WWW addressing

• US 20090144288A1
• Filed: 12/08/2008
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Spring Ventures Ltd. (f/k/a Buy2 Networks Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Spring Ventures Ltd.
• Inventors: Roth, Roby, Refuah, Aviv, Dayagi, Gil
• Granted Patent: US 8,661,094 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/28 Pre-payment schemes, e.g. "pay before"

Abstract

A method of WWW page retrieval from a web site, comprising entering information associated with the site; and directly displaying said page, using a browser, without any additional user intervention. Preferably, the information is in a non-Latin language. Alternatively or additionally, the information does not meet domain name specifications, for example, being in a free-form format.

Claims

1-85. -85. (canceled)

86-1. A method according to claim 85, comprising providing user-dependent information, and wherein providing the page address comprises analyzing said received information using said user-dependent information.

95. A method of WWW page retrieval from a web site, comprising:

receiving information associated with the content of the web site, which information is not a correct WWW address for a page of the web site and comprises characters typed for entry by a user in a user'"'"'s browser;

said information being received by a software not associated with said web site, and also receiving user-dependent information not entered by a user;

analyzing said received information using said user-dependent information;

providing a page address of a page of said web site responsive to said received information and said analyzing by said software;

retrieving said page responsive to said page address; and

transmitting said page directly for display to the user using the user'"'"'s browser without any additional user intervention beyond the entry of said information,

wherein said user-dependent information includes at least one of the group consisting of;

geographical location of the user;

a user belonging to a certain customer web site;

a user profile;

a user age; and

a user'"'"'s browsing habits.

96. A method according to claim 95, wherein said providing comprises providing responsive to determining a geographical location of a user at which said information is entered.

99. A method according to claim 95, wherein providing the page address comprises performing an automated web search.

103. A method according to claim 95, wherein said information is entered into a URL entry field in the user'"'"'s browser.

130. A method according to claim 96, wherein determining the geographic location comprises determining based on the user entering location information.

131. A method according to claim 96, wherein determining the geographic location comprises determining based on the user entering the location at the time of configuration.

132. A method according to claim 96, wherein determining the geographic location comprises determining based on the user entering the location during a session in which said information is entered.

133. A method according to claim 96, wherein providing the page address comprises providing an address of a page whose content is associated with the determined geographic location.