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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Rakesh Agrawal, San Jose, CA (US);
Amit Somani, San Jose, CA (US);
Rakesh Agrawal, San Jose, CA (US);
Amit Somani, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, business method, and computer program product for retrieving and organizing networked data, wherein fetch rules and extraction rules enable a user to automatically collect and extract information from a remote network site. The fetch rules reproduce the interaction a client executes if interacting directly with the remote site, so a server cannot be shut out. The extraction rules allow the client, preferably via an applet, to glean relevant information from the acquired pages for presentation in a general interface. As an electronic commerce business method, information about remote site responsiveness, fetch rules, and extraction rules may be shared between server and client for a fee. The server accumulates vendor contacts, stores query rules, and provides common interface rules. The invention can gather statistics on vendor responsiveness and can resell information to vendors or others.