Patents by Inventor Allison C. Morgan

Allison C. Morgan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and methods for crawling web pages and parsing relevant information stored in web pages
    Patent number: 11409814
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide for a more efficient web crawler (102) that accesses a plurality of links from a web page (106). In certain embodiments, the web crawler (102) determines link scores for each of the plurality of links, with each link score corresponding to a probability that the associated link leads to a web page (106) of a target page type. The plurality of links and the associated link scores are added to a priority queue (114). The web crawler (102) accesses a second web page (106) using the highest-ranked link in the priority queue (114), obtains links from that web page (106), identifies a link score for each of those links, and adds those links to the priority queue (114) based on their link scores. This process can be repeated for several pages, as needed, using the highest-rank link in each instance, until the crawler (102) identifies a web page (106) of a target page type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Aaron Clauset, Allison C. Morgan, Samuel F. Way
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CRAWLING WEB PAGES AND PARSING RELEVANT INFORMATION STORED IN WEB PAGES
    Publication number: 20200293581
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide for a more efficient web crawler (102) that accesses a plurality of links from a web page (106). In certain embodiments, the web crawler (102) determines link scores for each of the plurality of links, with each link score corresponding to a probability that the associated link leads to a web page (106) of a target page type. The plurality of links and the associated link scores are added to a priority queue (114). The web crawler (102) accesses a second web page (106) using the highest-ranked link in the priority queue (114), obtains links from that web page (106), identifies a link score for each of those links, and adds those links to the priority queue (114) based on their link scores. This process can be repeated for several pages, as needed, using the highest-rank link in each instance, until the crawler (102) identifies a web page (106) of a target page type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Clauset, Allison C. Morgan, Samuel F. Way