# US 10,313,453 B1 · Method and system for searching network resources to locate content > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,313,453 B1 - Document ID: US10313453B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 14/969,505 - Filed: 2015-12-15 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2010-03-25 - Assignees: Open Invention Networks, LLC - Applicants: Open Invention Network LLC - Inventors: David Gerard Ledet - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10313453B1 ## CPC - H04L 67/51: Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G06F 16/9535: Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation - G06F 16/958: Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking - G06F 16/972: {Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation} - H04L 67/02: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] - H04L 67/025: for remote control or remote monitoring of applications - H04L 67/52: specially adapted for the location of the user terminal - H04L 67/535: {Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34)} - G06Q 30/02: Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A process and system are directed to generating a medium without user involvement. A user makes a series of increasingly granular selections to specify the type of medium to be built, such as a webpage. A search engine conducts a search of networking resources to identify and collect content items that have a relationship to the user and that are relevant to the webpage selections made by the user. The content collection is performed automatically without any user involvement, beyond the user's initial webpage selections. The webpage is then constructed, using the collected content items to populate the components of the webpage. The webpage is customized to the user because its contents are developed based upon a search that reflects the targeting and collection of content items that are both related to the user and relevant to the user's webpage definition. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: receiving a user selection of at least one of a following medium: a webpage, a blog, a tweet facility, an instant messaging application, or a social networking application; receiving a user selection of a subject matter for the selected medium; querying, by a processor, a network environment to automatically identify target network locations for performing a search which are associated with the user; searching local system resources and the target network locations identified via the querying and identifying local content from the local system resources and remote content stored at the target network locations that is relevant to a type of the selected medium; weighting the identified local content differently than the identified remote content; and collecting content from the identified local content and the identified remote content based on the different weighting and populating the selected medium with the collected content. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the querying comprises querying the network environment for search results of web pages of content for the selected medium. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising formulating a search strategy for the searching for the content based on a type of the selected medium. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising prioritizing search results from the searching by assigning a respective weight to each search result item indicating a measure of relative value. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the searching and identifying content further comprises employing a keyword search on the local system resources and the remote system resources based on the subject matter. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the collecting and populating further comprises customizing content to at least one of the user and a definition of the medium. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the querying comprises automatically identifying local system resources and remote resources in the networking environment having a relationship to the user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the querying comprises automatically identifying resources indicative of at least one of user online experience, user online behavior, and user online activity. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the populating further comprises automatically determining a layout for assembling the collected content within the medium and populating the collected content within the medium based on the automatically determined layout and the different weighting. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the querying comprises querying a remote server and automatically identifying one or more remote network locations associated with the user for performing a content search for the medium. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the weighting is performed based on a weighting table which includes a plurality of category types of content and local value ratings and remote value ratings for the respective category types. ### Claim 12 A system, comprising: an input device configured to select at least one of a following medium: a webpage, a blog, a tweet facility, an instant messaging application, or a social networking application; and a processor configured to detect the selection of the medium and a selection of a subject matter for the medium, wherein the processor is further configured to query a network environment to automatically identify target network locations for performing a search which are associated with the user, search local system resources and the target network locations identified via the query and identify local content from the local system resources and remote content at the target network locations that is relevant to a type of the selected medium, weight the identified local content differently than the identified remote content, and collect content from the identified local content and the identified remote content based on the different weighting and populate the selected medium with the collected content. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to execute a search engine configured to search the target network locations identified via the query for content for the medium using the medium as search criteria. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to prioritize search results from the search engine. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to assign a respective weight to each search result item that indicates a measure of relative value. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to: collect content from at least one of the identified target network locations; and develop the content collected. ### Claim 17 A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause the processor to: receiving a user selection of at least one of a following medium: a webpage, a blog, a tweet facility, an instant messaging application, or a social networking application; receiving a user selection of a subject matter for the selected medium; querying, by a processor, a network environment to automatically identify target network locations for performing a search which are associated with the user; searching local system resources and the target network locations identified via the querying and identifying local content from the local system resources and remote content stored at the target network locations that is relevant to a type of the selected medium; weighting the identified local content differently than the identified remote content; and collecting content from the identified local content and the identified remote content based on the different weighting and populating the selected medium with the collected content. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to search the target network locations using a type of the medium as a search criteria. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to prioritize search results from the search of the target network locations. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to assign a respective weight to each search result item indicating a measure of relative value. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the processor to: collect content from at least one of the identified target network locations; and develop the content collected.