Patent ID: 6915482
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying a change of an information object contained in a structured web information assembly, and a method comprising: a) specifying a structured web information assembly, b) acquiring said specified web information assembly from a source, c) selecting a first information object of said web information assembly, d) obtaining a structure location of said selected first information object within said structured information assembly and determining a first information object ID of said selected first information object on a basis of the selected first information object itself and a web page position of the selected first information object, e) generating by a coding method a first identifier characteristic of said selected first information object, f) reacquiring said specified web information assembly from said source, g) obtaining a second information object located at said structure location within said reacquired web information assembly, h) generating by said coding method a second identifier characteristic of said second information object, and i) generating a change indicator if said second identifier is different from said first identifier, wherein, determining the information object ID of the selected first information object, further comprises the steps of j) determining the web page table level of the web page table containing the selected information object; k) setting a position and level variable to the selected object position and the web page level determined in step j); l) determining a web page row and column position of an information object at the position and level of the variable, and appending to the information object ID the position and level variable; m) determining the object type of the selected information object, and if the object type is different from the body, then including the steps of: n) navigating in the structured information assembly to a position one level up from the current level, o) setting the position and level variable to the position and level navigated to in step n), and repeating the steps l)-m).