Google llc (20240232272). ANALYZING WEB PAGES TO FACILITATE AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION simplified abstract

ANALYZING WEB PAGES TO FACILITATE AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION

Organization Name

google llc

Inventor(s)

Gökhan Bakir of Zurich (CH)

Andre Elisseeff of Basel (CH)

Torsten Marek of Zurich (CH)

João Paulo Pagaime Da Silva of Adliswil (CH)

Mathias Carlen of Zurich (CH)

Dana Ritter of Horgen (CH)

Lukasz Suder of Zurich (CH)

Ernest Galbrun of Mulhouse Haut-Rhin (FR)

Matthew Stokes of Langnau am Albis (CH)

Marcin Nowak-przygodzki of Bäch (CH)

Mugurel-Ionut Andreica of Adliswil (CH)

Marius Dumitran of Bucuresti (RO)

ANALYZING WEB PAGES TO FACILITATE AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240232272 titled 'ANALYZING WEB PAGES TO FACILITATE AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION

The abstract describes implementations for analyzing interactive websites to enable automatic engagement with minimal effort from the website hosts. Techniques are outlined for abstracting, validating, maintaining, generalizing, extending, and distributing actions and traces for navigating through websites. Additionally, the abstract discusses leveraging these actions and traces to automate interactions with third-party websites, enabling users to engage with automated assistants without direct visual interaction with the website.

• Implementations for analyzing interactive websites for automatic engagement
• Techniques for abstracting, validating, and maintaining actions and traces
• Leveraging actions and traces to automate interactions with third-party websites
• Enabling users to engage with automated assistants without direct visual interaction
• Simplifying engagement with websites for both users and website hosts

Potential Applications: - Enhancing user experience on interactive websites - Streamlining interactions with third-party websites - Improving accessibility for users with disabilities

Problems Solved: - Minimizing effort required from website hosts for user engagement - Automating repetitive tasks on interactive websites - Facilitating seamless interactions with third-party websites

Benefits: - Increased efficiency in navigating and interacting with websites - Enhanced user experience through automation - Improved accessibility for all users

Commercial Applications: Automated customer service interactions, personalized website experiences, enhanced user engagement strategies for e-commerce platforms

Questions about the technology: 1. How does this technology impact user privacy and data security? 2. What are the potential limitations of automating interactions with websites?

Frequently Updated Research: Stay updated on advancements in automated website engagement technologies and user interaction automation.

Original Abstract Submitted

implementations are described herein for analyzing existing interactive web sites to facilitate automatic engagement with those web sites, e.g., by automated assistants or via other user interfaces, with minimal effort from the hosts of those websites. for example, in various implementations, techniques described herein may be used to abstract, validate, maintain, generalize, extend and/or distribute individual actions and “traces” of actions that are useable to navigate through various interactive websites. additionally, techniques are described herein for leveraging these actions and/or traces to automate aspects of interaction with a third party website. for example, in some implementations, techniques described herein may enable users to engage with an automated assistant (via a spoken or typed dialog session) to interact with the third party website without requiring the user to visually interact with the third party web site directly and without requiring the third party to implement their own third party agent.