EP0834822A2
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World wide web news retrieval system
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1997-09-10
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2017-09-10
Abstract
Abstract A World Wide Web site data retrieval system includes an input device for inputting data and commands to access the World Wide Web, and a memory for storing a Web site data retrieval driver which includes a Web reader, stored Web site address information, stored Web site commands, and stored format information. The memory also stores process steps to connect to a Web site and to issue commands within the connected Web site, and a connection to the World Wide Web. The system includes a processor for launching the Web site data retrieval driver in response to a command to access the World Wide Web. The Web site retrieval driver, upon being launched, (1) launches the Web reader to connect to the World Wide Web via the connection, (2) retrieves the Web site address information and Web site commands, (3) instructs the Web reader to access the Web site based on the Web site address information and Web site commands, (4) downloads Web site data from the Web site based on the Web site commands, (5) stores the Web site data in a linear document, (6) repeats steps 1 through 5 until all addresses in the stored Web site address information have been accessed, and (7) formats the linear document into a personalized document based on the format information.
Inventors
- 👤 Smadar Nehab
- 👤 Manjula G. Wickramaratne
- 👤 Paul L. Klark
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 00:07
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/953; G06F16/9535; G06F16/9538
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 54
Claim 1
Independent Claim
80 words
A method for formatting data from at
least one hypermedia document, comprising the steps
of: an accessing step to access the at least
one hypermedia document; a retrieving step to retrieve data from the
hypermedia document into an extracted data tree,
wherein the data is retrieved based on a structure
of the hypermedia document; a flattening step to flatten the extracted
data tree into a linear document; and a formatting step to format the linear
document into a formatted document.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of Claim 1, further
comprising the step of printing the formatted
document.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of Claim 1, wherein said
hypermedia document is located on the World Wide
Web.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of Claim 1, wherein said
hypermedia document is located on the Internet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of Claim 1, wherein said
hypermedia document is located on an intranet.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of Claim 1, wherein said
accessing step, said retrieving step, said
flattening step, and said formatting step are
performed in accordance with a personal-news-profile.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
54 words
A method of creating a personal-news-profile
for retrieving data from a hypermedia-linked
computer network, comprising the steps of: accessing the hypermedia-linked computer
network; entering a learning mode; traversing sites on the hypermedia-linked
computer network with commands; extracting at least one rule from the
commands; and compiling the at least one rule into the
personal-news-profile.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of Claim 7, wherein the at
least one rule specifies structural characteristics
of sites for traversing the hypermedia-linked
computer network.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of Claim 8, wherein the at
least one rule also specifies content-based criteria
for traversing the hypermedia-linked computer
network.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
157 words
A personalization system for creating
a personalization profile for a Web site retrieval
data retrieval system, the personalization system
comprising: an input device for inputting data and
commands to access the World Wide Web; a connection to the World Wide Web; a memory for storing a Web reader, the Web
reader for accessing the World Wide Web via the
connection to the World Wide Web according to
commands from the personalization system; and a processor for launching the
personalization system in response to a user
command, wherein the personalization system, upon
being launched, (1) launches the Web reader,
(2) accesses the World Wide Web via the Web reader,
(3) enters a learning mode, (4) sends commands to
the Web reader to traverse the World Wide Web
according to user commands, (5) extracts at least
one rule from the user commands, (6) compiles the at
least one rule into a personalization profile, and
(7) stores the personalization profile.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
101 words
A method for retrieving articles from
a hypermedia-linked computer network and for
formatting the articles into a personalized
newspaper, the method comprising the steps of: retrieving a stored personal-news-profile
which comprises address data for a site on the
hypermedia-linked computer network, command data for
accessing data from the site, and newspaper layout
commands; contacting the site based on address data
stored in the personal-news-profile; downloading articles from the site based
on command data stored in the personal-news-profile; flattening the articles into a linear
document; and formatting the linear document into the
personalized newspaper according to layout commands
stored in the personal-news-profile.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of Claim 11, further
comprising the step of printing the personalized
newspaper.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of Claim 11, wherein said
hypermedia-linked computer network is the World Wide
Web.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of Claim 11, wherein said
hypermedia-linked computer network is on the
Internet.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of Claim 11, wherein said
hypermedia-linked computer network is on an
intranet.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of Claim 11, wherein the
