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US5748954:
Method for searching a queued and ranked constructed catalog of files stored on a network
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Mauldin, Michael L.; Penn Hills, PA
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| Assignee: |
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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| Published / Filed: |
1998-05-05
/ 1995-06-05
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| Application Number: |
US1995000462520
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| IPC Code: |
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G06F 17/30;
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IPC-7:
G06F 17/30;
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| ECLA Code: |
G06F17/30W1;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
001/001;
707/999.01;
707/E17.108;
Original:
395/610;
395/611;
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| Field of Search: |
395/600,601,616,610,611
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| Priority Number: |
| 1995-06-05 |
US1995000462520 |
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| Abstract: |
A method of constructing a catalog of files stored on a network comprised of a plurality of interconnected computers each having a plurality of files stored thereon. The method is accomplished by establishing a queue containing at least one address representative of a file stored on one of the interconnected computers, ranking each address in the queue according to the popularity of the file presented by the address, downloading the file corresponding to the address in the queue having the highest ranking, processing the downloaded file to generate certain information about the downloaded file for the catalog, adding to the queue any addresses found in the downloaded file, and determining the popularity of file represented by the addresses in the queue according to how often a file is referenced by a computer other than the computer on which the file is stored.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Black, Thomas G.; Coby, Frantz
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1. A method of constructing a catalog of the files stored on a network comprised of a plurality of interconnected computers each having a plurality of files stored thereon, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) establishing a queue containing at least one address representative of a file stored on one of said interconnected computers;
- (b) ranking each address in said queue according to a heuristic;
- (c) downloading the file corresponding to the address in said queue having the highest ranking;
- (d) processing said downloaded file to generate certain information about said downloaded file for the catalog;
- (e) adding to said queue any addresses found in said downloaded file;
- (f) repeating steps (b) through (f).
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| Other Abstract Info: |
DERABS C1998-286281
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| Other References: |
Loke et al, Compound Document Processing System, IEEE, pp. 640-644 Jan. 1991.
Li et al, Internet Resource Discovery Services, IEEE, pp. 8-22 Jan. 1993.
Mauldin et al, Web Agent Related Research at the Center for Machine Translation, To be presented at the SIGNIDR meeting, pp. 1-6 Aug. 1994.
Pinkerton, Finding What People Want: Experinces with the Web Crawler, The Sesign of the WebCrawler, pp. 1-10 Jan. 1994.
Bowman et al, Harvest: A Scalable, Customizable Discovery and Access System, Technical Report CU-CS 7329-94, pp. 1-27, Aug. 1994.
New Spiders Roam the Web, Computer-Mediated Communication Mazagine, vol. 1, No. 5, Sep. 1, 1994, p. 3, John December.
Web Agent Related Research at the center for Machine Translation, To be presented at the SIGNIDR meeting Aug. 4, 1994 in McLean, Michael L. Mauldin, John R. R. Leavitt.
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