Method and System for Smart URL Shortening Service

• US 20150161282A1
• Filed: 12/11/2013
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Low, Daryl Mun-Kid, Fernandez-Ruiz, Bruno M., Allinson, Richard
• Application Number:
  US14/103,480
• Publication Number:
  US 20150161282A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Method, system, and programs for retrieving resources. In one example, a request associated with a first location identifier is received from a client. A set of location identifiers associated with the first location identifier is retrieved. A response is sent that includes one or more location identifiers from the set of location identifiers and additional information to facilitate selection of one location identifier from the one or more location identifiers.

Claims

1. A method implemented on at least one machine, each of which has at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network, comprising:

receiving from a client a request associated with a first location identifier;

retrieving a set of location identifiers associated with the first location identifier; and

sending a response to the request, wherein, the response comprises one or more location identifiers from the set of location identifiers and information to facilitate selection of one location identifier from the one or more location identifiers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first location identifier comprises a short Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the location identifiers associated with the first location identifier comprise one or more URLs.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising transcoding the first location identifier into a location identifier having a different format than the first location identifier.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising filtering the set of location identifiers associated with the first location identifier.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising returning to the client an executable script for selecting for display one or more resources located at the one or more location identifiers.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising attempting to load on the client one or more resources located at the one or more location identifiers.

8. A system for retrieving network resources comprising:

a client device configured for sending a request associated with a first location identifier;

a URL mapping server configured for

receiving from the client device the request,

retrieving a set of location identifiers associated with the first location identifier, and

sending a response to the request;

a URL database configured for storing the set of location identifiers; and

one or more content sources,

wherein,

the response comprises one or more location identifiers from the set of location identifiers and information from the one or more content sources to facilitate selection of one location identifier from the one or more location identifiers.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first location identifier comprises a short Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the location identifiers associated with the first location identifier comprise one or more URLs.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the URL Mapping Server is configured for transcoding a received location identifier into a location identifier having a different format than the first location identifier.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the URL mapping server is further configured for filtering the set of location identifiers associated with the first location identifier.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the URL mapping server is further configured for returning to the client device an executable script for selecting for display one or more resources located at the one or more location identifiers.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the URL mapping server is further configured for attempting to load on the client device one or more resources located at the one or more location identifiers.

15. A machine-readable tangible and non-transitory medium having information recorded thereon for measuring user engagement, wherein the information, when read by the machine, causes the machine to perform the following:

receiving from a client a request associated with a first location identifier;

retrieving a set of location identifiers associated with the first location identifier; and

sending a response to the request, wherein, the response comprises one or more location identifiers from the set of location identifiers and information to facilitate selection of one location identifier from the one or more location identifiers.

16. The medium of claim 15, wherein the first location identifier comprises a short Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

17. The medium of claim 15, wherein the location identifiers associated with the first location identifier comprise one or more URLs.

18. The medium of claim 15, wherein the information, when read by the machine, causes the machine to further perform transcoding the first location identifier into a location identifier having a different format than the first location identifier.

19. The medium of claim 15, wherein the information, when read by the machine, causes the machine to further perform filtering the set of location identifiers associated with the first location identifier.

20. The medium of claim 15, wherein the information, when read by the machine, causes the machine to further perform returning to the client an executable script for selecting for display one or more resources located at the one or more location identifiers.