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US 2013/0212083 A1Published application
System & Method For Acquiring Online Data By Mimicking Human Behavior
OwnerJames L. Beattie, Kenneth A. Smithinventors
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Abstract
A networked computer system includes a number of different data acquisition components for obtaining case data from an online web portal. The acquisition scanner can be configured in a number of different ways, including so as to imitate a human browser behavior, initiate separate instantiations for better case control, and maintain a download log to improve efficiency and performance.
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A computing system for automatically acquiring case records comprising:
- a case application scanner routine, which is adapted to run as a process as an independent thread on the computing system;
- said scanner routine further being configured to control an instantiation of an Internet browser for retrieving case records at a database accessible through a query page of a web portal;
- wherein said web portal case records are not accessible until a human interactive proof test has been satisfied;
- an access control routine configured to cooperate with said case application scanner routine which is adapted to engage with and satisfy said human interactive proof test and permit access to said web portal case records by said case application scanner routine;
- said scanner routine being further configured to interact with tabs, lists, links and buttons so as to retrieve said case record, and case record data from any and all pages associated with said first case including a data presentation page for said case records;
- wherein the system uses an independent and separate case application scanner routine for each case record to be scanned.
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A computing system for automatically acquiring case records from a non-indexed database through a webpage comprising:
- a case application scanner routine, which is adapted to run as a process as an independent thread on the computing system;
- said scanner routine further being configured to control an instantiation of an Internet browser for retrieving case records at a database accessible through a query page of a web portal;
- wherein said web portal case records are not accessible until a human interactive proof test has been satisfied;
- an access control routine configured to cooperate with said case application scanner routine which is adapted to engage with and satisfy said human interactive proof test and permit access to said web portal case records by said case application scanner routine;
- said scanner routine being further configured to interact with tabs, lists, links and buttons so as to retrieve said case record, and case record data from any and all pages associated with said first case including a data presentation page for said case records;
- wherein said scanner routine maintains a history log for each case record which is accessible during a data capture session so that case record data is retrieved and stored by the system only for case records which have changed since a prior data capture.
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A computing system for acquiring case records from a non-indexed database through a webpage comprising:
- a case application scanner routine, which is adapted to run as a process as an independent thread on the computing system;
- said scanner routine further being configured to control an instantiation of an Internet browser for retrieving case records at a database accessible through a query page of a web portal;
- wherein said web portal case records are not accessible until a human interactive proof test has been satisfied;
- an access control routine configured to cooperate with said case application scanner routine which is adapted to engage with and satisfy said human interactive proof test and permit access to said web portal case records by said case application scanner routine;
- said scanner routine being further configured to interact with tabs, lists, links and buttons so as to retrieve said case record, and case record data from any and all pages associated with said first case including a data presentation page for said case records;
- further wherein said scanner routine is configured to mimic a human browsing behavior during said interacting and so as to satisfy a data access limit or data retrieval rate limit specified by said web portal.
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