command data for accessing data includes data for
selecting articles based on a structure of the site.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of Claim 16, wherein the
command data for accessing data also includes data
for selecting articles based on a content of the
articles.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
278 words
A World Wide Web site data retrieval
system for accessing at least one Web site, for
retrieving data from the Web site, and for
formatting the data into a personalized document,
the system comprising: an input device for inputting data and
commands to access the World Wide Web; a memory for storing a Web site data
retrieval driver which includes a Web reader, stored
Web site address information, stored Web site
commands, and stored format information, wherein the
memory also includes process steps to connect to a
Web site and to issue commands within the connected
Web site; a connection to the World Wide Web; and a processor for launching the Web site
data retrieval driver in response to a user
inputting a command to access the World Wide Web,
wherein the Web site retrieval driver, upon being
launched, (1) launches the Web reader to connect to
the World Wide Web via said connection, (2)
retrieves the Web site address information and Web
site commands, (3) instructs the Web reader to
access the Web site based on the Web site address
information and Web site commands, (4) downloads Web
site data from the Web site based on the Web site
commands, wherein the data is downloaded with
reference to a linked list so as to avoid
hypermedia-links that form loops and so as to avoid
repetitious downloading of data that has already
been downloaded, (5) stores the Web site data in a
linear document, (6) repeats steps 1 through 5 until
all addresses in the stored Web site address
information have been accessed, and (7) formats the
linear document into the personalized document based
on the format information.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
The Web site data retrieval system of
Claim 18, wherein the Web site address information,
the Web site commands, and the format information
stored in the memory form a personalized-news-profile.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
18 words
The Web site data retrieval system of
Claim 18, further comprising a printer for printing
the personalized document.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
17 words
The Web site data retrieval system of
Claim 18, wherein the personalized document
represents a personalized newspaper.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
17 words
The Web site data retrieval system of
Claim 18, wherein the personalized document
represents a personalized magazine.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
17 words
The Web site data retrieval system of
Claim 18, wherein the personalized document
represents a personalized book.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
177 words
Computer executable process steps
stored on a computer-readable medium, said steps for
accessing World Wide Web sites for retrieving data
at the sites and for formatting the data into a
personalized document, said steps comprising: a connecting step to connect to the World
Wide Web; a retrieving step to retrieve user-defined
Web site address information, user-defined Web site
commands, and user-defined formatting commands; an activating step to activate a Web
reader so as to access a Web site based on the user-defined
Web site address information and retrieving
data from within the Web site based on the user-defined
Web site commands; a downloading step to download the
retrieved Web site data from the accessed Web site
into an extracted data tree; a flattening step to flatten the extracted
data tree into a linear document; a step to repeat the downloading step and
the flattening step until all addresses in the
user-defined Web site address information have been
accessed; and a formatting step to format the stored
data into the personalized document based on the
user-defined formatting commands.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
22 words
The computer executable process steps
of Claim 24, further comprising a spooling step to
spool the personalized document to an output device.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
15 words
The computer executable process steps
of Claim 25, wherein the output device is a printer.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
15 words
The computer executable process steps
of Claim 25, wherein the output device is a display.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
27 words
The computer executable process steps
of Claim 24, wherein the user-defined Web site
commands include commands for selecting data based
on a structure of the Web site.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
28 words
The computer executable process steps
of Claim 28, wherein the user-defined Web site
commands also include commands for selecting data
based on a content of the Web site.
Claim 30
Independent Claim
137 words
An apparatus for retrieving news
articles from on-line news services on the World
Wide Web and formatting the news articles into a
personalized newspaper, the apparatus comprising: first storage means for storing
(1) a personal-news-profile which comprises
addresses data and command data for accessing data
from a Web site, and (2) newspaper format commands; retrieval means for retrieving the stored
personal-news-profile and accessing data stored
therein; activating means for activating a Web
reader to contact a Web site based on address data
stored in the personal-news-profile; downloading means for downloading news
articles from the contacted Web site based on
command data stored in the personal-news-profile; second storage means for storing the
downloaded news articles; and formatting means for formatting the stored
news articles into the personalized newspaper based
on the newspaper format commands stored in the
personal-news-profile.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus of Claim 30, further
comprising spooling means for spooling the
personalized newspaper to a printer.
