Patent ID: 8682881

Claim:
A computer implemented method of automatically extracting data from a classified website comprising: on a server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors: determining that a website is an area specific classified website based at least in part upon determining that the website is geographically localized; accessing page models for other classified websites; identifying a listing page in the classified website based on similarity of the listing page to the page models; creating a listing page model for the listing page comprising; identifying one or more dynamic regions within the listing page; determining a type of information associated with a respective dynamic region of the one or more identified dynamic regions; creating a listing page template that identifies the one or more dynamic regions and their associated type of information; and storing the listing page template; extracting data from the classified website based at least in part on the listing page model; and saving the extracted data in a database responsive to a classified site query by a user.