Method and system for alternate internet resource identifiers and addresses

• US 20040194018A1
• Filed: 02/20/2004
• Published: 09/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eli Abir
• Original Assignee: Eli Abir
• Inventors: Abir, Eli
• Application Number:
  US10/781,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20040194018A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/264
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/32 containing non-Latin characters, e.g. Chinese domain names
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/37 E-mail addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/301 Name conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method and system for using alternative resource identifiers in the place of the conventional resource identifiers. The invention transforms the alternative resource identifier to a conventional resource identifier using software on-the-fly. The resources on the Internet are then accessed using the conventional resource identifiers in the conventional manner and are displayed to the user.

Claims

1-23. -23. (CANCELED)

24. A method for transmitting an electronic mail address in a networked computer environment, comprising the steps of:

furnishing an electronic mail address in a first language;

converting said electronic mail address in a first language to an electronic mail address in a second language; and

transmitting said electronic mail address in a second language over a computer network;

wherein said first language is different than said second language.

25. A computer system providing the transmission of an electronic mail address over a computer network, said computer system comprising:

a provision means operating on said computer system, for furnishing an electronic mail address in a first language;

a conversion means operating on said computer system for converting said electronic mail address in a first language to an electronic mail address in a second language;

wherein said electronic mail address in a second language is transmitted over said computer network; and

wherein said first language is different than said second language.

26. A method of converting a non-Latin electronic mail address to a conventional electronic mail address in a computer system, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving a non-Latin electronic mail address; and

converting said non-Latin electronic mail address to a conventional electronic mail address,

wherein said non-Latin electronic mail address is in a different language than said conventional electronic mail address.