Substitute uniform resource locator (URL) form

• US 20070124499A1
• Filed: 11/30/2005
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bedingfield, James, Gehl, John
• Granted Patent: US 8,595,325 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/245
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/672 Short addresses
• 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

Abstract

Methods of generating a substitute URL are disclosed. In one implementation, a form is presented by a web server on a web site home page for the submission of a first URL for which a user wishes to generate an alias URL. A second URL is then generated for the URL that is entered in the form. The second URL contains some indication of the web site that hosts the first URL. In a second implementation the substitute URL generation is offered through a link or button on a web page other than the web site home page. The substitute URL is generated for the URL for the web page that hosts the link. In a third implementation, a web site automatically generates substitute URLs.

Claims

1. A method for generating a substitute uniform resource locator (URL) comprising:

receiving a first URL;

parsing the first URL;

determining whether the first URL is associated with an allowed web site; and

if the first URL is associated with an allowed web site, providing a second URL as an alias for the first URL.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second URL is shorter than the first URL.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing on a web site a form for submission of the first URL.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the form is provided as a link on the web site home page.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the form is provided on at least one page other than the web site home page.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first URL is received from a form submission.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second URL includes the address of the web site as part of the URL.

8. A computer readable medium with logic embedded therein for executing on a computer a method for generating a substitute uniform resource locator (URL) comprising:

logic for receiving a first URL associated with a web site; and

logic for providing a second URL as an alias for the first URL, wherein the second URL includes an address of the web site as part of the second URL.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second URL is shorter than the first URL.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 8, further comprising:

logic for providing on a domain a form for submission of the first URL.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the form is provided as a link on the domain home page.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the form is provided on at least one page other than the domain home page.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the first URL is received from a form submission.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 8, further comprising:

logic for parsing the first URL; and

logic for determining whether the URL is associated with the domain.

15. A method for generating a substitute URL comprising:

receiving a first URL associated with a web site; and

providing a second URL as an alias for the first URL, the second URL including an address of the web site as part of the second URL.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the second URL is shorter than the first URL.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing on a web site a form for submission of the first URL.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the form is provided as a link on the web site home page.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the form is provided on at least one page other than the web site home page.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the first URL is received from a form submission.