Method and apparatus for obtaining webpages

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10110659-B2
Application number	US-201514838050-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2015
Priority date	Apr 26, 2013
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for obtain webpages. The method comprises: receiving a webpage identifier through a browser; determining whether the webpage identifier comprises an error; if the webpage identifier comprises an error, matching the error with a corresponding correction method in a pre-stored matching table for webpage identifier errors; correcting the webpage identifier in accordance with the matched correction method; and sending the corrected webpage identifier to a server to obtain a corresponding webpage. Errors in the webpage identifier can be automatically corrected, which saves time and enhances the browsing experiences.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for obtaining a webpage, comprising:
at a computing device that is connected to the Internet:
receiving a webpage identifier that has been entered by a user in an address bar of a browser, wherein the webpage identifier includes a sequence of multiple characters;
scanning through the sequence of multiple characters that has been entered in the address bar of the browser to determine whether the webpage identifier entered by the user includes one or more Chinese punctuation marks;
in accordance with a determination that the sequence of multiple characters includes a first Chinese punctuation mark, replacing the first Chinese punctuation mark in the sequence of multiple characters with a corresponding standard punctuation mark to generate a first webpage identifier;
sending the first webpage identifier to a server to request a corresponding webpage; and
in accordance with receipt of an error code from the server:
comparing the first webpage identifier with a pre-stored matching table for webpage identifier errors to identify at least a first error in the first webpage identifier;

matching the first error with a corresponding correction method in the pre-stored matching table for webpage identifier errors;
correcting the first webpage identifier in accordance with the matched correction method; and
sending the corrected first webpage identifier to the server to obtain a corresponding webpage.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of matching the first error with a corresponding correction method in the pre-stored matching table for webpage identifier errors comprises:
obtaining an error type for the first error in the first webpage identifier; and
matching the error type with a corresponding correction method in the pre-stored matching table for webpage identifier errors.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising, prior to the step of matching the error type with a corresponding correction method in the pre-stored matching table for webpage identifier errors:
determining whether the first error in the webpage identifier is in the matching table for webpage identifier errors; and
if the first error in the webpage identifier is in the matching table for webpage identifier errors, obtaining the error type for the error in the webpage identifier.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the webpage identifier is an URL.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the step of comparing the first webpage identifier with the pre-stored matching table for webpage identifier errors to identify at least the first error in the first webpage identifier comprises:
determining whether the first webpage identifier comprises a character that is not an allowed URL character.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein correcting the first webpage identifier in accordance with the matched correction method includes:
if the first webpage identifier comprises a character that is not an allowed URL character, replacing the character in the URL with a corresponding allowed URL character.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein correcting the first webpage identifier in accordance with the matched correction method includes:
if the webpage identifier comprises a character that is not an allowed URL character, deleting the character in the URL.

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Jing
• Lin Xiaodan

Classifications

• G06F16/9577

  Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents · CPC title

• G06F40/232

  Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation · CPC title

• G06F17/273

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L67/42

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F17/30905

  Physics · mapped topic