Method and apparatus for an application crawler
US8954416B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 18, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/951
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method is provided for searching for files on the Internet. In one embodiment, the method may provide an application crawler that assembles and dynamically instantiates all components of a web page. The instantiated web application may then be analyzed to locate desired components on the web page. This may involve finding and analyzing all clickable items in the application, driving the web application by injecting events, and extracting information from the application and writing it to a file or database.
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