Reference:

IRCPK2003TO86

Organization:

Cracow University of Technology

IRC Name:

IRC South Poland

Country:

Poland

Entry Date:

Fri, September 26, 2003

Last Update:

Deadline:

Sat, September 25, 2004

Abstract:

A small Polish IT company developed an intelligent Internet search technology. It consists of highly customised Crawler Technology able to acquire data from virtually any site on the Internet with minimum human help, & Language Recognition Classification Technology that helps in classification of the acquired data. Combined, both solutions enable building a new generation of Internet search sites. The company is interested in technical, financing partners, venture capital or angel investors.

Description:

A small Polish IT company developed an intelligent Internet search technology. It consists of:
- Crawler Technology - highly customised crawler technology is able to acquire data from virtually any site on the Internet. With minimum human help it collects and inserts the data into a database. It is the core element of any intelligent search solutions.
- Language Recognition Classification Technology helps with the right classification of the acquired data. Combined, both solutions enable building a new generation of Internet search sites. So far the company implemented this technology in the first comparison-shopping site in Poland.
The technology enables to extract from any HTML (hypertext mark-up language) document the information one needs. The technology includes a parser that can process almost any kind of tags-based text. While XML (extended modelling language) parsers require input text to be well-formed and meet special standards, this software can parse even malformed HTML. It is possible to use the technology to extract from the Web almost any data: to retrieve dynamically current stock quotes, latest news, current weather, current prices, and more.

Innovative Aspects:
Any existing comparison-shopping or intelligent search solution based on crawler technology needs a certain degree of human control. The point is to minimise human help. The most innovative aspect of the technology is the minimum amount of human intervention thanks to the usage of artificial intelligence in the process of site parsing and classification.

Main Advantages:
- High level of accuracy in the searching process
- Low operating cost (it is not necessary to hire many specialists to operate for example a comparison-shopping portal)
- Low hardware requirements
- Cheapest solution able to build any comparison-shopping sites or any portals, which are fed with data collected all over the Web
- Software can properly work with different languages

Technology Keywords:

Advanced Systems Architecture
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Data Processing / Data Interchange, Middleware
Databases, Database Management, Data Mining
Electronic Commerce, Electronic Payment, Electronic Signature
Information Technology/Informatics
Internet Technologies

Current Stage of Development:

Already on the market

Exploitation of RTD Results:

PRIVATE RESEARCH

Intellectual Property Rights:

Secret know-how

Comments

The technology has been developed by the company itself. The company possesses and secures its know-how.

Organisation/Company Type:

Organisation/Company Size:

<10

Brief Market Application Codes:

Information processing, information systems

Comments

Detailed Market Application Codes (VEIC):

Keywords

Operating systems and utilities
Other system software
Artificial intelligence related software
Natural language
Consulting services
Retailing
Leasing (not elsewhere classified)
Media related services

Highlights
The technology can be used in Web content distribution, comparison-shopping portals, intelligent search portals and any Web solutions (for example when needed data extraction from different Web sources).

Collaboration Type:

Technical Co-operation
Joint venture agreement
Financial resources

Comments
The company would like to co-operate with firms operating on the Internet market, especially in the areas of electronic commerce, Internet portals, and comparison-shopping solutions. The partner can be a technology vendor or a partner in joint ventures. Technical co-operation on adaptation of the technology or on further development is also object of interest.
The company also looks for a financing/ venture capital firm or business angel investor.

Preferred Countries for diffusion:

ALL

Associated Thematic Group:

ELECTRONIC AND MULTIMEDIA BUSINESS
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Additional Information:

Contact Name:

Martynowicz

Contact First name:

Pawel

Phone:

+48 12 628 28 45

Fax:

+48 12 632 47 95

Email:

ircpk@transfer.edu.pl