KR100447763B1 - Method of redirection of Internet addresses and host using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The host for the redirection service of the Internet address communicates with the computer of the user having an input / output terminal and a web browser. This host has a website having a database of a plurality of records, each record containing an original Internet address and an alternate Internet address. In response to a request for Internet redirect service by the user's computer, the host causes the user's computer's web browser to connect to an alternate Internet address contained in its database and corresponding to the current Internet address on the user's computer's web browser. In order to respond to requests for Internet redirection services by your computer, the host may provide a redirect button to the toolbar on your computer's browser or as an alternate site corresponding to a field for entering the original site and an Internet address entered in the field. It provides a redirect button to connect the browser of the computer to the web browser of the user's computer through the form of his web page. Thus, the user can enter the desired Internet address only once on the browser of his computer, thereby connecting to the original Internet address or an alternative Internet address instead.

Description

Method of redirection of Internet addresses and host using the same}

The present invention relates to an internet communication service, and more particularly, to a method and host thereof for internet address redirection.

When you click on a link to an arbitrary site on the Internet, you are often not connected to that site. These cases occur largely for four reasons: 1) the site has moved or closed, 2) the server hosting the site is down, 3) the network to the site (dedicated network) Bad, and 4) rarely, a wrong name server leads to the wrong site. If recovery is possible, that is, connecting to the desired site: 1) Redirect from the previous site to the new site; 2) If there is an alternate server, 3) Assign the server's IP address, and 3) If there is an alternate line, bypass the connection path.

However, there are many cases where this does not solve the problem, and it would be nice to have a way to continue serving the site.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for redirecting an Internet address that allows a user to connect to a desired site or web page.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a host for an Internet address redirection service.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an internet communication system according to the present invention;

2A to 2D are views showing portions of web pages for a service provided by a website configured in the host shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2A shows a web page for guiding the use of an Internet address redirection service. 2b shows a web page of the host shown in FIG. 1 providing an internet address redirection service, FIG. 2c shows a web page for a message service provided by the host of FIG. 1, and FIG. 2d shows a site registration for a redirect service. Shows a web page guiding you.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: user's computer 12: main body

14 monitor 16: keyboard

18: mouse 20: the Internet

30: Host 32: Website

34: database

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, in the Internet address redirection method in the Internet communication for connecting the web browser of the computer of the service user to the desired Internet address,

(a) providing at the host a database of a plurality of records, each record containing an original Internet address and an alternate Internet address;

(b) providing one of a redirect form and a redirect button for internet address redirection to a web browser of a user computer;

(c) in response to the user's redirect request event for the one of the redirect form and the redirect button provided in step (b), an alternate internet corresponding to the current original internet address selected by the user and contained in the database. Linking the web browser of the user's computer to the address.

In order to achieve another object of the present invention, a host for communicating with the user's computer having an input / output terminal and a web browser to the Internet, and for providing an Internet address redirection service to the user's computer, each record has an original Internet address and an alternative Internet address. And a website comprising a database comprising a plurality of records, the website including additional information for providing an Internet address redirection service to a user's computer,

In response to a request for an Internet redirection service by the user's computer, the user's computer's web browser is connected to an alternate Internet address in the database corresponding to the current Internet address on the user's computer's web browser.

Preferably, the host provides a redirect button on the user's computer's web browser that can be registered on the toolbar.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention provides an alternative site (or alternative web page) to solve the problem of not being connected to the original site's Internet address. In order to provide an alternative site, the present invention creates a database consisting of a pair of (original site, alternative site) to a redirect site and gives a search function. Therefore, the user using the service according to the present invention can come to the redirection site, enter the original site address, and then use the database to immediately find the address of the alternative site.

1 shows an internet communication system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 10 is a user's computer using an Internet service. 20 is the Internet, and 30 is a host built to provide a web service using a web server, and a host for providing a redirect service according to the present invention.

The user's computer 10 includes an input terminal, a main body 12, and a monitor 14, and the input terminal includes a keyboard 16, a mouse 18, and the like. The main body 12 includes an operating system (OS) for the computer 10 and programs including a web browser, and various devices for connecting to the Internet. The user computer 10 can be realized by a general personal computer or the like.

