Network resource identification

• US 9,544,394 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2014
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Richardson, David R., Marshall, Bradley Eugene, Pope, Elmore Eugene, Scofield, Christopher L., Sivasubramanian, Swaminathan, Cormie, John
• Primary Examiner(s): NANO, SARGON N
• Application Number:
  US14/548,221
• Publication Number:
  US 20150081842A1
• Time in Patent Office: 783 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/35 containing special prefixes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2596 Translation of addresses of the same type other than IP, e.g. translation from MAC to MAC addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/457 containing identifiers of data entities on a computer, e.g. file names
• 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 67/289 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 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass networks security protocols H04L9/40; wireless communication networks H04W

Abstract

A system, method and computer-readable medium for client-side processing of resource identifiers. A client request for content is returned that includes information for generating a request for translation information and a number of embedded resource identifiers. Based on the information for generating a request for translation information, the client generates and obtains translation information and processes the embedded resource identifiers to obtain resources from a service provider.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing, by a service provider, executable code for causing a client computing device to generate a request to the service provider for translation information for at least one original URL provided to the client computing device;

obtaining, by the service provider, a request for translation information, wherein the request for translation information is generated by the client computing device through the execution of the provided executable code;

determining, by the service provider, identification information of a source corresponding to the service provider for obtaining requested content, wherein the identification information is associated with a URL of the service provider;

transmitting, by the service provider, responsive translation information for causing translation of the at least one original URL, wherein the responsive translation information includes the determined identification information; and

obtaining, by the service provider, a request for content corresponding to translated URLs including at least in part the determined identification information.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the request for content is generated by the client computing device.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the request for content corresponding to translated URLs does not require a DNS server providing the translated URLs.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the identification information includes a domain name of the service provider.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the identification information further includes a label representative of a regional plan associated with a content provider.

6. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the identification information further includes information representative of a service level plan associated with a content provider.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the translation information further includes processing information for specifying one or more rules associated with the translation of the at least one original URL.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein providing the executable code for generating a request for translation information to the service provider includes providing, by the service provider, the executable code to a content provider for embedding in a network resource.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising providing, by the service provider, information identifying the service provider, wherein the information identifying the service provider is utilized for generating the request for translation information to the service provider.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the request for translation information includes information identifying the content provider.

11. A system comprising:

at least one computing device corresponding to a service provider, the at least one computing device operative to;

provide executable code for causing a client computing device to generate a request to the service provider for translation information for at least one original URL provided to the client computing device;

obtain a request for translation information, wherein the request for translation information is generated by the client computing device through the execution of the provided executable code;

determine identification information of a source corresponding to the service provider for obtaining requested content, wherein the identification information is associated with a URL of the service provider;

transmit responsive translation information for causing translation of the at least one original URL, wherein the responsive translation information includes the determined identification information; and

obtain a request for content corresponding to translated URLs including at least in part the determined identification information.

12. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the request for content is generated by the client computing device.

13. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the request for content corresponding to translated URLs does not require a DNS server providing the translated URLs.

14. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the identification information includes a domain name of the service provider.

15. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the identification information further includes a label representative of a regional plan associated with a content provider.

16. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the identification information further includes information representative of a service level plan associated with a content provider.

17. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the translation information further includes processing information for specifying one or more rules associated with the translation of the at least one original URL.

18. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein providing the executable code for generating a request for translation information to the service provider includes providing, by the service provider, the executable code to a content provider for embedding in a network resource.

19. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the at least one computing device is further operative to provide information identifying the service provider, wherein the information identifying the service provider is utilized for generating the request for translation information to the service provider.

20. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein the request for translation information includes information identifying the content provider.