Method and system for a browser module

US8078986B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Intuit Inc. · US

Inventors

• Clifford L. Rhyne · San Diego, US
• Larry John Raab · Poway, US
• Gang Wang · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/08
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In general, the invention relates to a method for capturing information from a web site. The method includes accessing the web site using a browser with a browser module, where the web site comprises a number of web pages having information in a first format, and obtaining a profile corresponding to the web site, where the profile defines a manner to capture information in a first format from the web site. The method further includes capturing information, by the browser module, from at least one of the number of web pages based on the profile and sending the information captured by the browser module to a destination application, where the destination application is external to the browser and where the destination application is configured to use the information in a second format.