The host 30 has a website 32 with a database 34. In this case, the website 32 means a means for allowing a remote user to use a web service provided by the host 30, including a set of information that the host 30 constructs to provide a web service. do. The database 34 constituting the website 32 is composed of a plurality of records, each record containing an original Internet address and an alternate Internet address. The alternate Internet address constituting each record contains, as an alternate Internet address, one selected from the group consisting of an inter-director's internet address, a mirror internet address, a backup internet address, and an internet address of a message page. The mirror internet address is the internet address of the mirror site, and the mirror site is a site that has exactly the same content as the host of the original site. The backup site, indicated by the backup internet address, is a site that is not exactly the same as the original site (or mirror site) but plays a similar role. The website 32 includes at least as part of the information relating to the message page. Here, the message page is provided for a number of sites that do not have an alternative site, and is intended to provide a user with a message left by a webmaster who uses a redirection service even when the original or alternative site cannot be connected. The website 32 may further include data for providing the mirror site or backup site described above.

Referring to FIGS. 2A to 2D, an example in which an Internet address redirection service provided by the apparatus of FIG. 1 having the above-described configuration is used as a web browser to Internet Explorer will be described. 2A-2D are some of the web pages that the website 32 provides to the user's web browser when the user who wants to use the redirect service visits the website of the host 30.

FIG. 2A illustrates a procedure of adding a redirection button for redirection of an Internet address through a drag drop of the mouse 18 to the connection toolbar of Internet Explorer. Referring to the first window 221 of FIG. 2A, a redirection button 222, which is a hand icon placed on it and indicated by the letter “Redirect”, is shown in the window 221, and the current connection toolbar bar 223 is shown. ) Shows buttons such as 'Remote Control Searcher', 'Internet Start', 'Link Main Page' and 'Channel Guide'. When the user of the computer 10 drags the redirection button 222 with the mouse 18 between the remote control finder of the connection toolbar 223 and the Internet start buttons, as shown in the second window 225, The insertion mark I is shown at the position where the redirection button 222 can be inserted. At this time, if the user drops the redirect button 222 via the mouse 18, the redirect button according to the present invention is added to the connection toolbar bar 227. The redirect button added to the connection toolbar bar 223 has been shown in the third window 227 as a button 228 with the letter "Redirect".

If you are using Netscape's browser, simply drag and drop the aforementioned redirect button to your browser's Personal Toolbar.

Therefore, if you provide a redirect button (not shown) on the same web page as the procedure description for adding the redirect button to the toolbar, and actually add it to the connection toolbar bar or personal toolbar bar, the host 30 provides The Internet address redirection service can be easily used by the user computer 10. In the following description, it is assumed that the redirection button 228 shown in the third window 227 of FIG. 2A is the same as the actual redirection button.

FIG. 2B shows a web page provided by the host 30 of FIG. 1 for an internet address redirection service. This web page provides a redirect form for cases where the redirect button has not been registered on the link bar (or on the personal toolbar). The user of the computer 10 enters the Internet address of the original site into the input field 231 of the original site indicated as the original site in FIG. 2B, and then clicks the redirect button 233 located on the right side of the input field 231. By pressing, it is possible to connect to the web page of the alternative site registered in the host 30.

2C shows a web page for a message service. This messaging service is provided by the host 30's website 32, so that a webmaster who has applied for a redirect service to his or her original site can access the host 32's website 32 for his service users. This is a web page to provide the message you left with this webmaster's email address.

The host 30 shown in FIG. 1 has a redirect function r () in JavaScript for the redirect button of FIG. 2A or 2C. This function is defined as follows:

function r () {

var h = document.location.href;

/ ^* Specify the variable h as the URL displayed in the address bar of the window currently open in the browser of the user's computer ^* /

var n = 'http: //www.redirect.com/go.asp? original =' + escape (h);

/ ^* Specify the value of escape (h) as a variable (original) in a file (program) named http://www.redirect.com/go.asp ^* /

window.location.href = n; / ^* Specify the variable n as the property href of the location object ^* /

}

The function r () passes the current URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the browser displayed on the monitor 14 of the user computer 10 by passing it as a parameter of the go.asp file. The go.asp file functions as a parameter to look up an alternate site address from the database 34 corresponding to the original site address from which the error message has been removed and then direct the browser in the user's computer 10 to that site. . The function r () has been described in relation to a Web interface developed by Microsoft with an asp (active server page) extension. However, it is obvious to those skilled in the art to use another database interlocking program instead of the file go.asp used in the function r ().

If the web browser of the user's computer 10 does not connect to the original site with the current Internet address (URL) contained in the address bar 229 of FIG. 2A or the input field 231 of FIG. 2B, the web browser Displays an error message such as 404 (page not found). In this situation, when the user of the computer 10 clicks on the redirect button (228 of FIG. 2A) via the mouse 18, the website 32 of the host 30 is required to perform the above-mentioned redirect function r () and the necessary redirection. The combination of the JavaScript built-in function escape () and the HTML tag <A> tag can be used to link the web browser of the user's computer 10 to a corresponding alternative site in the database 34. Therefore, when the user is not connected to the original site, the webpage provided by the host 30 may be used as an alternative site of the original site selected by the user through input or the like without browsing to the monitor 14 of the user computer 10. You can connect your web browser directly. Alternatively, when the redirect button is registered in the web browser of the user's computer 10, extraction of a 404 error that appears in the window of the web browser by not connecting to the original site with the current Internet address (URL) of the input field 231, etc. To automatically move to the alternate site. Thus, it can provide another convenience to users who know the redirect service.

