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Redirect control in web browsers

  • US 8,543,715 B1
  • Filed: 01/12/2011
  • Issued: 09/24/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for limiting user redirects within a web browser, comprising:

  • parsing a frame element in a plurality of elements to identify one or more attributes of the frame element, the plurality of elements encoded in a web page retrieved in response to a user request;

    determining a redirect limit for the frame element from among the one or more identified attributes, wherein the redirect limit specifies a maximum number of user redirects for a third-party resource corresponding to the frame element; and

    responding to a redirect request associated with the third-party resource based on the determined redirect limit, wherein the redirect request is ignored when the redirect limit is exceeded.

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