Method and apparatus of processing invalid user input search information
AssigneePerftech, Inc.
InventorsLewis Thomas Donzis, John Anthony Murphy, Jonathan Elliott Schmidt, Henry Michael Donzis, Peter Wayne Baron, Lee Carl Ziegenhals
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Abstract
A method and apparatus of processing a user initiated request for information is disclosed. The method may provide receiving a user initiated request including a uniform resource locator (URL) submitted to a web browser application and receiving a response that the URL is an invalid URL that cannot be resolved to a corresponding webpage. The method may also include blocking a subsequent attempt to transmit the user initiated request as a browser modified search request that includes modifications to the user initiated request.
Claims14
A method of processing a user initiated request for information, the method comprising:
- receiving a user initiated request including a uniform resource locator (URL) submitted to a web browser application;
- receiving a response that the URL is an invalid URL that cannot be resolved to a corresponding webpage;
- filtering the user initiated request to identify whether hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request information exists and includes a REFERER message;
- and
- and if the REFERER message is not present in the HTTP request, then blocking a subsequent attempt to transmit the user initiated request as a browser modified search request that includes modifications to the user initiated request to avoid a redirect of the user initiated request.
An apparatus configured to process a user initiated request for information, the apparatus comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a user initiated request including a uniform resource locator (URL) submitted to a web browser application and receive a response that the URL is an invalid URL that cannot be resolved to a corresponding webpage;
- and
- a processor configured to filter the user initiated request to identify whether hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request information exists and includes a REFERER message, and if the REFERER message is not present in the HTTP request, then block a subsequent attempt to transmit the user initiated request as a browser modified search request that includes modifications to the user initiated request to avoid a redirect of the user initiated request.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed causes a processor to process a user initiated request for information, the processor being further configured to perform:
- receiving a user initiated request including a uniform resource locator (URL) submitted to a web browser application;
- receiving a response that the URL is an invalid URL that cannot be resolved to a corresponding webpage;
- filtering the user initiated request to identify whether hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request information exists and includes a REFERER message;
- and
- and if the REFERER message is not present in the HTTP request, then blocking a subsequent attempt to transmit the user initiated request as a browser modified search request that includes modifications to the user initiated request to avoid a redirect of the user initiated request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.