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US 7110399
System and method for redirecting network addresses for deferred rendering
Current assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Patent Overview: US7110399B2
Title: System and method for redirecting network addresses for deferred rendering
Patent number: US7110399B2 (application US10/112,486; publication US20030185197A1)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (original assignee)
Inventors: Dwip N. Banerjee; Lilian Sylvia Fernandes; Vasu Vallabhaneni
Dates: Priority/filing date 2002-03-28; publication 2003-10-02; granted 2006-09-19; adjusted expiration 2025-01-14. Status listed as "Expired – Fee Related."
Purpose: Mobile devices have small screens and limited display lines, so a web page may be hard or impossible to comprehend on a phone or PDA. A user who finds an interesting page may want to revisit it later in an environment with better rendering (e.g., a computer monitor), but may forget the address. The invention addresses this by forwarding the address (URL) for later viewing.
Plain-language scope (per the excerpt): A WAP-enabled mobile device runs URL redirection software. The user selects a target redirect address from a pre-defined list on the device (or adds one), may enter descriptive text (e.g., "Dallas sights" for a cryptic URL), and may select multiple redirect addresses for one URL. The user may also assign a priority (e.g., "high" or "normal") to individual redirect requests. The device sends a redirect request containing one or more redirect entries over a wireless network to a WAP gateway, which notifies a redirect manager—software on the gateway that manages redirection of URL locations received from wireless devices. The redirect manager analyzes each entry's priority and sends the redirect message accordingly; a "high" priority is handled differently from other priorities.
Classifications: H04L61/00, H04L67/00-series (including 67/04, 67/563), H04L9/40, H04L69/00-series.
What the excerpt does not establish: The claims are not included in the supplied text, so the precise legal scope is not established here. The excerpt cuts off mid-sentence ("sends the redirect messag…"), so how non-high priorities are processed, and the full described method steps, are not shown. No information on litigation or validity is provided or assessed.
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US7110399](/patent/US7110399)/en
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