A web-page receiving module may receive a web-page comprising a plurality of web elements. A parameter recording module may record one or more parameters corresponding to a web element of the plurality of web elements. A simulation module may simulate interaction of one or more input devices with the web element in order to determine behavior of the web element. The simulation module may further record change in the one or more parameters based on the interaction simulated. The change in the one or more parameters may be recorded upon triggering of at least one event. A web-element identification module may identify the web element based on the behavior of the web element and the change recorded in the one or more parameters.

Claims

1. A method for identifying one or more web elements present on a web-page, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a web-page comprising a plurality of web elements;

recording, by the processor, one or more parameters corresponding to a web element of the plurality of web elements;

simulating, by the processor, interaction of one or more input devices with the web element in order to determine behavior of the web element;

recording, by the processor, change in the one or more parameters based on the simulated interaction, wherein the change in the one or more parameters is recorded upon triggering of at least one event; and

identifying, by the processor, the web element based on the behavior of the web element and the recorded change in the one or more parameters.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein interaction of the one or more input devices with the web element is simulated by using a web driver.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one event includes a hover, click, double click, focus, key press, or tab.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of web elements includes an image, link, table, list, menubar, treeview, captcha, slider, or date and timepicker.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters include Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), size, or position.

6. A system for identifying one or more web elements present on a web-page, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the processor executes a plurality of modules stored in the memory, the plurality of modules comprising;

a web-page receiving module for receiving a web-page comprising a plurality of web elements;

a parameter recording module for recording one or more parameters corresponding to a web element of the plurality of web elements;

a simulation module for;

simulating interaction of one or more input devices with the web element in order to determine behavior of the web element, and

recording change in the one or more parameters based on the simulated interaction, wherein the change in the one or more parameters is recorded upon triggering of at least one event; and

a web-element identification module for identifying the web element based on the behavior of the web element and the recorded change in the one or more parameters.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein interaction of the one or more input devices with the web element is simulated by using a web driver.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least one event includes a hover, click, double click, focus, key press, or tab.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the plurality of web elements includes an image, link, table, list, menubar, treeview, captcha, slider, carousel, or date and timepicker.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more parameters include Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), size, or position.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program codes executable by at least one processor for identifying one or more web elements present on a web-page, the program codes comprising:

a program code for receiving a web-page comprising a plurality of web elements;

a program code for recording one or more parameters corresponding to a web element of the plurality of web elements;

a program code for simulating interaction of one or more input devices with the web element in order to determine behavior of the web element;

a program code for recording change in the one or more parameters based on the simulated interaction, wherein the change in the one or more parameters is recorded upon triggering of at least one event; and

a program code for identifying the web element based on the behavior of the web element and the recorded change in the one or more parameters.

12. The medium of claim 11, wherein interaction of the one or more input devices with the web element is simulated by using a web driver.

13. The medium of claim 11, wherein the at least one event includes a hover, click, double click, focus, key press, or tab.

14. The medium of claim 11, wherein the plurality of web elements includes an image, link, table, list, menubar, treeview, captcha, slider, carousel, or date and timepicker.

15. The medium of claim 11, wherein the one or more parameters include Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), size, or position.