System and method for redirecting network addresses for deferred rendering

• US 20030185197A1
• Filed: 03/28/2002
• Published: 10/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Vallabhaneni, Vasu, Banerjee, Dwip N., Fernandes, Lilian Sylvia
• Granted Patent: US 7,110,399 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/351
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system and method for forwarding URL'"'"'s to one or more recipients using a Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) network is provided. A mobile user views web pages on his WAP enabled wireless device, such as a mobile telephone or PDA. When the mobile user locates a web page that he prefers to view later or wants to send to another user, the mobile user invokes redirect software which composes a redirect request that includes one or more redirect entries. Each redirect entry corresponds to a redirect address and a URL. When the user finishes with selecting one or more redirect addresses, the mobile device sends the redirect request to a WAP gateway. The WAP gateway receives the redirect requests and forwards the redirect entries to the corresponding redirect addresses over a computer network, such as the Internet.

Claims

1. A method for forwarding network addresses, said method comprising:

receiving a redirect request, the redirect request including one or more redirect entries, wherein each redirect entry includes a redirect destination address and a network address;

creating an electronic message wherein the electronic message is addressed to one of the redirect destination addresses;

including one or more of the network addresses in the electronic message; and

sending the message to the redirect destination address.

2. The method as described in claim 1 wherein the receiving is performed by a WAP gateway and wherein the redirect request is sent from a wireless WAP client.

3. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising:

storing the redirect entries in a database wherein the storing results in one or more database entries.

4. The method as described in claim 3 further comprising:

sorting the database entries based on corresponding redirect destination addresses;

creating the electronic message for each unique destination address from the group of destination addresses;

including one or more network addresses in each of the electronic messages; and

sending the electronic message to each of the unique destination addresses.

5. The method as described in claim 4 further comprising:

removing the database entries after the sending of the electronic message.

6. The method as described in claim 3 wherein the redirect request includes a priority level, the method further comprising:

determining whether to store one or more corresponding redirect entries in the database based on the priority level.

7. The method as described in claim 1 wherein the redirect entries include textual descriptions corresponding to the network addresses, the textual descriptions included in the electronic messages.

8. The method as described in claim 1 wherein each of the network addresses corresponds to one or more Internet Web pages.

9. An information handling system comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory accessible by the processors;

one or more nonvolatile storage devices accessible by the processors;

one or more network adapters accessible by the processors for sending and receiving data across a network; and

a network address forwarding tool to forward network addresses, the network address forwarding tool including;

means for receiving a redirect request at one of the network adapters, the redirect request including one or more redirect entries, wherein each redirect entry includes a redirect destination address and a network address;

means for creating an electronic message wherein the electronic message is addressed to one of the redirect destination addresses;

means for including one or more of the network addresses in the electronic message; and

means for sending the message to the redirect destination address through one of the network adapters.

10. The information handling system as described in claim 9 wherein at least one of the network adapters includes a wireless receiver for receiving the request over a wireless network, wherein the information handling system includes a WAP gateway, and wherein the redirect request is sent from a wireless WAP client and received at the wireless receiver.

11. The information handling system as described in claim 9 further comprising:

means for storing the redirect entries in a database stored in one or more of the nonvolatile storage devices wherein the storing results in one or more database entries.

12. The information handling system as described in claim 11 further comprising:

means for sorting the database entries based on corresponding redirect destination addresses;

means for creating the electronic message for each unique destination address from the group of destination addresses;

means for including one or more network addresses in each of the electronic messages; and

means for sending the electronic messages to each of the unique destination addresses through one of the network adapters.

13. The information handling system as described in claim 11 wherein the redirect request includes a priority level, the information handling system further comprising:

means for determining whether to store one or more corresponding redirect entries in the database based on the priority level.

14. The information handling system as described in claim 9 wherein the redirect entries include textual descriptions corresponding to the network addresses, the textual descriptions included in the electronic messages.

15. A computer program product stored in a computer operable media for forwarding network addresses, said computer program product comprising:

means for receiving a redirect request, the redirect request including one or more redirect entries, wherein each redirect entry includes a redirect destination address and a network address;

means for creating an electronic message wherein the electronic message is addressed to one of the redirect destination addresses;

means for including one or more of the network addresses in the electronic message; and

means for sending the message to the redirect destination address.

16. The computer program product as described in claim 15 wherein the means for receiving is performed by a WAP gateway and wherein the redirect request is sent from a wireless WAP client.

17. The computer program product as described in claim 15 further comprising:

means for storing the redirect entries in a database wherein the storing results in one or more database entries.

18. The computer program product as described in claim 17 further comprising:

means for sorting the database entries based on corresponding redirect destination addresses;

means for creating the electronic message for each unique destination address from the group of destination addresses;

means for including one or more network addresses in each of the electronic messages; and

means for sending the electronic messages to each of the unique destination addresses.

19. The computer program product as described in claim 18 further comprising:

means for removing the database entries after the sending of the electronic messages.

20. The computer program product as described in claim 17 wherein the redirect request includes a priority level, the computer program product further comprising:

means for determining whether to store one or more corresponding redirect entries in the database based on the priority level..

21. The computer program product as described in claim 15 wherein the redirect entries include textual descriptions corresponding to the network addresses, the textual descriptions included in the electronic messages.

22. The computer program product as described in claim 15 wherein each of the network addresses corresponds to one or more Internet Web pages.