US2013133046A1PendingUtilityA1

Search service administration web service protocol

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Assignee: MICROSOFT CORPPriority: Dec 11, 2009Filed: Dec 26, 2012Published: May 23, 2013
Est. expiryDec 11, 2029(~3.3 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Dmitriy MeyerzonBoxin Li
G06F 16/9535H04L 63/08
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Abstract

The embodiments described herein generally relate to a method and system for enabling a client to configure and control the crawling function available through a crawl configuration Web service. A client is able to configure and control the crawling function by defining the URL space of the crawl. Such space may be defined by configuring the starting point(s) and other properties of the crawl. The client further configures the crawling function by creating and configuring a content source and/or a crawl rule. Further, a client defines authentication information applicable to the crawl to enable the discovery and retrieval of electronic documents requiring authentication and/or authorization information for access thereof. A protocol governs the format, structure and syntax (using a Web Services Description Language schema) of messages for communicating to and from the Web crawler through an application programming interface on a server hosting the crawler application.

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method for cataloging authenticated crawl results, the method comprising:
 receiving data indicative of a configuration request message, wherein the data indicative of the configuration request message comprises authentication credentials and one or more content sources;   initiating a crawl based on the one or more content sources, wherein the crawl uses the authentication credentials to access content associated with the one or more content sources; and   cataloging data in an index based on the crawl.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the authentication credentials comprise one or more cookies. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the authentication credentials comprise one or more certificates. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the authentication credentials comprise at least one form-based authentication. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the authentication credentials comprise at least one plain-text password. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the index comprises a full-text catalog. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the index comprises metadata relating to the content. 
     
     
         8 . A computer-readable storage medium, wherein the medium does not consist of a propagated signal, the medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing a method for cataloging authenticated crawl results, the method comprising:
 receiving data indicative of a configuration request message, wherein the data indicative of the configuration request message comprises authentication credentials and one or more content sources;   initiating a crawl based on the one or more content sources, wherein the crawl uses the authentication credentials to access content associated with the one or more content sources; and   cataloging data in an index based on the crawl.   
     
     
         9 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the authentication credentials comprise one or more cookies. 
     
     
         10 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the authentication credentials comprise one or more certificates. 
     
     
         11 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the authentication credentials comprise at least one form-based authentication. 
     
     
         12 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the authentication credentials comprise at least one plain-text password. 
     
     
         13 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the index comprises a full-text catalog. 
     
     
         14 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the index comprises metadata relating to the content. 
     
     
         15 . A system for cataloging authenticated crawl results, the system comprising:
 a server in a network environment configured to receive data indicative of a configuration request message, wherein the data indicative of the configuration request message comprises authentication credentials and one or more content sources;   the server in network communication with one or more computing devices, the server configured to send information that assists the one or more computing devices in a crawl, wherein the information comprises data indicative of the one or more content sources and data indicative of the authentication credentials, and   a database configured to catalog data in an index based on the crawl.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the network communication is substantially constant. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the data indicative of the authentication credentials comprise one or more of the following: at least one form-based authentication, at least one plain-text password, or cookies. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the data indicative of the authentication credentials comprise information related to accessing content associated with the one or more content sources. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the data comprises one or more full-text data related to the one or more content sources. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the data comprises one or more metadata relating to the one or content sources.

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