Patent ID: 8909632
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implementable method for maintaining persistent links to information stored on a network, comprising: tagging a first set of information elements corresponding to a first network location to generate a set of tagged information elements; associating said first network location with a hyperlink; acquiring said set of tagged information elements at said first network location, said acquiring performed by a search engine crawler; indexing said set of tagged information elements with a search engine crawler, said set of tagged information elements indexed to said first network location; using said search engine to periodically perform a search using said set of tagged information elements to generate a plurality of individual search results, wherein each individual search result comprises a second set of information elements corresponding to a second network location; processing said plurality of individual search results to obtain an individual search result comprising a second set of information elements matching said set of tagged information elements; performing comparison operations to determine whether said second network location associated with said obtained individual search result is the same as said first network location, the comparison operations comprising performing fuzzy logic operations to determine a closest match; and associating said hyperlink with said second network location if said second network location is different from said first network location to provide a persistent link to said tagged information elements.