Preventing redirection loops during collaborative web browsing
View Patent ↗A system for preventing redirection loops during collaborative web browsing is provided including: a CPU; a memory in communication with the CPU; instructions stored in the memory and executable by the CPU to prevent redirects encountered during a collaborative web browsing session, the instructions further comprising: instructions enabling a device to join a collaborative web browsing session; instructions enabling detection of a redirection loop based upon a query to a uniform resource locator (URL) history stored in a memory; and instructions enabling termination of the redirect loop; wherein, upon the detection of a redirection loop, the device ignores URL updates of the collaborative web browsing session for a predetermined amount of time.
1. A system comprising:
a CPU;
a memory in communication with the CPU;
instructions stored in the memory and executable by the CPU to prevent redirects encountered during a collaborative web browsing session, the instructions further comprising:
instructions enabling a device to join a collaborative web browsing session;
instructions enabling detection of a redirection loop that occurs during the collaborative web browsing session based upon a query to a uniform resource locator (URL) history stored in a memory; and
instructions enabling termination of the redirect loop;
wherein, upon the detection of a redirection loop, the device ignores URL updates of the collaborative web browsing session for a predetermined amount of time.
2. The system according to claim 1 wherein the instructions enabling detection of a redirection loop based upon a query to a URL history stored in the memory further comprise instructions enabling detection of a redirection pattern in the URL history.
3. The system according to claim 1 further comprising:
instructions enabling termination of the redirect loop via terminating the collaborative web browsing session.
4. The system according to claim 3 further comprising:
instructions enabling at least one other device participating in the collaborative web browsing session to be informed of the termination.
5. The system according to claim 1 further comprising:
instructions enabling detection that the device has repeatedly sent a URL within a predetermined amount of time.
6. The system according to claim 1 wherein the instructions enabling termination of the redirect loop further comprise:
instructions prohibiting the device from sending redirect information to at least one other user in the collaborative web browsing session upon recognizing the device has entered a redirection loop.
7. The system according to claim 1 wherein upon detection of a redirect loop, the system directs the device to a safe page to terminate the redirection loop.
8. The system according to claim 1 wherein, upon the detection of a redirection loop, the device ignores URL updates of the collaborative web browsing session for a predetermined amount of time.
9. A method comprising:
enabling a device to join a collaborative web browsing session;
detecting a redirection loop that occurs during the collaborative web browsing session based upon a query to a uniform resource locator (URL) history stored in a memory; and
terminating the redirect loop;
wherein, upon the detecting of a redirection loop, the device ignores URL updates of the collaborative web browsing session for a predetermined amount of time.
10. The method according to claim 9 wherein detecting based upon a query to a URL history stored in the memory further comprises:
detecting a redirection pattern in the URL history.
11. The method according to claim 9 wherein the terminating further comprises terminating the collaborative web browsing session.
12. The method according to claim 11 further comprising:
enabling at least one other device participating in the collaborative web browsing session to be informed of the termination.
13. The method according to claim 9 further comprising:
detecting that the device has repeatedly sent a URL within a predetermined amount of time.
14. The method according to claim 9 wherein the terminating further comprises:
prohibiting the device from sending redirect information to at least one other user in the collaborative web browsing session upon recognizing the device has entered a redirection loop.
15. The method according to claim 9 wherein upon detection of a redirect loop, the system directs the device to a safe page to terminate the redirection loop.
16. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform acts comprising:
enabling a device to join a collaborative web browsing session;
detecting a redirection loop that occurs during the collaborative web browsing session based upon a query to a uniform resource locator (URL) history stored in a memory; and
terminating the redirect loop;
wherein, upon the detecting of a redirection loop, the device ignores URL updates of the collaborative web browsing session for a predetermined amount of time.