Method and apparatus for detecting changes in websites and reporting results to web developers for navigation template repair purposes
US8069407B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 7, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 26, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/56
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A software application for enabling automated notification of applied structural changes to electronic information pages hosted on a data packet network is provided. The software application comprises, a developer-interface module for enabling developers to build and modify navigation templates using functional logic blocks, a navigation system-interface module for integrating the software application to a proxy-navigation system for periodic execution of the templates, a change-notification module for indicating a point in process where a navigation routine has failed and for creating a data file containing parameters associated with the failed navigation routine and a database interface module for interfacing the software application to a data repository for storing the data file. The software application periodically submits test navigation and interaction routines to the navigation system for execution by virtue of the interface with the navigation system. Upon failure of a test routine, the software application creates the data file. The data file, comprises a point-of-failure indication within the failed navigation routine, an identifier of the associated electronic informati…
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