Page information collection program, page information collection method, and page information collection apparatus

A page information collection method for collecting a set of pages associated by link information, from a server on a network, by means of a computer, the page information collection method comprising the steps of:

• acquiring the contents of a page through the network in response to a page acquisition request and creating page information including the contents of the page and the communication information used for page acquisition, by means of a page acquisition means;
• taking the page information created by the page acquisition means as target page information, comparing an assignment determination condition defining the requirements of page information to be included in each group and the target page information, to find a group having the assignment determination condition satisfied by the target page information, and storing the target page information put into the group in a storage means, by means of a classification means;
• creating an assignment determination condition satisfied by the target page information if the target page information does not satisfy the assignment determination condition of any group, creating a group corresponding to the created assignment determination condition, and storing the target page information put into the created group in the storage means, by means of a grouping means;
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• extracting the link information from the target page information put into the group created by the grouping means and outputting a request for acquiring the page based on the extracted link information to the page acquisition means, by means of a page acquisition request means.

A page information collection apparatus for collecting a set of pages associated by link information, from a server on a network, the page information collection apparatus comprising:

• a page acquisition means for acquiring the contents of a page through the network in response to a page acquisition request and creating page information including the contents of the page and the communication information used for page acquisition;
• a classification means for taking the page information created by the page acquisition means as target page information, comparing an assignment determination condition defining the requirements of page information to be included in each group and the target page information, to find a group having the assignment determination condition satisfied by the target page information, and storing the target page information put into the group in a storage means;
• a grouping means for creating an assignment determination condition satisfied by the target page information if the target page information does not satisfy the assignment determination condition of any group, creating a group corresponding to the created assignment determination condition, and storing the target page information put into the created group in the storage means;
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• a page acquisition request means for extracting the link information from the target page information put into the group created by the grouping means and outputting a request for acquiring the page based on the extracted link information to the page acquisition means.

A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a page information collection program for collecting a set of pages associated by link information, from a server on a network, the page information collection program causing a computer to execute the processing of:

• acquiring the contents of a page through the network in response to a page acquisition request and creating page information including the contents of the page and the communication information used for page acquisition, by means of a page acquisition means;
• taking the page information created by the page acquisition means as target page information, comparing an assignment determination condition defining the requirements of page information to be included in each group and the target page information, to find a group having the assignment determination condition satisfied by the target page information, and storing the target page information put into the group in a storage means, by means of a classification means;
• creating an assignment determination condition satisfied by the target page information if the target page information does not satisfy the assignment determination condition of any group, creating a group corresponding to the created assignment determination condition, and storing the target page information put into the created group in the storage means, by means of a grouping means;
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• extracting the link information from the target page information put into the group created by the grouping means and outputting a request for acquiring the page based on the extracted link information to the page acquisition means, by means of a page acquisition request means.