Method and system for rendering a web page free of inappropriate URLs

• US 10,169,477 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2014
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Singh, Dalvinder, Mishra, Vinod Kumar
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Maikhanh
• Application Number:
  US14/564,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20150186542A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,484 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links

Abstract

A method and a system for rendering a web page free of inappropriate URLs include parsing a web page to identify a plurality of Universal Resource Locators (URLs) within the web page. Further, the method includes preloading the plurality of URLs identified and detecting the URLs having inappropriate content. Furthermore, the method includes rendering a web page free of the inappropriate URLs.

Claims

1. A method for disabling inappropriate Universal Resource Locators (URLs) in a web page, the method comprising:

loading the web page;

parsing the web page to obtain at least one URL present in the web page;

preloading the obtained URL comprises fetching at least one of metadata information and web page content corresponding to the obtained URL,

wherein the preloading the obtained URL comprises preloading each URL identified in the web page into a secondary page viewer that is running in background;

identifying whether the obtained URL comprises inappropriate content based on the at least one of the metadata information and the web page content of the obtained URL;

based on identifying that the obtained URL comprises the inappropriate content, modifying the web page by disabling the obtained URL; and

rendering the modified web page,

wherein the disabling comprises disabling the obtained URL by replacing information identifying the obtained URL with at least one from among a text, an image and a dummy URL.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein preloading the obtained URL comprises one of:

serial processing, wherein the serial processing comprises preloading a set of URLs from the URL successively;

batch processing, wherein the batch processing comprises preloading a set of URLs from the URL as batches of URLs; and

parallel processing, wherein the parallel processing comprises preloading a set of URLs from the URL simultaneously.

3. An electronic device for identifying inappropriate Universal Resource Locators (URLs) in a web page, the electronic device comprising:

a network interface configured to fetch a web page, wherein the network interface fetches the web page from a web server;

a controller configured to control the electronic device to perform;

loading the web page;

parsing the web page, wherein the parsing comprises obtaining a URL present in the web page;

preloading the obtained URL comprises fetching at least one of metadata information and web page content corresponding to the obtained URL, wherein the preloading the obtained URL comprises preloading each URL identified in the web page into a secondary page viewer that is running in background;

identifying whether the obtained URL comprises inappropriate content based on the at least one of the metadata information and the web page content of the obtained URL;

based on identifying that the obtained URL comprises the inappropriate content, modifying the web page by disabling the obtained URL; and

rendering the modified web page,

wherein the disabling comprises disabling the obtained URL by replacing information identifying the obtained URL with at least one from among a text, an image and a dummy URL.