US6253198B1
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Process for maintaining ongoing registration for pages on a given search engine
Assignee: Site Update Solutions LLC
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Filing: 1999-05-11
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Granted: 2001-06-26
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Expires: 2019-05-11
Abstract
Abstract A process for maintaining ongoing registration for pages on a given search engine is disclosed. It is a method to actively cause an updating of a specific Internet search engine database regarding a particular WWW resource. The updated information can encompass changed, added, or deleted content of a specific WWW site. The process comprises the steps of having software tools at a local WWW site manually and/or automatically keep an index of added, changed, or deleted content to a particular WWW site since that WWW site was last indexed by a specific Internet search engine. The software tools will notify a specific Internet search engine of the URLs of specific WWW site resources that have been added, changed, or deleted. The Internet search engine will process the list of indices of changes, additions or deletions provided by a web site, or add the URL of resources that require indexing or re-indexing to a database and visit the WWW site to index added or re-index changed content when possible. The benefit to the Internet is the creation of an exception-based, distributed updating system to the Internet search engine as opposed to the cyclical and repetitive inquiring by the Internet search engine to visit all WWW sites to find added, changed, or deleted content. Overall Internet transmissions are reduced by distributing the update and indexing functions locally to web sites and away from the central Internet search engine.
Inventors
- 👤 Alan Perkins
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 23:23
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/958; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A method to update an internet search engine database with current content from a web site, comprising the step of: creating and modifying a database of a web site wherein said website database contains content capable of being indexed by an internet search engine; identifying, using said web site database, new, deleted, unmodified or modified content; transmitting to said internet search engine a set of indices, wherein said set of indices comprises said new, deleted, unmodified or modified database content; opening, by a user, a form on a computer to enable or disable internet search engines to be updated with information; enabling or disabling, by said user, the appropriate internet search engines on said form; submitting, by said user, said information to a script; parsing, through the use of said script, said information from said form; and updating, through the use of said script, said database of search engine.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
149 words
A method to update an internet search engine database with current content from a web site, comprising the step of: creating and modifying a database of a web site wherein said website database contains content capable of being indexed by an internet search engine; identifying, using said web site database, new, deleted, unmodified or modified content; transmitting to said internet search engine a set of indices, wherein said set of indices comprises said new, deleted, unmodified or modified database content; opening, by a user, a form on a computer to enable or disable internet search engines to be updated with information; enabling or disabling, by said user, the appropriate internet search engines on said form; submitting, by said user, said information to a script; parsing, through the use of said script, said information from said form; and updating, through the use of said script, said database of search engine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein said web site database further comprises a database having one record per resource indexed on said web site.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
79 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein said one record contains fields including: a. search engines by which the owner of the web site would like the page to be indexed, b. a date and time of the last index by search engine, c. a date and time a page was last modified according to the local indexing engine, and d. flags to indicate whether a specific resource requires updating, inclusion or removal from a particular search engine database.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein said content of said web site database further comprises: a proxy file field referencing a proxy file containing a description of said resource; wherein said transmitting means further comprises a means for transmitting said proxy file to said internet search engine; and said proxy file is used in lieu of new or modified content of said web site database.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein said form is an HTML form, said script is a CGI script and said page is an HTML page.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
72 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising the steps of: a. implementing a form to specify web resources a web site manager wishes the process to manage; b. submitting said form to a script on web server or said surrogate server; c. parsing, through the use of a script, said new information from said form; and d. creating a table of files, contained in said search engine database, via said script.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 6 , wherein said form is an HTML form, said script is a CGI script and said web resource is a WWW resource.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
170 words
An apparatus for updating an internet search engine database with current content from a web site, comprising: a means for creating and modifying a database of a web site wherein said website database contains content capable of being indexed by an internet search engine; a means for identifying, using said web site database, new, deleted, unmodified or modified content; a means for transmitting to said internet search engine a set of indices, wherein said set of indices comprises said new, deleted, unmodified or modified database content; a means for opening, by a user, a form on a computer to enable or disable internet search engines to be updated with information; a means for enabling or disabling, by said user, the appropriate internet search engines on said form; a means for submitting, by said user, said information to a script; a means for parsing, through the use of said script, said information from said form; and a means for updating, through the use of said script, said database of search engine.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
170 words
An apparatus for updating an internet search engine database with current content from a web site, comprising: a means for creating and modifying a database of a web site wherein said website database contains content capable of being indexed by an internet search engine; a means for identifying, using said web site database, new, deleted, unmodified or modified content; a means for transmitting to said internet search engine a set of indices, wherein said set of indices comprises said new, deleted, unmodified or modified database content; a means for opening, by a user, a form on a computer to enable or disable internet search engines to be updated with information; a means for enabling or disabling, by said user, the appropriate internet search engines on said form; a means for submitting, by said user, said information to a script; a means for parsing, through the use of said script, said information from said form; and a means for updating, through the use of said script, said database of search engine.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein said web site database further comprises a database having one record per resource indexed on said web site.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
79 words
The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein said one record contains fields including: a. search engines by which the owner of the web site would like the page to be indexed, b. a date and time of the last index by search engine, c. a date and time a page was last modified according to the local indexing engine, and d. flags to indicate whether a specific resource requires updating, inclusion or removal from a particular search engine database.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
66 words
The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein said content of said web site database further comprises: a proxy file field referencing a proxy file containing a description of said resource; wherein said transmitting means further comprises a means for transmitting said proxy file to said internet search engine; and said proxy file is used in lieu of new or modified content of said web site database.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein said form is an HTML form, said script is a CGI script and said page is an HTML page.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
81 words
The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising: a. a means for implementing a form to specify web resources a web site manager wishes the process to manage; b. a means for submitting said form to a script on web server or said surrogate server; c. a means for parsing, through the use of a script, said new information from said form; and d. a means for creating a table of files, contained in said search engine database, via said script.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein said form is an HTML form, said script is a CGI script and said web resource is a WWW resource.
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