Patent ID: 6466940
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer implemented method of building a database which comprises sets of associated property values wherein each set includes at least two property values of different types, the property values being any of classification values, contact values, geographic location values, hereinafter collectively referred to as CCG-data, the method comprising the steps of:a) retrieving successive web pages from a computer network, each web page being identified by a URL, b) searching each web page for a CCG phrase that includes a plurality of different types of CCG-data attributes, c) extracting a plurality of said attributes from said phrase, d) from each extracted attribute, deriving an attribute name and a related attribute value, e) determining the type of said extracted attribute and said attribute value by reference to said attribute name, f) relating said type of attribute value so determined to a corresponding type of database property value, g) relating the URL of said web page to an other type of database property value, h) writing said derived attribute value to the database property value of said determined corresponding type in a set of associated property values, and i) writing the URL of said web page to a database property value of said other type in said set of associated property values.