Processing browser requests based on trap lists

• US 8,688,778 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2012
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Arsenault, David
• Primary Examiner(s): BOUTAH, ALINA A
• Application Number:
  US13/614,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20130173695A1
• Time in Patent Office: 565 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709217-219, 709/224, 709/225, 709/229, 709238-239, 370/352
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/22 Alternate routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/247 using M:N active or standby paths
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams

Abstract

Processing a browser request that specifies a destination network resource generally includes intercepting a browser request that specifies a selected destination network resource and redirecting the browser request to a network server that differs from the destination resource specified by the browser request. Processing a browser request also may include intercepting a browser request received from a client computer at a proxy server when the browser request specifies a selected destination network resource and performing instructions associated with and in addition to instructions performed to download the selected destination network resource.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a client device, a browser request from a user, wherein the browser request specifies a destination network resource residing on a destination server;

comparing, at the client device and using at least one processor, information associated with the destination server to a trap list to determine if the browser request is included in the trap list, wherein the trap list is stored at the client device; and

if the browser request is included in the trap list, preventing retrieval of the destination network resource specified by the browser request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a browser request comprises receiving a browser request that specifies a domain name of the destination network resource.

3. The method claim 2, wherein comparing, using at least one processor, information associated with the destination server to a trap list comprises comparing the domain name to a series of domain names and related processing instructions.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein if the browser request is included in the trap list, preventing retrieval of the destination network resource specified by the browser request comprises associating the browser request with instructions that differ from processing instructions included at the destination server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein if the browser request is included in the trap list, preventing retrieval of the destination network resource specified by the browser request comprises:

intercepting the browser request; and

rerouting the browser request to a different server.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

retrieving content from the different server; and

enabling presentation of the retrieved content.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein rerouting the browser request to a different server comprises rerouting the browser request to at least one of a proxy server or a jump server.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing, using at least one processor, information associated with the destination server to a trap list to determine if the browser request is included in the trap list comprises using filtering techniques and filtering criteria to determine if the destination network resource is identified in the trap list.

9. A method comprising:

receiving, at a client device, a browser request from a user, wherein the browser request specifies a destination network resource residing on a destination server;

comparing, at the client device and using at least one processor, the browser request to a trap list to determine if the browser request is included in the trap list, wherein the trap list is stored at the client device; and

if the browser request is included in the trap list, intercepting the browser request, wherein intercepting the browser request comprises;

retrieving content from another server other than the destination server,

enabling presentation of the content from the other server, and

preventing retrieval of the destination network resource specified by the browser request.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving a browser request comprises receiving a browser request that specifies a domain name of the network resource.

11. The method claim 10, wherein comparing, using at least one processor, the browser request to a trap list comprises comparing the domain name to a series of domain names and related processing instructions.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein retrieving content from another server other than the destination server comprises rerouting the browser request to the other server, the other server comprising at least one of a proxy server or a jump server.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein preventing retrieval of the destination network resource specified by the browser request comprises associating the browser request with instructions that differ from processing instructions included at the destination server.

14. A computer program product for use at a computer system, the computer program product comprising one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause the computer system to:

receive, at the computer system, a browser request from a user, wherein the browser request specifies a destination network resource residing on a destination server;

compare, at the computer system, information associated with the destination server to a trap list to determine if the browser request is included in the trap list, wherein the trap list is stored at the computer system; and

if the browser request is included in the trap list, prevent retrieval of the destination network resource specified by the browser request.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the computer system to receive a browser request comprise computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the computer system to receive a browser request that specifies a domain name of the network resource.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the computer system to compare information associated with the destination server to a trap list comprise computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause the computer system to compare the domain name to a series of domain names and related processing instructions.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the computer system to, if the browser request is included in the trap list, prevent retrieval of the destination network resource specified by the browser request comprise computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause the computer system to associate the browser request with instructions that differ from processing instructions included at the destination server.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the computer system to, if the browser request is included in the trap list, prevent retrieval of the destination network resource specified by the browser request comprise computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the computer system to:

intercept the browser request;

reroute the browser request to a different server;

retrieve content from the different server; and

enable presentation of the retrieved content from the different server.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause the computer system to compare information associated with the destination server to a trap list comprise computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause the computer system to use filtering techniques and filtering criteria to determine if the destination network resource is identified in the trap list.

20. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer system is one of a client computer or a proxy server.