Methods and systems for processing a link

• US 20040158617A1
• Filed: 02/06/2003
• Published: 08/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TripAdvisor, Inc.
• Original Assignee: TripAdvisor, Inc.
• Inventors: Shanny, Nicholas W., Barlow, Eugene
• Application Number:
  US10/359,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20040158617A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links

Abstract

Methods and systems for directing a web browser to a URL, including displaying a selectable link(s), the selectable link(s) associated with the URL and processor instructions, and, based on selection of the link(s), executing the instructions to generate a post query to the URL for the data. In a second embodiment, the methods and systems include loading a first URL into the web browser, the first URL associated with the destination URL, and, after loading the first URL, directing the web browser to the destination URL. In a third embodiment, the methods and systems include requesting data associated with a first URL, based on data received from the request, constructing the destination URL, and, based on the constructed destination URL, directing the web browser to the destination URL.

Claims

1. A method of requesting data from a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the method comprising:

displaying at least one selectable link, the at least one selectable link associated with the URL and at least one of;

at least one script, at least one applet, at least one application, and at least one processor instruction, and,

upon selection of the at least one selectable link, executing at least one of;

the at least one script, the at least one applet, the at least one application, and the at least one processor instruction, to generate a post query to the URL.

2. A method according to claim 1, where the at least one selectable link is provided by a first server, and the URL is associated with a distinct second server.

3. A method according to claim 2, where displaying includes displaying at a client.

4. A method according to claim 1, where the post query includes a HTTP post query.

5. A method according to claim 1, where the at least one selectable link includes at least one visual representation of the URL.

6. A method according to claim 1, where the at least one visual representation includes at least one of:

text, at least one graphic, at least one button, and at least one image.

7. A method according to claim 1, where the data includes at least one of a text document, an image, and an application.

8. A method according to claim 1, where executing includes:

associating a form with at least one of the URL and the at least one selectable link, and,

submitting the form upon selection of the at least one selectable link.

9. A method according to claim 8, where submitting the form includes executing at least one of:

at least one script, at least one applet, at least one application, and at least one processor instruction.

10. A method according to claim 1, where displaying includes displaying the at least one selectable link on~a web page, where the web page is displayed using a web browser.

11. A method according to claim 1, further comprising generating the at least one selectable link by associating the URL with a post query.

12. A method for directing a web browser to a destination Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the method comprising:

loading a first URL into the web browser, the first URL associated with the destination URL, and,

after loading the first URL, directing the web browser to the destination URL.

13. A method according to claim 12, where the URL includes at least one of:

text, at least one graphic, at least one button, and at least one image.

14. A method according to claim 12, where loading the first URL includes:

generating a frameset within the web browser, the frameset having at least one frame, and,

loading the first URL in the at least one frame.

15. A method according to claim 14, where at least one of the at least one frame is a hidden frame.

16. A method according to claim 12, where loading the first URL includes obtaining session information associated with the destination URL.

17. A method according to claim 16, where obtaining session information includes obtaining a cookie.

18. A method according to claim 12, further comprising:

displaying at least one selectable link, where the at least one selectable link is associated with at least one of a script, an application, an applet, and at least one processor instruction, and,

where directing the web browser includes executing at least one of the script, the applet, the application, and the at least one processor instruction to direct the web browser to the destination URL.

19. A method according to claim 12, further comprising:

displaying at least one selectable link, the at least one selectable link associated with the first URL and a script for loading the destination URL, and,

based on a selection of the at least one selectable link, returning a frameset to the web browser for loading the first URL.

20. A method according to claim 19, where directing includes directing based on executing the script.

21. A method according to claim 12, where loading a first URL includes providing a frameset configured to request a resource from the first URL.

22. A method according to claim 12, where directing the web browser includes executing a method to notify a script method to direct the web browser to the destination URL.

23. A method according to claim 12, where the first URL and the destination URL are at least one of:

the same URL, and associated URLs based on session information.

24. A method according to claim 12, where directing the web browser includes executing a post query to the destination URL.

25. A method of directing a web browser to a destination URL, the method comprising:

requesting data associated with a first URL, the first URL being associated with the destination URL,

based on data received from the request, constructing the destination URL, and,

based on the constructed destination URL, directing the web browser to the destination URL.

26. A method according to claim 25, where the URL includes at least one of:

text, at least one graphic(s), at least one button, and at least one image.

27. A method according to claim 25, where constructing the destination URL includes constructing the URL based on at least one of a query and a scan of the requested data.

28. A method according to claim 27, where constructing includes executing an application to perform the query and scan of the received data.

29. A method according to claim 25, further comprising displaying at least one selectable link, the at least one selectable link associated with at least one of:

the first URL and the destination URL.

30. A method according to claim 25, further comprising receiving a request for the destination URL, and where requesting the first URL is based on receiving a request for the destination URL.

31. A method according to claim 25, further comprising displaying at least one selectable link associated with a partially complete representation of the destination URL.

32. A method according to claim 31, where constructing the destination URL includes completing the representation of the destination URL.

33. A method according to claim 25, where requesting includes requesting from at least one of a server and a client, and where the web browser executes on the client.

34. A method according to claim 25, where directing includes at least one of:

directing based on a server requesting data based on the constructed destination URL, where the web browser executes on a client, and the server provides the client with data from the constructed destination URL, and,

directing based on a client requesting data based on the constructed destination URL, where the constructed destination URL is provided by at least one of;

the client and a server.

35. A method according to claim 25, further comprising:

loading the first URL into the web browser before directing the web browser to the destination URL.

36. A method according to claim 35, where loading the first URL includes providing the web browser with a frameset having at least one frame, where the at least one frame is configured to load the first URL.

37. A method according to claim 36, where at least one of the at least one frame is hidden.

38. A method according to claim 25, further comprising:

loading a second URL into the web browser before directing the web browser to the destination URL, the second URL associated with the destination URL.

39. A method according to claim 25, where directing includes executing at least one of a script, an applet, an application, and at least one processor instruction to load the constructed destination URL.

40. A method according to claim 25, where the received data is at least one of URL data and data associated with the destination URL.

41. A method according to claim 25, where the first URL is at least one of:

the same as the destination URL, and associated with the destination URL.