METHOD FOR COMPOSING A RESOURCE LOCATOR ADDRESS, CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

• US 20080195632A1
• Filed: 02/08/2008
• Published: 08/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Barre, Christian, Le Rouzic, Jean-Pierre
• Application Number:
  US12/028,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20080195632A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

A method is provided for composing an address for locating a resource on the Internet. The method includes a phase of conversion of a piece of data into a locator address. The phase of conversion includes a step for the entry by a user, into a browser software, of a piece of data representing a locator address; a step for comparing the piece of entered data with at least certain of the addresses of a plurality of preliminarily validated locator addresses indicating whether the entered data is present in the plurality of addresses; and a step for selecting a locating address from among the addresses of the plurality of addresses.

Claims

1. Method for composing an address for locating a resource on the Internet, wherein the method comprises a phase of conversion of a piece of data into a locator address comprising:

entry by a user, into a browser software, of a piece of data representing a locator address;

comparing said piece of entered data with at least certain addresses of a plurality of preliminarily validated locator addresses indicating whether said entered data is present in said plurality of addresses; and

selecting a locator address from among the addresses of said plurality of addresses.

2. Composing method according to claim 1, wherein said conversion phase comprises:

preliminarily connecting with an address management server; and

updating, within the browser software, of at least one data base of locator addresses, validated from said server.

3. Composing method according to claim 1, wherein said of selecting said locator address comprises:

a sub-step of checking compliance of said piece of entered data as a function of a grammar, delivering a piece of information on compliance of the entry;

a sub-step of qualifying said piece of entered data as a function of said piece of information on compliance, delivering a type of said piece of entered information; and

a sub-step of processing said piece of entered data as a function of said piece of information on compliance and of said type.

4. Composing method according to claim 3, wherein said processing sub-step comprises the following when said type identifies said piece of entered data as being a locator address:

a sub-step of making a search, within said address data base, for a correspondence between said piece of entered data and a set of locator addresses; and

a sub-step of examining said piece of entered data when no correspondence has been identified;

a sub-step of selecting said locator address when a correspondence has been identified.

5. Composing method according to claim 4, wherein said examining sub-step comprises:

a sub-step of testing said resource locator address delivering a piece of information on dangerousness;

a warning sub-step requesting said user to confirm access to data coming from said resource locator address as a function of said piece of information on dangerousness; and

a sub-step of adding said resource locator address to said plurality of addresses when said user confirms said access.

6. Composing method according to claim 3, wherein said processing sub-step comprises the following when said type identifies said piece of entered information as not being a locator address:

a sub-step of selecting, within said address data base, at least one locator address corresponding to said piece of entered information as a function of at least one predetermined selection parameter.

7. Device for composing an address for locating a resource on the Internet, wherein the device comprises means for converting a piece of entered data into a locator address, the means for converting comprising:

means of entry, by a user, of said piece of entered data representing a locator address into a browser software program;

means for comparing said piece of entered data with at least certain of the addresses of a plurality of preliminarily validated locator addresses indicating whether said entered data is present in said plurality of addresses; and

means for selecting a locating address from among the addresses of said plurality of addresses.

8. Computer program product stored on a computer readable carrier, wherein the product comprises program code instructions to execute a method of composing an address for locating a resource on the Internet when it is executed on a computer, wherein the method comprises a phase of conversion of a piece of data into a locator address comprising:

entry by a user, into a browser software, of a piece of data representing a locator address;

comparing said piece of entered data with at least certain addresses of a plurality of preliminarily validated locator addresses indicating whether said entered data is present in said plurality of addresses; and

selecting a locator address from among the addresses of said plurality of addresses.