Patent ID: 9082126
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A web crawler stored on non-transitory computer readable media for causing a processor of a computer to crawl a website having a webpage displaying a product, said web crawler comprising: a. an interface input for receiving a URL of a homepage of the website, said homepage containing links; b. a linking system containing a link follower for retrieving and following the links on the homepage which leads to an additional webpage in the website; c. a webpage collector for collecting the homepage and a current webpage associated with at least one of the links retrieved from the linking system; wherein the collector categorizes each homepage and webpage collected; d. an analyzer for collecting at least one of the following: a name of the product, a category and subcategory of the product, pricing information on the product, pricing information relating to a service plan of the product, breadcrumbs, and images of the product; e. a validator for examining webpage information including product information and the product's associated service plan; f. an interface output for generating an output containing results generated by the web crawler.