Method, system, and computer program product for saving a search result within a global computer network

• US 7,593,982 B2
• Filed: 05/05/2006
• Issued: 09/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TPG Specialty Lending Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Demand Media Incorporated (Graham Holdings Company)
• Inventors: Busey, Andrew Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Philip B
• Application Number:
  US10/578,411
• Publication Number:
  US 20070050734A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,236 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709217-219, 709/246, 707/3, 707/10
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/116 Details of conversion of file system types or formats
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/183 Provision of network file services by network file servers, e.g. by using NFS, CIFS network file access protocols H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/83 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/835 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/86 Mapping to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

In one embodiment, on a display device, within at least one web browser window, at least one information handling system: displays a result of a search by a website in response to a search term query specified by a user; displays a list of folders; and highlights at least a portion of the displayed result of the search by the website. In response to a command from the user via the web browser window, the information handling system saves the highlighted portion in a folder that is selected by the user from among the displayed list of folders.

Claims

1. A method performed by at least one information handling system, the method comprising:

creating folders on a server information handling system in response to requests submitted from a user over a network, a list of the folders to be displayed on a display device within at least one web browser window connected to the server information handling system over the network, the web browser window having a result of a search by a first website in response to a search term query specified by the user, wherein the first website performs the search by outputting a web services call to a second website, and the second website performs the search in response to the web services call and outputs the result of the search to the first website; and

in response to a command from the user via the web browser window, saving a selected portion of the result of the search on the server information handling system in a folder that is selected by the user from among the displayed list of folders.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the result of the search is:

a result of a search of the website.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the result of the search is:

a result of a search of the website, wherein the server information handling system outputs a web services call to the website, and wherein the website performs the search in response to the web services call and outputs the result of the search to the server information handling system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the website is a first website, and wherein the result of the search is:

a result of a search of at least a second website.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

translating from an original result of the search, wherein the original result has an XML format.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

translating from an original result of the search, wherein the original result has a generic XML format.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

translating from an original result of the search, wherein the original result has a non-XML format.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the result of the search is rendered directly from an XML format.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the result of the search has a non-XML format.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the result of the search has an HTML format.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the saving comprises:

translating the result of the search from the non-XML format into an XML format, and saving the XML-formatted information in the folder that is selected by the user from among the displayed list of folders.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in the selected folder, marking the saved portion to identify whether it has been viewed by the user.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is a first user, and the method further comprises:

in response to a command from the first user, selectively enabling access to the selected folder via the server information handling system by one or more second users specified by the first user.

14. A server information handling system, comprising:

means for creating folders on the server information handling system in response to requests submitted from a user over a network, a list of the folders to be displayed on a display device within at least one web browser window connected to the server information handling system over the network, the web browser window having a result of a search by a first website in response to a search term query specified by the user, wherein the first website outputs a web services call to a second website, and the second website performs the search in response to the web services call and outputs the result of the search to the first website, wherein the means for creating folders comprises a processor to execute instructions stored in a computer readable storage medium; and

means for saving a selected portion of the result of the search on the server information handling system in a folder that is selected by the user from among the displayed list of folders, in response to a command from the user via the web browser window.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the result of the search is:

a result of a search of the website.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the result of the search is:

a result of a search of the website, wherein the server information handling system is for outputting a web services call to the website, and wherein the website is for performing the search in response to the web services call and outputting the result of the search to the server information handling system.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the website is a first website, and wherein the result of the search is:

a result of a search of at least a second website.

18. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

means for translating from an original result of the search, wherein the original result has an XML format.

19. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

means for translating from an original result of the search, wherein the original result has a generic XML format.

20. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

means for translating from an original result of the search, wherein the original result has a non-XML format.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein the result of the search is rendered directly from an XML format.

22. The system of claim 14, wherein the result of the search has a non-XML format.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the result of the search has an HTML format.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the means for saving comprises:

means for translating the result of the search from the non-XML format into an XML format, and means for saving the XML-formatted information in the folder that is selected by the user from among the displayed list of folders.

25. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

means for marking the saved portion to identify whether it has been viewed by the user.

26. The system of claim 14, wherein the user is a first user, and wherein the system further comprises:

means for selectively enabling access to the selected folder via the server information handling system by one or more second users specified by the first user, in response to a command from the first user.

27. A computer program product storing at least one computer program embedded in a computer readable storage medium, which when executed by at least one information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform a method comprising:

creating folders on a server information handling system in response to requests submitted from a user over a network, a list of the folders to be displayed on a display device within at least one web browser window connected to the server information handling system over the network, the web browser window having a result of a search by a first website in response to a search term query specified by the user, wherein the first website outputs a web services call to a second website, and the second website performs the search in response to the web services call and outputs the result of the search to the first website; and

in response to a command from the user via the web browser window, saving a selected portion of the result of the search on the server information handling system in a folder that is selected by the user from among the displayed list of folders.

28. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the result of the search is:

a result of a search of the website.

29. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the result of the search is:

a result of a search of the website, wherein the server information handling system is for outputting a web services call to the website, and wherein the website is for performing the search in response to the web services call and outputting the result of the search to the server information handling system.

30. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the website is a first website, and wherein the result of the search is:

a result of a search of at least a second website.

31. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the method further comprises:

translating from an original result of the search, wherein the original result has an XML format.

32. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the method further comprises:

translating from an original result of the search, wherein the original result has a generic XML format.

33. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the method further comprises:

translating from an original result of the search, wherein the original result has a non-XML format.

34. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the result of the search is rendered directly from an XML format.

35. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the result of the search has a non-XML format.

36. The computer program product of claim 35, wherein the result of the search has an HTML format.

37. The computer program product of claim 35, wherein the saving further comprises:

translating the result of the search from the non-XML format into an XML format, and saving the XML-formatted information in the folder that is selected by the user from among the displayed list of folders.

38. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the method further comprises:

in the selected folder, marking the saved portion to identify whether it has been viewed by the user.

39. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the user is a first user, and the method further comprises:

in response to a command from the first user, selectively enabling access to the selected folder via the server information handling system by one or more second users specified by the first user.