Automatically notifying a computer user of internet content

摘要

In a method for automatically notifying a computer user of Internet content, a computer reads a user-created rule on the computer. A current version of a web page named in the user created rule is requested from another computer. The current version of the web page is searched for specific content, which is defined in the user-created rule. A determination is made that the specific content meets a target condition, and the computer user is notified that the target condition has been met.

主权项

1. A method comprising the steps of:
reading, by one or more computer processors, a user-created rule; requesting, by one or more computer processors, from another computer, a current version of a web page named in the user-created rule; searching, by one or more computer processors, the current version of the web page, without displaying the web page, for a specific content defined in the user-created rule; determining, by one or more computer processors, if the specific content meets a target condition defined in the user-created rule; determining, by one or more computer processors, whether the user-created rule includes text; and responsive to determining the target condition is met, performing, by one or more computer processors, an operation as defined in the user-created rule, wherein the operation notifies a user that the target condition has been met, and wherein the operation includes at least one of opening, by one or more computer processors, a desktop application, and displaying, by one or more computer processors, the current version of the web page, and responsive to determining the user-created rule includes text, including the text in the operation as defined in the user-created rule.