Sitemap Access Method, Product, And Apparatus

• US 20080005127A1
• Filed: 02/19/2007
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MEC Management, LLC (Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota)
• Original Assignee: ESDR Network Solutions LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Schneider, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 7,565,402 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/301 Name conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/3015 Name registration, generation or assignment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

When a network request such as a resource location request, search engine request, and WHOIS request to process input having a resource identifier is received a user interface can then be provided to perform a request to access and display at least one sitemap corresponding to said resource identifier while performing the network request.

Claims

1. A network request method comprising:

receiving a network request to process input including a resource identifier, wherein said network request is one of a resource location request, search engine request, and WHOIS request;

providing a user with an interface to one of a perform a request to access at least one sitemap corresponding to said resource identifier and one of an access and display said at least one sitemap corresponding to said resource identifier in response to said receiving said network request; and

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performing said network request at any time after said receiving said network request independent of said providing said user with said interface to said one of a perform said request to access said at least one sitemap corresponding to said resource identifier and one of said access and display said at least one sitemap corresponding to said resource identifier.

2. A method, as set forth in claim 1, further including inputting said resource identifier from a user interface element.

3. A method, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said inputting said resource identifier from a user interface element includes inputting said resource identifier into one of a one of a browser location field, text box object, command line, speech to text interface, optical recognition interface, and magnetic recognition interface.

4. A method, as set forth in claim 1, further including automatically performing said request to access said at least one sitemap corresponding to said resource identifier.

5. A method, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said providing said user with said interface includes providing results of said performing said network request as part of said interface.

6. A method, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said providing said user with said interface includes automatically providing said user with said interface in response to said receiving said network request to process said input.

7. A method, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said resource identifier is one of a domain name, fictitious domain name, telephone number, and keyword.