IP Library Granted Patent US 9,727,541
Granted Patent B2
US 9,727,541 · App. 14/632,060 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Bidirectional hyperlink synchronization for managing hypertexts in social media and public data repository

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Patent No.
US 9,727,541
App. No.
14/632,060
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for bidirectional hyperlink management of a hypertext associated with an on-line media is provided. The method may include searching the on-line media for at least one keyword associated with the hypertext. The method may also include scanning a website associated with the hypertext based on the search of the at least one keyword. The method may further include locating at least one dead-link uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the scanned website. Additionally, the method may include managing the at least one located dead-link based on a set of pre-defined rules associated with the on-line media.

Claims (16)

1. A method for bidirectional hyperlink management of a hypertext associated with an on-line media, the method comprising:

searching the on-line media for at least one keyword associated with the hypertext, wherein the searching comprises searching at least one on-line data repository for at least one keyword associated with the hypertext;

scanning a website associated with the hypertext based on the search of the at least one keyword;

locating at least one dead-link uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the scanned website, wherein locating the at least one dead-link uniform resource locator (URL) comprises testing and validating each uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the scanned website;

managing the at least one located dead-link based on a set of pre-defined rules associated with the on-line media, wherein managing the at least one located dead-link comprises replacing or repairing the at least one dead-link based on the set of pre-defined rules and a plurality of repair data definitions, wherein the set of pre-defined rules comprises categorizing the at least one located dead-link as being at least one of renamed, removed, or having a location changed and wherein the plurality of repair data definitions comprises a plurality of instructions for redirecting the at least one located dead-link, wherein the plurality of instructions are created and maintained in a replaced URL repository;

in response to categorizing the at least one located dead-link as being renamed, removed, or having a location changed, accessing the replaced URL repository and redirecting the at least one located dead-link to an alternate link listed in the replaced URL repository; and

sending an online status communication to a document owner associated with the managed at least one located dead-link based on the replacing or repairing of the managed at least one located dead-link, wherein the online status communication contains details regarding the categorizing of the at least one located dead-link and the redirecting of the at least one located dead-link to the alternate link.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

validating a status of the at least one located dead-link; and

updating the status of the at least one located dead-link in a dead-links repository.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein updating the status comprises storing whether the at least one located dead-link has a status of dead or alive listed in a dead-links repository.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein managing the at least one located dead-link comprises determining whether the dead-link should be repaired based on the set of pre-defined rules.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein repairing the at least one located dead link comprises replacing the dead-link with at least one of a corrected URL and a default page.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining whether the dead-link should be repaired comprises loading repair data from the set of pre-defined repair rules.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein managing the at least one located dead-link comprises a bidirectional redirection of a uniform resource locator (URL) link from either an object set or a webserver side.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the managing the at least one located dead-link comprises determining a replaced uniform resource locator (URL) is found in a URLs repository.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2021
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: AIRBNB, INC.
Reel/Frame 056427/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: ELGEBEELY, AYA R.; ELSAYED, MOHAMED M.; LIU, SU; SADEK, ASHRAF G.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035101/0069 →