Abstract
Existing web browsers and automated agents often lack the precision required to monitor specific, dynamic elements within a webpage, frequently relying on unstructured text analysis or full-page refreshes. Described is a method and graphical user interface for the targeted monitoring of individual webpage elements. A user-defined selection tool is employed to identify a specific document object model (DOM) element, such as a field displaying a song title or a social media comment container.
The browser can monitor the selected element at specified intervals or via mutation observers to detect value changes. When a change is identified, the new value is captured and stored or a notification is triggered. This approach allows for the automated collection of structured data from dynamic web content without requiring manual oversight or high-level programmatic scripts. Greater precision in data tracking can be achieved by binding monitoring tasks to specific functional regions of a webpage.
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Recommended Citation
Azose, Benjamin Albert, "Browser-Based Interface For Targeted Monitoring and Collection of Dynamic Web Content", Technical Disclosure Commons, ()
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/10089