Method and system for an aggregate web site search database

A system for aggregating web site data from one or more web sites, the system comprising:

• at least one computing device comprising a processor and a memory coupled thereto, said memory storing instructions and data for configuring the processor to:
• send a page request to a web site selected from the one or more web sites;
• receive a web page from the selected web site based upon the sent page request;
• retrieve signature schema associated with the requested web page;
• apply signature schema to the requested web page data to extract data identified by the signature schema;
• and
• store extracted data to an aggregate database comprising data extracted from the one ore more web sites.

A computer program product storing computer readable instructions which when executed by a computer processor configure the processor for:

• sending a page request to a web site selected from the one or more web sites;
• receiving the requested web page from the selected web site;
• retrieving signature schema associated with the requested web page wherein the signature scheme identifies data fields within the requested web page;
• applying signature schema to the requested web page to extract data from the requested web page;
• and
• storing extracted data to an aggregate database, wherein the aggregate database comprises data extracted from the one or more web sites.

A method of aggregating web site data from one or more web sites, the method comprising:

• sending a page request to a web site selected from the one or more web sites;
• receiving the requested web page from the selected web site;
• retrieving signature schema associated with the requested web page wherein the signature scheme identifies data fields within the web and wherein the signature schema are extensible Markup Language (XML) documents comprising query language for extracting data from the requested web page;
• applying signature schema to the received web page to extract data from the requested web page;
• storing extracted data to an aggregate database, wherein the aggregate database comprises data extracted from the one or more web sites;
• receiving a search query from a client machine for data stored in the aggregate database;
• generating a database query based upon the received search query;
• and
• retrieving data from the aggregate database defined by the query.