2d shows a web page guiding 'registering a site' for a redirect service. The webmaster who wants to use the redirect service provided by the host 30 can use the redirect service that he / she wants using the webpage shown in FIG. 2D. The web page of FIG. 2D includes optional buttons 241 for using services such as an inter- moving site, a backup site including a mirror site, and a message page display, and e-mail address input fields 243. The web page of FIG. 2D also has a check box 245 that allows the sub-pages of the original site marked as the original site to go to the redirect site (ie alternate site).

Although the foregoing description has been described in connection with the redirect button that is manifested within a toolbar or web page, these do not limit the invention. Therefore, it is possible within the scope of the present invention to provide a tool for redirection in the form of an item of a menu instead of a redirection button.

The foregoing embodiment has been described in connection with an alternative site for the case where the original site is not linked. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the Internet address redirection service according to the present invention can be applied to various web pages (or web documents) including the home page constituting the site. In addition, it is also apparent to those skilled in the art that the Internet address can be used not only a URL but also an IP address displayed in the form of a number.

As described above, the Internet address redirection method and the host using the same according to the present invention are inconvenient for the web browser users who feel the users who know only the address of the original site due to the moving or construction of the original site or various other causes. It provides an effect that can be solved considerably. Therefore, webmasters who operate websites can provide more reliable services to their users. In addition, the present invention not only enables the connection to the alternative site when the original site is not connected, but also provides the advantage that the redirect button can be executed without inputting an internet address separately on the toolbar.

Claims (7)

In the case of internet communication, if the service user uses the web browser in the computer and enters the internet address into the address bar of the web browser or clicks a link on the web, but the computer does not connect to the desired internet address, the desired internet address is redirected. In the method of redirection, (a) a host selected from the group consisting of an original Internet address, a moving Internet address, a mirror Internet address, a backup Internet address, and an Internet address of a message page corresponding to the original Internet address to a host redirecting the Internet address. Providing a database including a plurality of records each containing an alternate Internet address, and a website operator desiring a redirect registers his or her Internet address and an alternate Internet address in a record of a database in the Internet address redirection host; (b) If the computer does not connect to the desired Internet address in the Internet communication, the service user accesses the redirect form for the Internet address redirection provided by the Internet address redirection host through the web browser of the computer. Or performing a redirection by linking a redirection button for redirection of an internet address provided by the internet address redirection host on a web browser screen of the user computer through a web browser of the user computer; (c) in response to the user's redirect request event for the one of the redirect form and the redirect button provided in step (b), the database in the Internet address redirect host corresponding to the current original Internet address selected by the user. Connecting the web browser of the user's computer to the alternate internet address registered in the record contained in the Internet address redirection method. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the message page contains at least one selected from a group consisting of an email address of a webmaster of a website of a website of an original internet address, and a message left by a site administrator. In the Internet communication with a user's computer equipped with an input / output terminal and a web browser, the service user may use the web browser in the computer and enter the Internet address in the address bar of the web browser or click a link on the web. If the host does not connect to the Internet address, the host for providing the Internet address redirection service to the user's computer, A plurality of records each containing an original Internet address and one selected from the group consisting of a moving Internet address, a mirror Internet address, a backup Internet address, and an Internet address of a message page corresponding to the original Internet address. The database that contains it, and a redirection form that allows the service user to access and redirect through his or her computer's web browser if the computer does not connect to the desired Internet address in the Internet communications, or the web browser of the user's computer. Internet address redirection host including additional information for providing a redirection button for internet address redirection to the user's computer installed on the web browser screen of the user's computer to perform the redirection, A website operator who wishes to redirect the Internet registers his or her Internet address and an alternate Internet address in a record in the host, and if the computer user wants the redirect service, in response to a request for the Internet redirect service by the website user's computer, An Internet address redirection host for an Internet address redirection service that connects a user's computer's web browser to an alternate Internet address registered in a database that corresponds to the current Internet address on the user's web browser. 5. The Internet address redirector host of claim 4, wherein the request for internet redirect service is generated by a user's redirect request event for a redirect button provided to a web browser of the user's computer. The Internet address redirection host of claim 5, wherein the event is generated by a click of a redirection button by a user. delete