Method, system, and program for verifying network addresses included in a file

• US 7,219,298 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2001
• Issued: 05/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Day, Paul Reuben, Bates, Cary Lee, Santosuosso, John Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): BASHORE, WILLIAM L
• Application Number:
  US09/809,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20020133514A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,252 Days
• Field of Search: 715/501.1, 715/513, 709/219, 709/228
• US Class Current: 715/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/221 Parsing markup language streams streaming G06F40/149
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/268 Morphological analysis

Abstract

Provided is a method, system, and program for verifying a network address. A network address included within a file is accessed. At least one context term is provided. Content is accessed at the network address in the file and a determination is made as to whether the accessed content satisfies a qualifying threshold with respect to the at least one context term.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for verifying a network address, comprising:

accessing a network address included within a file;

providing at least one context term;

accessing content at the accessed network address;

determining whether the accessed content satisfies a qualifying threshold with respect to the at least one context term;

providing a substitute network address if the accessed content did not satisfy the qualifying threshold, wherein the network address is comprised of a string, and wherein the substitute network address providing includes performing;

determining at least one variation of the string, wherein a determined variation of the string is capable of comprising a network address at which content is located;

for each determined string variation, performing;

(i) submitting a request to access content at the network address comprising the string variation; and

(ii) if content is accessed in response to the submitted request, then determining whether the accessed content at the network address comprising the string variation satisfies the qualifying threshold with respect to the at least one context term;

receiving user selection of a provided substitute network address; and

in response to said user selection, substituting within the file the user selected substitute network address for the accessed network address.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the at least one context term comprises:

locating context terms in the file within a predetermined vicinity of the network address location in the file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the context term comprises receiving user entered context terms.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the accessed content satisfies the qualifying threshold comprises:

determining whether the accessed content includes a preset number of instances of the context terms, wherein the qualifying threshold is satisfied if the accessed content includes at least the preset number of instances of context terms.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the accessed content satisfies the qualifying threshold comprises:

accessing metadata associated with the accessed content, wherein the metadata describes attributes of the content; and

determining whether the accessed metadata includes a preset number of instances of the context terms, wherein the qualifying threshold is satisfied if the accessed metadata includes at least the preset number of instances of context terms.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the context terms comprises a negative context term and wherein determining whether the accessed content satisfies the qualifying threshold further comprises:

determining whether the accessed content includes a preset number of instances of the negative context terms, wherein the qualifying threshold is not satisfied if the accessed content includes at least the preset number of instances of context terms.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein if the content accessed from the network address comprising the string variation satisfies the qualifying threshold, then adding the network address comprising the string variation to a list of network addresses and wherein the receiving user selection includes:

receiving user selection of one of the network addresses on the list to substitute for the network address in the file addressing content that did not satisfy the qualifying threshold.

8. A system for verifying a network address, comprising:

a computer readable medium;

a file stored in the a device which includes a computer readable medium, wherein the file includes at least one network address;

means for accessing one network address included within a file;

means for providing at least one context term;

means for accessing content at the accessed network address;

means for determining whether the accessed content satisfies a qualifying threshold with respect to the at least one context term;

means for providing a substitute network address if the accessed content did not satisfy the qualifying threshold, wherein the network address is comprised of a string, and wherein the substitute network address providing means includes;

means for determining at least one variation of the string if the accessed content does not satisfy the qualifying threshold, wherein a determined variation of the string is capable of comprising a network address at which content is located; and

means for, for each determined string variation, performing;

(i) submitting a request to access content at the network address comprising the string variation; and

(ii) if content is accessed in response to the submitted request, then determining whether the accessed content at the network address comprising the string variation satisfies the qualifying threshold with respect to the at least one context term;

means for receiving user selection of a provided substitute network address; and

means for, in response to said user selection, substituting within the file the user selected substitute network address for the accessed network address.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for providing the at least one context term performs:

locating context terms in the file within a predetermined vicinity of the network address location in the file.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for determining whether the accessed content satisfies the qualifying threshold performs:

determining whether the accessed content includes a preset number of instances of the context terms, wherein the qualifying threshold is satisfied if the accessed content includes at least the preset number of instances of context terms.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the means for determining whether the accessed content satisfies the qualifying threshold performs:

accessing metadata associated with the accessed content, wherein the metadata describes attributes of the content; and

determining whether the accessed metadata includes a preset number of instances of the context terms, wherein the qualifying threshold is satisfied if the accessed metadata includes at least the preset number of instances of context terms.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the context terms comprises a negative context term and wherein the means for determining whether the accessed content satisfies the qualifying threshold further performs:

determining whether the accessed content includes a preset number of instances of the negative context terms, wherein the qualifying threshold is not satisfied if the accessed content includes at least the preset number of instances of context terms.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

means for searching for additional network addresses in the file to determine if the additional network addresses satisfy the qualifying threshold if the accessed content satisfies the qualifying threshold.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising means for adding the network address comprising the string variation to a list of network addresses if the content accessed from the network address comprising the string variation satisfies the qualifying threshold and wherein the receiving user selection means includes:

means for receiving user selection of one of the network addresses on the list to substitute for the network address in the file addressing content that did not satisfy the qualifying threshold.

15. An article of manufacture comprising a device implementing code for use in verifying a network address by:

accessing a network address included within a file;

providing at least one context term;

accessing content at the accessed network address;

determining whether the accessed content satisfies a qualifying threshold with respect to the at least one context term;

providing a substitute network address if the accessed content did not satisfy the qualifying threshold, wherein the network address is comprised of a string, and wherein the substitute network address providing includes performing;

determining at least one variation of the string, wherein a determined variation of the string is capable of comprising a network address at which content is located;

for each determined string variation, performing;

(i) submitting a request to access content at the network address comprising the string variation; and

(ii) if content is accessed in response to the submitted request, then determining whether the accessed content at the network address comprising the string variation satisfies the qualifying threshold with respect to the at least one context term;

receiving user selection of a provided substitute network address; and

in response to said user selection, substituting within the file the user selected substitute network address for the accessed network address.

16. The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein determining whether the accessed content satisfies the qualifying threshold comprises:

determining whether the accessed content includes a preset number of instances of the context terms, wherein the qualifying threshold is satisfied if the accessed content includes at least the preset number of instances of context terms.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein determining whether the accessed content satisfies the qualifying threshold comprises:

accessing metadata associated with the accessed content, wherein the metadata describes attributes of the content; and

determining whether the accessed metadata includes a preset number of instances of the context terms, wherein the qualifying threshold is satisfied if the accessed metadata includes at least the preset number of instances of context terms; and

wherein at least one of the context terms comprises a negative context term and wherein determining whether the accessed content satisfies the qualifying threshold further comprises;

determining whether the accessed content includes a preset number of instances of the negative context terms, wherein the qualifying threshold is not satisfied if the accessed content includes at least the preset number of instances of context terms.