Claim 32
Independent Claim
184 words
A method for formatting data from a
hypermedia document into a personalized document,
comprising the steps of: a location specifying step to specify a
location of the hypermedia document; a type specifying step to specify the type
of the hypermedia document; a scope specifying step to specify the
scope of data to retrieve from the hypermedia
document, wherein the scope is based on a structure
of the hypermedia document; a format specifying step to specify a
format for formatting the data retrieved from the
hypermedia document into the personalized document; an accessing step to access the hypermedia
document found at the location specified in the
location specifying step; a retrieving step to retrieve data from
the hypermedia document accessed in the accessing
step, wherein the data is retrieved in accordance
with the type specified in the type specifying step
and in accordance with the scope specified in the
scope specifying step; and a formatting step to format the data
retrieved in the retrieving step into the
personalized document, wherein the data is formatted
in accordance with the format specified in the
format specifying step.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of Claim 32, further
comprising a printing step to print the personalized
document.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of Claim 32, wherein the
location specified in the location specifying step
is a filename.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of Claim 32, wherein the
location specified in the location specifying step
is a uniform resource locator for the World Wide
Web.
Claim 36
Independent Claim
101 words
A method of processing a hypermedia
document, comprising the steps of: accessing the hypermedia document; extracting addresses from the hypermedia
document; storing the addresses extracted from the
hypermedia document in a container in a memory; activating a processing function to
process data stored at the addresses stored in the
container; downloading the data stored at the
addresses in the container into the memory; extracting predetermined data from
downloaded data in accordance with predetermined
configuration information; formatting the predetermined data in
accordance with predefined formatting settings to
generate a formatted document; and processing the formatted document in
accordance with the processing function.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to Claim 36,
further comprising a step of previewing the
formatted document prior to processing the formatted
document.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method according to Claim 37,
further comprising the steps of: changing the formatting settings after
previewing the document and before processing the
formatted document in accordance with the processing
function; re-activating the processing function; and re-formatting the data in accordance with
changed formatting settings to generate the
formatted document.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method according to Claim 36,
wherein the addresses are stored in the container in
the order that the addresses are input into the
container; and wherein the processing function processes
the predetermined data in the order that the
addresses are stored in the container.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to Claim 39,
further comprising the step of rearranging the
addresses stored in the container by dragging and
dropping the addresses within the container.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to Claim 36,
further comprising a step of inputting the
formatting settings and configuration information
via a graphical user interface.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method according to Claim 41,
wherein the graphical user interface comprises
plural processing icons, one of which activates the
processing function.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method according to Claim 42,
wherein the graphical user interface is displayed in
plural modes.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
47 words
A method according to Claim 43,
wherein the plural modes comprise (1) a fully-functional
mode in which the graphical user
interface displays formatting fields, processing
options, menus and the processing icons, and
(2) a minimizing mode in which the graphical user
interface displays only the processing icons.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to Claim 44,
wherein the graphical user interface displayed in
the minimizing mode is displayed during browsing the
hypermedia document.
Claim 46
Independent Claim
123 words
An apparatus for processing a
hypermedia document, comprising: a Web read which accesses the hypermedia
document; means for extracting addresses from the
hypermedia document; a memory including a container which
stores the addresses extracted from the hypermedia
document; a graphical user interface having
processing icons which activate at least one
processing function to process data stored at the
addresses stored in the container; and processing means which (1) downloads the
data stored at the addresses stored in the container
into the memory, (2) extracts predetermined data
from downloaded data in accordance with predefined
configuration settings, (3) formats the
predetermined data in accordance with predefined
formatting settings to generate a formatted
document, and (4) processes the formatted document
in accordance with the processing function.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to Claim 46,
further comprising previewing means for previewing
the formatted document prior to processing the
formatted document.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
45 words
An apparatus according to Claim 46,
wherein the addresses are stored in the container in
the order that the addresses are input into the
container; and wherein the processing function processes
the predetermined data in the order that the
addresses are stored in the container.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
31 words
An apparatus according to Claim 48,
further comprising dragging and dropping means for
dragging and dropping the addresses listed in the
container in order to rearrange the addresses in the
container.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus according to Claim 46,
further comprising inputting means for inputting the
formatting settings and configuration information
via a graphical user interface.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus according to Claim 50,
wherein the graphical user interface comprises
plural processing icons, one of which activates to
the processing function.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus according to Claim 51,
further comprising display means for displaying the
graphical user interface in plural modes.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
47 words
An apparatus according to Claim 52,
wherein the plural modes comprise (1) a fully-functional
mode in which the graphical user
interface displays formatting fields, processing
options, menus and the processing icons, and
(2) a minimizing mode in which the graphical user
interface displays only the processing icons.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus according to Claim 53,
wherein the graphical user interface displayed in
the minimizing mode is displayed during browsing the
hypermedia document.
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