Information search system, information search method, HTML document structure analyzing method, and program product
US7496581B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 17, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/951
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an information search using a computer, a flexible information search based on a variety of strategies that depend on a purpose of use of information is effectively realized. An information search system comprises a document structure analyzing section for analyzing a structure of an HTML document taking into account a meaning in a prescribed web page, a significance calculating section for calculating the degrees of significance of other web sites linking from the web page, based on a result of the analysis and according to predetermined strategies, and a crawling executing section for crawling the web sites depending on the degrees of significance calculated by the significance calculating section.
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