Method and system for recording search trails across one or more search engines in a communications network
a technology of a communications network and a search engine, applied in the field of automatic recording of search trails across one or more search engines, can solve the problems of inability to harness search trails developed by an individual or other users to improve the efficiency and relevance of a search conducted on the internet, impractical to merge user data from multiple servers, and inability to enable meaningful information
Inactive Publication Date: 2014-01-30
HAMILTON NIGEL
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The patent text describes an automated method for recording the sites a user accesses when searching the Internet using a search engine. The method detects when a user submits a search query and records the parameters of the sites they access in a database. This allows users to easily access and follow search trails to find relevant results. The method can also be used across multiple search engines and can protect user privacy. The technical effects of this invention include improved efficiency and relevance of search results, as well as the ability to record search trails and improve user experience.
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Search trails developed by an individual or other users are currently unable to be harnessed to improve the efficiency and relevance of a search conducted on the Internet.
However, it is impractical to merge user data from multiple servers as this requires cooperation between the server owners.
Moreover, server logs only record a limited number of parameters used in Hyper Text Transfer Protocols (HTTP) GET requests, and do not enable meaningful information to be recorded for constituting a search trail.
Recording all page visits by a user in a web server log results in privacy concerns for many users.
Recording all page visits also consumes a considerable amount of disk storage space.
Such systems have focused on a user's general web browsing behaviour but have not addressed a user's searching behaviour.
A proxy-based solution for recording user browsing behaviour also has a number of important limitations, namely that all requests go via the proxy and excess network bandwidth is consumed, new page requests are transmitted slowly as they must pass via the proxy, and the privacy of the user is not adequately protected since all page requests are intercepted.
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[0081]Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2, the system for recording sites accessed by a client in a communications network (in this case, the Internet) according to one embodiment of the present invention includes the following four major components: a search query detector 10, search trail recorder 11, adapter manager 12 and trail searcher 13. The search query detector 10 is a client-side application that detects submission of a search query from a client to one or more search engines. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the search query detector 10 is embodied as a toolbar 20 operable within an Internet browser installed at a client. In other embodiments of the invention, the search query detector 10 may be embodied as a browser addon or extension, deskbar, agent, proxy or like client-side application from which data from a search form can be interpreted. By detecting a submission of the search query from a client, the trail watcher captures the start of a search trail and the subsequent w...
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An automated method for recording sites accessed by a client in a communications network, the method including the steps of: detecting submission of a search query (10) from the client to one or more search engines; and recording a search trail (11) of one or more parameters of sites accessed consecutively following return of search query results to the client.
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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 597,236, filed Sep. 26, 2006, which is a U.S. national phase of PCT / AU2004 / 001763, filed Dec. 15, 2004, the complete disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a method and system for automatically recording sites accessed by a client in a communications network, and in particular to the recordal of a trail of sites consecutively accessed by the client. The invention is suitable for use in applications in which a client accesses sites from one or more servers forming part of the Internet, and it will be convenient to describe the invention in relation to that exemplary application. It should be appreciated however that the invention is not limited to that application.BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0003]Each day millions of searches are conducted on the Internet by using Internet search e...
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CPCG06F17/30864G06F16/951
InventorHAMILTON, NIGEL
OwnerHAMILTON NIGEL