System and method for redirecting network addresses for deferred rendering

• US 7,110,399 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2002
• Issued: 09/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Vallabhaneni, Vasu, Banerjee, Dwip N., Fernandes, Lilian Sylvia
• Primary Examiner(s): Kizou, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): SOL, ANTHONY M
• Application Number:
  US10/112,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20030185197A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,636 Days
• Field of Search: 370/389, 370/390
• US Class Current: 370/389
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system and method for forwarding URL'"'"'s to one or more recipients using a Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) network is provided. A mobile user views web pages on his WAP enabled wireless device, such as a mobile telephone or PDA. When the mobile user locates a web page that he prefers to view later or wants to send to another user, the mobile user invokes redirect software which composes a redirect request that includes one or more redirect entries. Each redirect entry corresponds to a redirect address and a URL. When the user finishes with selecting one or more redirect addresses, the mobile device sends the redirect request to a WAP gateway. The WAP gateway receives the redirect requests and forwards the redirect entries to the corresponding redirect addresses over a computer network, such as the Internet.

Claims

1. A method for redirecting network addresses from a source device to a destination device, said method comprising:

receiving a redirect request, the redirect request including one or more redirect entries, wherein each redirect entry includes a redirect destination address, a priority level, and a network address;

determining whether the priority level corresponding to one of the redirect entries is a high priority level or a normal priority level;

in response to determining that the priority level corresponding to one of the redirect entries is the high priority level, the method further comprising;

creating an electronic message wherein the electronic message is addressed to the redirect destination addresses corresponding to the one of the redirect entries;

including one or more of the network addresses in the electronic message; and

sending the electronic message to the redirect destination address; and

in response to determining that the priority level corresponding to one of the redirect entries is the normal priority level, the method further comprising;

storing the redirect entries corresponding to the normal priority level in a database, the storing resulting in one or more database entries;

sorting the database entries based on their corresponding redirect destination addresses;

waiting for a timer interval to expire; and

in response to detecting that the timer interval has expired, performing the creating of the electronic message, the including of the one or more network addresses in the electronic message, and the sending of the electronic message to the redirect destination address.

2. The method as described in claim 1 wherein the receiving is performed by a WAP gateway and wherein the redirect request is sent from a wireless WAP client.

3. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising:

creating the electronic message for each unique destination address from the destination addresses;

including one or more network addresses in each of the electronic messages; and

sending the electronic message to each of the unique destination addresses.

4. The method as described in claim 3 further comprising:

removing the database entries after the sending of the electronic message.

5. The method as described in claim 1 wherein the redirect entries include textual descriptions corresponding to the network addresses, the textual descriptions included in the electronic messages.

6. The method as described in claim 1 wherein each of the network addresses corresponds to one or more Internet Web pages.

7. An information handling system comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory accessible by the processors;

one or more nonvolatile storage devices accessible by the processors;

a network address forwarding tool to forward network addresses, the network address forwarding tool including;

means for receiving a redirect request, the redirect request including one or more redirect entries, wherein each redirect entry includes a redirect destination address, a priority level, and a network address;

means for determining whether the priority level corresponding to one of the redirect entries is a high priority level or a normal priority level;

in response to determining that the priority level corresponding to one of the redirect entries is the high priority level, the information handling system further comprising;

means for creating an electronic message wherein the electronic message is addressed to the redirect destination addresses corresponding to the one of the redirect entries;

means for including one or more of the network addresses in the electronic message; and

means for sending the electronic message to the redirect destination address; and

in response to determining that the priority level corresponding to one of the redirect entries is the normal priority level, the information handling system further comprising;

means for storing the redirect entries corresponding to the normal priority level in a database, the storing resulting in one or more database entries;

means for sorting the database entries based on their corresponding redirect destination addresses;

means for waiting for a timer interval to expire; and

in response to detecting that the timer interval has expired, means for performing the creating of the electronic message, the including of the one or more network addresses in the electronic message, and the sending of the electronic message to the redirect destination address.

8. The information handling system as described in claim 7 wherein the means for receiving is performed by a WAP gateway and wherein the redirect request is sent from a wireless WAP client.

9. The information handling system as described in claim 7 further comprising:

means for creating the electronic message for each unique destination address from the destination addresses;

means for including one or more network addresses in each of the electronic messages; and

means for sending the electronic messages to each of the unique destination addresses.

10. The information handling system as described in claim 7 wherein the redirect entries include textual descriptions corresponding to the network addresses, the textual descriptions included in the electronic messages.

11. A computer program product stored in a computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium containing instructions for execution by a computer, which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to implement a method for redirecting a network address from a source device to a destination device, the method comprising:

receiving a redirect request, the redirect request including one or more redirect entries, wherein each redirect entry includes a redirect destination address, a priority level, and a network address;

determining whether the priority level corresponding to one of the redirect entries is a high priority level or a normal priority level;

in response to determining that the priority level corresponding to one of the redirect entries is the high priority level, the method further comprising;

creating an electronic message wherein the electronic message is addressed to the redirect destination addresses corresponding to the one of the redirect entries;

including one or more of the network addresses in the electronic message; and

sending the electronic message to the redirect destination address; and

in response to determining that the priority level corresponding to one of the redirect entries is the normal priority level, the method further comprising;

storing the redirect entries corresponding to the normal priority level in a database, the storing resulting in one or more database entries;

sorting the database entries based on their corresponding redirect destination addresses;

waiting for a timer interval to expire; and

in response to detecting that the timer interval has expired, performing the creating of the electronic message, the including of the one or more network addresses in the electronic message, and the sending of the electronic message to the redirect destination address.

12. The computer program product as described in claim 11 wherein the receiving is performed by a WAP gateway and wherein the redirect request is sent from a wireless WAP client.

13. The computer program product as described in claim 11 wherein the method further comprises:

creating the electronic message for each unique destination address from the destination addresses;

including one or more network addresses in each of the electronic messages; and

sending the electronic messages to each of the unique destination addresses.

14. The computer program product as described in claim 13 wherein the method further comprises:

removing the database entries after the sending of the electronic messages.

15. The computer program product as described in claim 11 wherein the redirect entries include textual descriptions corresponding to the network addresses, the textual descriptions included in the electronic messages.

16. The computer program product as described in claim 11 wherein each of the network addresses corresponds to one or more Internet Web pages.