Method and apparatus for correcting a uniform resource identifier
US6094665A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9566
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer program which causes a computer to correct a uniform resource identifier (URI) in a noisy source document. The program finds and corrects potential errors within a URI before turning the URI into a hyperlink. Testing the corrected URI is done by seeking the resource described by the corrected URI. Testing the URI also includes parsing the URI, identifying potential syntax errors within each portion of the URI, creating alternative URI combinations, and prioritizing the alternative URI combinations. Syntax errors corrected include incorrect protocol, incorrect or missing component separator characters, incorrect spacing, incorrect or missing dot character, and alphanumeric character replacement.
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