Patent ID: 9311283
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of identifying content to be recorded, the method performed in a computer comprising a memory, the method comprising: in the computer, receiving from a first server a webpage comprising a first item and rendering the webpage, the first item being a video element or an IMG or block level element; rendering a first identifier which indicates to a user of the computer that the webpage may be recorded; in response to a user selection of the first item, determining an element type of the first item and rendering a second identifier which indicates to the user that the first item may be recorded; in response to a current user selection position, determining that there is not one or more IMG or block level elements at the current user selection position, traversing up the DOM from the first item for an element not of a specified type, determining that the element not of a specified type is valid, counting the number of words in all inline children and keeping the element if it has more than a minimum number of words, and highlighting the words; and in response to a user selection of at least one of the element not of a specified type or the webpage, transmitting the user selection to a second server in conjunction with an instruction to record the user selection.