Annotating HTML segments with functional labels
US9594730B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 1, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/137
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus is described for assigning functional labels to segments of web pages in an application-independent way. In the approach described herein, one of a generic set functional labels are automatically assigned to each segment of a web page, where the generic functional labels may be topic-independent and application-independent. Applications with different needs can determine which segments of the web page to process based on which functional labels correspond to the types of information needed by each application. Thus, the work of classifying the function of each segment of a web page is separated from the work of selecting which segments satisfy the need of a particular application. The work of classification can be performed in an application-independent way, relieving the burden from every application developer from having to create their own classifiers.
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