| 摘要 |
A data extractor system for extraction, deformatting, and postformatting of data available on the WWW. A user, connected to the Internet/Web, contacts a fee-based intermediate data service which provides an interface to determine various aspects of the user's query, including output format. The intermediate data service generates a Java stripping agent which is sent to the user's browser to interface with a third party data provider. The Java stripping agent contains the knowledge to strip away the formatting of user interfaces. The system will allow buffering and streamlining between the user and web data providers; converting visual presentation of information into data for further processing, translating one data request into a cascade of data requests and pasting results together, filtering data output; allowing a variety of presentations of data different from the original presentation; optional dataflow between the user's applications and the third-party data providers bypassing interactive interfaces. |
