SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK RESOURCE REQUESTS

• US 20120016991A1
• Filed: 07/15/2010
• Published: 01/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SRR Patent Holdings LLC (Leigh M. Rothschild)
• Original Assignee: LMR Inventions, L.L.C. (Leigh M. Rothschild)
• Inventors: Rothschild, Leigh M.
• Application Number:
  US12/836,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20120016991A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing network resource requests are described herein. Servers may be configured to operate in communication with a network. A server, in accordance with embodiments described in the present disclosure, includes a resource request handling program that is stored in a memory device. The resource request handling program is configured to extract an abbreviated resource request into at least an abbreviated site name and a page symbol. The server also includes a database that is configured to store a first relationship between the abbreviated site name and a web site. The database may also store a second relationship between the page symbol and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address of a web page associated with the web site.

Claims

1. An end user device comprising:

a network interface controller configured to enable communication between the end user device and a network;

a web browser configured to retrieve content from one or more web pages on the network;

a scanner configured to scan an encoded image; and

decoding software associated with the scanner, the decoding software configured to decode the encoded image to obtain a resource request;

wherein the decoding software is further configured to enter the resource request into an address window of the web browser to enable the web browser to retrieve content from a web page associated with the requested resource.

2. The end user device of claim 1, wherein the encoded image is selected from one of a barcode, a color symbology code, alphanumeric code, and advanced tags.

3. The end user device of claim 1, wherein the end user device is one of a desktop computer and a laptop computer.

4. The end user device of claim 1, wherein the end user device is a portable electronic device.

5. The end user device of claim 4, wherein the end user device is a mobile phone.

6. The end user device of claim 1, wherein the web browser comprises a format analyzing module configured to determine whether the resource request is in a normally recognizable format or in an abbreviated format.

7. The end user device of claim 6, wherein the normally recognizable format comprises an extension selected from one of .com, .net, .org, .gov, .mobi, and .tv, and the abbreviated format comprising an abbreviated site name and a suffix.

8. The end user device of claim 7, wherein the web browser further comprises a network browsing module configured to receive a resource request in the normally recognizable format, the network browsing module further configured to retrieve content from a web page.

9. The end user device of claim 7, wherein the web browser further comprises a relay server communication module configured to receive a resource request in the abbreviated format, the relay server communication module further configured to transmit the abbreviated resource request to a relay server on the network.

10. A computer program tangibly stored on a computer readable medium and executable by a processing device, the computer program comprising:

logic adapted to receive a scanned image of an encoded resource request;

logic adapted to decode the scanned image to obtain a resource request;

logic adapted to analyze a format of the resource request to determine if the format meets a condition in which an ending of the resource request includes one of .com, .net, .org, .gov, .mobi, or .tv;

logic adapted to browse a network when the format meets the condition; and

logic adapted to transmit the resource request to a relay server when the format does not meet the condition.

11. The computer program of claim 10, wherein the encoded resource request is in a form selected from a bar code, an advanced bar code, and an alphanumeric code.

12. The computer program of claim 10, wherein the logic adapted to transmit the resource request to the relay server is further configured to transmit an abbreviated resource request.

13. The computer program of claim 12, wherein the abbreviated resource request includes an abbreviated name and a suffix.

14. The computer program of claim 13, wherein the suffix comprises a page symbol that is configured to be matched with a web page by the relay server.

15. The computer program of claim 13, wherein the suffix comprises an advertising code that is configured to be matched with an advertising medium by the relay server.

16. The computer program of claim 13, wherein the suffix comprises a web site action that is configured to be performed by the relay server.