Patent ID: 7448040
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for extracting data from sources of network-based information in a packet-switched communications network comprising a plurality of network servers programmed to transmit network-based information over said network, comprising: a computer, coupled to said communication network; a script program, implemented on a computer in said communications network, structured to extract a portion of data from network-based information received from one of said network servers; and an object embedding program, implemented on one of the computer and a second computer in said communications network, comprising a link to said network-based information and a link from which said object embedding program can locate said script program, wherein the object embedding program executes said script program to cause said portion of data to be extracted from said network-based information, and to embed said portion of data within a compound document, wherein said link from which said object embedding program can locate said script program is said link to said network-based information, and wherein said network-based information in turn comprises a link to said script program.