CLIENT-SIDE URL REDIRECTION

• US 20150207660A1
• Filed: 12/06/2012
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Sundaram, Sridhar, Ramani, Ramkumar, Mohabey, Megha
• Application Number:
  US13/707,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20150207660A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams

Abstract

A method may include, by a processor, receiving a request from a client system for a first web page, transmitting to the client system the first web page comprising one or more navigation controls that invoke one or more uniform resource locators (URLs) that are subject to redirection, sending to the client system a redirection table that comprises at least one URL pattern and a corresponding redirected URL model, receiving a second request from the client system for a second web page referenced by a rewritten URL based on the redirected URL model in place of a selected URL included on the first web page; and sending data corresponding to the rewritten URL to the client system.

Claims

1. A method comprising, by a processor:

receiving a request from a client system for a first web page;

transmitting to the client system the first web page comprising one or more navigation controls that invoke one or more uniform resource locators (URLs) that are subject to redirection;

sending to the client system a redirection table that comprises at least one URL pattern and a corresponding redirected URL model;

receiving a second request from the client system for a second web page referenced by a rewritten URL based on the redirected URL model in place of a selected URL included on the first web page; and

sending data corresponding to the rewritten URL to the client system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one entry in the redirection table comprises:

a URL pattern that applies to a group of related pages that share one or more common layout features; and

a corresponding redirected URL model that comprises a hash fragment to distinguish among the related pages.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending to the client system in response to the rewritten URL a partial but not complete refresh of content of the first web page.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one entry in the redirection table comprises:

a URL pattern identifying a first URL; and

a corresponding redirected URL model identifying a second URL.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein sending to the client system a redirection table comprises:

sending computer code to the client system, wherein the computer code includes the redirection table; and

sending one or more computer instructions for locating the selected URL and generating the rewritten URL to the client system.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the computer code comprises JavaScript.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending to the client system one or more computer instructions for locating the selected URL and generating the rewritten URL, wherein sending the one or more computer instructions comprises sending the one or more computer instructions separately from the redirection table.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the computer instructions comprise a Java applet.

9. A method comprising:

receiving, by a client system, a first web page comprising one or more navigation controls that invoke one or more uniform resource locators (URLs) that are subject to redirection;

accessing, by the client system, a redirection table that comprises at least one URL pattern and a corresponding redirected URL model;

receiving, by the client system, a selected URL corresponding to a user navigation command;

locating the selected URL in the redirection table;

generating a rewritten URL based on the redirected URL model corresponding to the selected URL; and

sending a request for access to the rewritten URL in place of the selected URL.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one entry in the redirection table comprises:

a URL pattern that applies to a group of related pages that share one or more common layout features; and

a corresponding redirected URL model that comprises a hash fragment to distinguish among the related pages.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving, in response to sending a request for access to the rewritten URL, a partial but not complete refresh of content of a first web page.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one entry in the redirection table comprises:

a URL pattern identifying a first URL; and

a corresponding redirected URL model identifying a second URL.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein accessing a redirection table comprises receiving computer code comprising:

the redirection table; and

one or more computer instructions for locating the selected URL and generating the rewritten URL.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein:

the computer code comprises one or more of JavaScript and a browser extension; and

the computer instructions comprise a Java applet.

15. A system comprising:

a computing device; and

a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to;

receive a request from a client system for a first web page,

send the client system the first web page comprising one or more navigation controls that invoke one or more uniform resource locators (URLs) that are subject to redirection,

send to the client system a redirection table that comprises at least one URL pattern and a corresponding redirected URL model,

receive a second request from the client system for a second web page referenced by a rewritten URL based on the redirected URL model in place of a selected URL included on the first web page, and

send data corresponding to the rewritten URL to the client system.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to send the client system a redirection table comprises one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to send the client system a redirection table that comprises at least one entry that comprises:

a URL pattern that applies to a group of related pages that share one or more common layout features; and

a corresponding redirected URL model that comprises a hash fragment to distinguish among the related pages.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable storage medium further comprises one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to send to the client system in response to the rewritten URL a partial but not complete refresh of content of the first web page

18. A system comprising:

a computing device; and

a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to;

receive a first web page comprising one or more navigation controls that invoke one or more uniform resource locators (URLs) that are subject to redirection,

access a redirection table that comprises at least one URL pattern and a corresponding redirected URL model,

receive a selected URL corresponding to a user navigation command,

locate the selected URL in the redirection table,

generate a rewritten URL based on the redirected URL model corresponding to the selected URL, and

send a request for access to the rewritten URL in place of the selected URL.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to access a redirection table comprise one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to access a redirection table that comprises at least one entry that comprises:

a URL pattern that applies to a group of related pages that share one or more common layout features; and

a corresponding redirected URL model that comprises a hash fragment to distinguish among the related pages.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the computer-readable storage medium further comprises one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to receive, in response to sending a request for access to the rewritten URL, a partial but not complete refresh of content of a first web page.