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US 7,257,573 B2Granted
Information display apparatus
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorTomoko Matsumoto
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Abstract
An information display apparatus obtains a plurality of pieces of web data from one or more web servers connected to a network, each piece of web data composing either a portion of or a whole web page. The information display apparatus then receives an instruction from a user for specifying information to be extracted from each of the obtained pieces of web data, extracts the specified information from each of the obtained pieces of web data, constructs one screen using the extracted information, and displays the constructed screen.
Claims13
An information display apparatus, comprising:
- an obtaining unit operable to obtain, from one or more web servers connected to a network, a plurality of pieces of web data, each piece of web data composing either a portion of or a whole web page;
- a reception unit operable to receive, from a user, an instruction for specifying information to be extracted from each of the obtained pieces of web data, the instruction showing (i) a predetermined character string that is a display item in a list and that is in association with the information to be extracted, (ii) a relative positional relationship in web data between the information to be extracted and the predetermined character string, and (iii) a character count of the information to be extracted;
- and
- a display unit operable to
- search each of the obtained pieces of web data for the predetermined character string,
- extract, based on the character count, information from web data in the relative positional relationship with the predetermined character string found as a result of the search,
- construct, with use of the extracted information, a list having a heading item that is the predetermined character string, and
- display the constructed list.
5 more elements
An information display method used in an information display apparatus, the method comprising:
- an obtaining step for obtaining, from one or more web servers connected to a network, a plurality of pieces of web data, each piece of web data composing either a portion of or a whole web page;
- a reception step for receiving, from a user, an instruction for specifying information to be extracted from each of the obtained pieces of web data, the instruction showing (i) a predetermined character string that is a display item in a list and is in association with the information to be extracted, (ii) a relative positional relationship in web data between the information to be extracted and the predetermined character string, and (iii) a character count of the information to be extracted;
- and
- a display step for
- searching each of the obtained pieces of web data for the predetermined character string,
- extracting, based on the character count, information from web data in the relative positional relationship with the predetermined character string found as a result of the search,
- constructing, with use of the extracted information, a list having a heading item that is the predetermined character string, and
- displaying the constructed list.
5 more elements
An information display method used in an information display apparatus, the method comprising:
- an obtaining step for obtaining, from one or more web servers connected to a network, a plurality of pieces of web data, each piece of web data composing either a portion of or a whole web page;
- a reception step for receiving, from a user, an instruction for specifying information to be extracted from each of the obtained pieces of web data the instruction showing (i) a predetermined character string that is a display item in a list and is in association with the information to be extracted, (ii) a relative positional relationship in web data between the information to be extracted and the predetermined character string, and (iii) a character count of the information to be extracted;
- and
- a display step for
- searching each of the obtained pieces of web data for the predetermined character string,
- extracting information based on the character count of the information to be extracted, from each of the pieces of web data in the relative positional relationship with the predetermined character string found as a result of the search,
- constructing, with use of the extracted information, a list having a heading item that is the predetermined character string, and
- displaying the constructed list.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.