Patent ID: 8893043
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for automated website browsing, the method comprising: a computer obtaining a plurality of attributes associated with a visited website; based on a web browser being navigated to the visited website, said computer predicting that the web browser will be navigated from the visited website to one website of a plurality of next websites, the predicting being based, at least in part, on a history of navigating the web browser to the potential next websites from the visited website, and based, at least in part, on the plurality of attributes associated with the visited website; said computer determining which next websites of the plurality of potential next websites have been updated, at least in part, since most recently being visited by the web browser; based on determining which next websites of the plurality of potential next websites have been updated, said computer identifying least one website of the plurality potential next websites that has not been updated since most recently being visited by the web browser; said computer eliminating identified at least one website of the plurality of potential next websites from consideration as a next website to which the web browser is to be navigated, the eliminating to obtain one or more remaining potential next websites which have been updated, at least in part, since most recently being visited by the web browser; and based on the eliminating, said computer selecting a next website from the one or more remaining potential next websites and navigating the web browser to the next website from the visited website absent entry of a uniform resource locator of the next website into the web browser by a user, wherein navigating the web browser to the next website comprises displaying the next website in the web browser.