WO2000072199A2 - Agent de navigation autonome - Google Patents

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WO2000072199A2
WO2000072199A2 PCT/US2000/013906 US0013906W WO0072199A2 WO 2000072199 A2 WO2000072199 A2 WO 2000072199A2 US 0013906 W US0013906 W US 0013906W WO 0072199 A2 WO0072199 A2 WO 0072199A2
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computer network
browsing agent
click stream
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Roland Calvin Kippenhan
Theodore Charles Goldstein
Matthew Finbarr Cassidy
Andrew Jay Sells
William Bradford Chase
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The Brodia Group
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
    • G06F16/95—Retrieval from the web
    • G06F16/957—Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

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  • the World Wide Web is a system of Internet servers using specified Internet protocols and supporting specially formatted documents.
  • the HyperText Transfer Protocol (“HTTP”) is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. HTTP defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands.
  • HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
  • HTML Hyper-Text Markup Language
  • HTML supports links to other documents, as well as graphics, audio, and video files.
  • These methods generally comprise (a) receiving click stream data from a browsing agent resident on said client computer; (b) determining whether control data exists for said click stream data; (c) transmitting said control data to said browsing agent, if such control data exist.
  • An alternative method comprises (a) receiving click stream data and a browsing agent configuration from a browsing agent resident on said client computer; (b) determining whether control data exist for said click stream data; (c) transmitting said control data to said browsing agent, if such control data exist and said control data is consistent with said browsing agent configuration.
  • the system generally comprises means for storing user information, means for sensing the computer network address of the currently viewed page, means for accessing a database to retrieve an interface profile or programming instructions corresponding to the currently viewed page, and means for operating on the interface of the currently viewed page according to the stored user information and the interface profile or instructions.
  • Figure 1 A is a schematic block diagram illustrating the operation of one preferred embodiment of the method and system of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 B is A schematic block diagram illustrating an alternative embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 4 is a flowchart diagram illustrating a third preferred method of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 A illustrates a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present invention generally involves at least one client computer 20, at least one merchant or web site 30, and browsing agent site 40, all of which are connected to the Internet 60.
  • Figure 1 B illustrates a variation of the information flow depicted in Figure 1 A.
  • the system illustrated in Figure 1 B shows the communication paths going through browsing agent server as a proxy server.
  • Those skilled in the art will know that either of the implementations illustrated in Figures 1 A and 1 B is possible and that the architectures represented therein offer different engineering trade-offs.
  • merchant or web site 30 is supported by web or Internet servers 32, which receive requests submitted by users and transmit files and other documents in return.
  • servers 32 are connected to the Internet 60.
  • browsing agent 24 when the user specifies a new page address, browse agent 24 obtains the address of the new page and compares this address to that stored in its variable memory location and determines that it is different. Browsing agent 24 stores the address of the newly specified page in its variable memory location, and sends it to browsing agent server 42, which compares it to all addresses stored in profile database 46. As discussed above, if browsing agent server 42 determines that the address of the new page matches an address stored in profile database 46, control data associated with the address of the page are obtained from profile database 46 and delivered via the Internet 60 to browsing agent 24. If no matching address is found, browsing agent 24 merely continues its repeating cycle until the user specifies a new page. (See Figure 2, step 104.)
  • the present invention has application to a web site corresponding to an on-line music store.
  • the user navigates through the on-line music store and selects various compact discs and audio tapes he wishes to purchase.
  • browsing agent 24 transmits corresponding addresses or other click stream data to browsing agent server 42, which looks for matches in profile database 46.
  • the on-line music store presents a web page having an interface including certain data fields. These data fields may include the user's name, address, telephone number, credit card number and expiration date.
  • browsing agent 24 carries out the command and returns to the background on the user's video display. Browsing agent 24 then resumes its cycle of repeatedly obtaining the address of the currently viewed page from browser 22, comparing it each time to the address it has stored in its variable memory, to determine when the user has navigated to a new page.
  • browsing agent 24 displays a configuration interface that allows the user to configure the agent.
  • the browsing agent includes the ability to automatically operate on page-based interfaces (see above) and the ability to perform searches of the Internet based on the users activity on browser 22 (discussed more fully below).
  • the configuration interface allows the user to turn-off one or both command options.
  • browsing agent 24 After browsing agent 24 has been configured, it drops into the background and subsequently monitors the user's activity (click stream) on browser 22. (See Figure 3, step 204.) As with the first preferred embodiment, such monitoring may comprise sending the URL and the content of the currently viewed page to browsing agent server 42 and receiving control data, if profile database 46 indicates that a form exists on that page. In the second preferred embodiment, however, browsing agent 24 monitors other aspects of the user's activity and transmits other click stream data to server 42.
  • browsing agent 24 transmits click stream data to browsing agent server 42 and receives control data in return (e.g., interface profiles or related information searching). However, unlike the third preferred embodiment, browsing agent 24 does not transmit the agent configuration. Rather, if control data is received (step 306), browsing agent evaluates whether the control data is consistent with the agent configuration (step 308). If the user has disabled the command option corresponding to such control data, browsing agent will not appear in the foreground to offer the user the command option. However, under the fourth preferred embodiment, the user can separately invoke browsing agent 24 (step 314). If browsing agent 24 is invoked, it similarly offers all available command options to the user.
  • control data e.g., interface profiles or related information searching

Abstract

L'invention concerne des procédés et systèmes d'installation et de prise en charge d'un logiciel autonome d'aide à l'utilisateur lors d'une session de lecture du Web ou de navigation dans le Web dans un réseau informatique. Le réseau informatique comprend au moins un ordinateur client associé à un fournisseur de biens, de services ou d'informations, et au moins un serveur d'agent de navigation associé à un agent de navigation autonome. Le procédé selon la présente invention consiste: (a) à contrôler dans l'ordinateur client une suite de clics; (b) à transmettre les données de suite de clics au serveur d'agent de navigation, les données de suite de clics étant dérivées de la suite de clics; (c) à recevoir des données de commande correspondant aux données de suite de clics; (d) à offrir une option de commande à l'utilisateur, l'option de commande étant basée sur les données de commande; et (e) à réaliser l'option de commande, si l'utilisateur la sélectionne.
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AU50343/00A AU5034300A (en) 1999-05-21 2000-05-18 Autonomous browsing agent
JP2000620520A JP2003531411A (ja) 1999-05-21 2000-05-18 自律ブラウズ・エイジェント

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