Automatic substitute uniform resource locator (URL) generation

• US 20070124500A1
• Filed: 11/30/2005
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bedingfield, James, Gehl, John
• Application Number:
  US11/290,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20070124500A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/245
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links

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 system for automatically generating substitute uniform resource locators (URLs) comprising:

a server for hosting a webpage with a first URL; and

an application for automatically generating a second URL as an alias for the first URL.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the second URL is generated by selecting a URL from a database of available substitute URLs.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the second URL is generated with an algorithm.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the second URL is shorter than the first URL.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the second URL contains an indication of the domain hosting the webpage.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the second URL is presented in a field on the webpage.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the second URL is presented in place of the first URL in a location bar of a web browser.

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

logic for hosting a webpage with a first URL; and

logic for automatically generating a second URL as an alias for the first URL.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second URL is generated by selecting a URL from a database of available substitute URLs.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second URL is generated with an algorithm.

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

12. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second URL contains an indication of the domain hosting the webpage.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second URL is presented as a field on the webpage.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second URL is presented in place of the first URL in a location bar of a web browser.

15. A method for automatically generating substitute uniform resource locators (URLs) comprising:

hosting a webpage with a first URL; and

automatically generating a second URL as an alias for the first URL.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the second URL is generated by selecting a URL from a database of available substitute URLs.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the second URL is generated with an algorithm.

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

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the second URL contains an indication of the domain hosting the webpage.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the second URL is presented as a field on the webpage.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the second URL is presented in place of the first URL in a location bar of a web browser.