Flexible teleport architecture

A method for redirecting a teleport URL comprising:

• providing teleport entries, each of the teleport entries having a teleport mapping data and optionally a parameter directive;
• and
• upon receiving a first teleport URL string:
• identifying a one of the provided teleport entries to use in processing the first teleport URL string;
• and
• generating a destination URL string that corresponds to the first teleport URL string by applying the teleport mapping data and an optional parameter directive in the identified teleport entry against the first teleport URL string.

A method in a computing system for processing a URL comprising:

• receiving an input URL;
• determining whether the input URL includes a designation of a language and/or culture;
• responsive to determining that the input URL does not include a designation of a language and/or culture, providing content that is addressed by the input URL;
• and
• responsive to determining that the input URL includes a designation of a language and/or culture:
• determining whether there is content that is addressed by the input URL and that is dependent on the language and/or culture designation in the input URL;
• and
• responsive to determining that there is content that is addressed by the input URL and that is dependent on the language and/or culture designation in the input URL, providing this content.

A teleport mapping structure comprising:

• a first component that functions as a container for one or more teleport entry components, the first component being specified by a language designation and a year designation;
• and
• a first teleport entry component contained in the first component, the first teleport entry component having a first attribute that specifies a name for the first teleport entry component, the first teleport entry component having a second attribute that specifies a destination domain, the first teleport entry component having a third attribute that specifies a path in the destination domain;
• wherein the first teleport entry component is identifiable by the language designation, the year designation and the first attribute.