Patent ID: 8676782
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a collection rule defining a set of qualifying addresses; acquiring data from an information resource over a network to extract link destination addresses in the data; determining whether the link destination addresses are included in the set of qualifying addresses by determining whether the link destination addresses comprise addresses in an allowed set explicitly allowed by the collection rule, explicitly excluded by the collection rule, and outside of the allowed set; assigning scores to the link destination addresses based on the determination of whether the link destination addresses are in the set of qualifying addresses, which is based on the determination of whether the link destination addresses comprise addresses explicitly allowed, explicitly excluded, or outside of the allowed set; determining from the scores of the link destination addresses whether the link destination addresses are to be included in a collection target; and accessing data at the link destination addresses included in the collection target to store for searching.