Methods and systems for rapid webpage access
AssigneeBlazee, Inc.
InventorChienpyng Yeh
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Abstract
The disclosed method and system allow a user to conveniently access a webpage using a short code without typing a web address. To solicit a user to see a webpage, the user will be given a short code that is easy to remember instead of a full web address. Later, the user will send the code to a directing server, where a corresponding relationship between the short code and the intended web address has been previously recorded, and the user will be directed to the webpage. The supply of easy-to-memorize short codes is limited by the possible number of combinations of a few digits; however, this method and system can be universally used without feeling the lack of available codes because each short code is designed to be valid only in a limited geographic area and for a limited time frame.
Claims18
A computer system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer readable media having processor readable program code embodied on at least one of said non-transitory computer readable media, said program code programming at least one processor to perform a method, comprising:
- assigning a unique corresponding code to a corresponding web address, wherein a matching relationship between said corresponding code and said corresponding web address is valid only in a predetermined time frame;
- storing said corresponding code, said corresponding web address, and said predetermined time frame information in a directing database;
- showing or broadcasting said corresponding code publicly;
- receiving from a requestor a search request that includes a search code that does not include a web address;
- determining whether said search code matches said corresponding code, and whether said search request is received in said predetermined time frame;
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- if it is determined that said search code matches said corresponding code and that said search request is received in said predetermined time frame, retrieving said corresponding web address, and sending said corresponding web address to said requestor.
A method for rapid webpage access, comprising:
- obtaining a search code that has been publicly shown or broadcast;
- sending a search request that includes a search code to a directing server using an internet application;
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- receiving a response from said directing server, wherein
- said request does not include a web address;
- said directing server includes a directing database;
- said directing database includes one or more pairs of corresponding code and corresponding web address, wherein a matching relationship exists between the corresponding code and the corresponding web address within a pair, and the matching relationship is valid only in a predetermined time frame;
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- said directing server determines whether said search code matches any corresponding code in said directing database, and whether said search code is received in said predetermined time frame;
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- if it is determined that said search code matches said corresponding code and that said search code is received in said predetermined time frame, the directing server sends the corresponding web address that matches the search code to said internet application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.