Patent ID: 7634490

Claim:
A link generation process, the process being performed by a computer system, and comprising: accessing files of a network site including a server configured to send network site content to remote clients in response to receipt of requests for said content from said clients, said content including dynamically generated content which is generated in response to receipt of at least some of said requests, at least some of said requests including parameters that determine said dynamically generated content; analyzing the accessed files to identify at least one of valid parameters, valid values for parameters, and valid combinations of parameters used by executable code and/or scripts of said network site to determine said dynamically generated content; generating, based on said analyzing, data representing nodes of a hierarchy of linked nodes for use in indexing content of said network site, wherein leaf nodes of said hierarchy include alternative links for use in accessing said dynamically generated content, each of said alternative links being adapted for use in determining a corresponding link and one or more corresponding parameters that, in combination with the corresponding link, determine corresponding dynamic content of said network site; and sending the generated data to a user agent.