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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTING URL MASKING

  • US 20100180082A1
  • Filed: 09/30/2009
  • Published: 07/15/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of implementing URL masking, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a terminal, a web content request including a URL string for locating the web content;

    comparing, at a parser module on the terminal, the URL string to a list of URLs for which prefetched responses are available to determine if the request can be fulfilled from the prefetched responses;

    using a mask that excludes portions of the URL string that are not relevant to finding or selecting web content when comparing the request to the list of prefetched URLs;

    if the masked URL string matches the URL of one of the prefetched responses, supplying the prefetched response to be used as a response to the incoming request;

    parsing scripts in a web response to search for URLs that are rendered on a web page;

    analyzing the scripts to identify bytes in the URL that generate random values; and

    generating a mask which indicates bytes that are random and that are to be excluded from a comparison in order to determine whether the prefetched response can be used to response to the web content request.

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