Patent ID: 8438471
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A process for processing one or more web pages, comprising: A) fetching a task workflow template; B) executing the instructions in a step of said task workflow template using a microbrowser so as to retrieve HTML or XHTML document(s) of a web page specified by said step in said task workflow template; C) searching for specific desired information in said HTML or XHTML document where each piece of information sought is specified in a module in said step, where each module contains one or more items that extracts and displays a single display item, form element or conditional expression, each said module and item containing locators which are parsers that take instruction on how to parse through the HTML or XHTML document specified in the step and extract the desired data and where each said locator is the means by which items extract the content the item in intended to extract and render it for display, and wherein each said locator searches through said HTML or XHTML document either by searching for specific HTML or XHTML tags which enclose said specific desired information said HTML or XHTML tags being specified in said task workflow template, by use of regular expressions or searching by string matching or searching by location of said specific desired information in said HTML or XHTML document, and extracting only said specific desired information and, in the case the desired information is a form element, also extracting said HTML tags or said XHTML tags which enclose said desired information from each of said web pages which is specified in said task workflow template; and D) displaying on a computer executing said microbrowser only said desired information extracted from said one or more web pages by inputting said extracted desired information and any HTML or XHTML tags extracted with it to a browser which renders said desired information as a human readable display.