Gateway for dynamically providing web site status information
US6321251A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/951
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and method which allows a user to dynamically gather Web Site status information from a Web Browser. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention allows a user to gather information on which Web Pages within a Web Site have been recently updated. The present invention utilizes a workstation-based custom gateway to interconnect a user's Web Browser to the Web Server which hosts the Web Site. This gateway includes a program which receives a user-tailorable search request from a Web Browser, traverses a portion of the Web-accessible file structure of the Web Server, identifies Web Site files which meet the search request criteria, builds a table of results from the search, and returns the search results to the Web Browser. The present invention also allows an administrator to customize the table of results returned to the Web Browser.
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