Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1997-12-22
1999-10-05
Black, Thomas G.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707102, 707 3, 707 4, G06F 1730
Patent
active
059639490
ABSTRACT:
According to the invention, methods for gathering data around forms having one or more fields, enabling a wrapper program to extract semistructured information by determining combinations of values for fields associated with particular forms; submitting the particular forms repeatedly for all combinations of interest and providing the results returned for further processing. In select embodiments, the combinations of values for fields is a Cartesian product of the possible values for the fields. Values to be submitted in the form fields may be specified by using a programming language such as Site Description Language (SDL) or Java.
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Gupta Ashish
Norvig Peter
Rajaraman Anand
Amazon.Com, Inc.
Black Thomas G.
Shah Sanjiv
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