DECISION-THEORETIC WEB-CRAWLING AND PREDICTING WEB-PAGE CHANGE

Patent №

US 7,310,632

Granted

2007-12-18

Filed 2004

Owner

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

AI components

6

ml · nlp · kr · planning · evo · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10777365

Systems and methods are described that facilitate predictive web-crawling in a computer environment. Aspects of the invention provide for predictive, utility-based, and decision theoretic probability assessments of changes in subsets of web pages, enhancing web-crawling ability and ensuring that web page information is maintained in a fresh state. Additionally, the invention facilitates selective crawling of pages with a high probability of change.

AI classification

Knowledge representation1.00
AI hardware1.00
Machine learning1.00
Planning1.00
Natural language0.99
Evolutionary computation0.86
Speech0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

assignment · 150090161

Assignors

MEEK, CHRISTOPHER A., KADIE, CARL M.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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