Network address compression for electronic devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023403253-A1
Application number	US-202318227886-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 28, 2023
Priority date	Sep 24, 2020
Publication date	Dec 14, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

The subject technology provides an in-place encoding of a network identifier that compresses the network identifier without mapping the network identifier to a another server or service, such as URL shortening service. The network identifier may be compressed using segmented encoding operations that segment the network identifier, and encode the characters of the network identifier using a first set of encoding operations for a first portion of the network identifier and a second set of encoding operations for a second portion of the network identifier. Template encoding may also be provided for network identifiers that conform to a predefined template format.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
scanning, using a camera of an electronic device, an object in a physical environment of the electronic device, wherein the object comprises an embedded visual representation of an encoded network identifier, wherein the encoded network identifier comprises characters, wherein the characters of the encoded network identifier are not included in the embedded visual representation, and wherein the object comprises a visual complexity capable of encoding a first number of bits; extracting, at the electronic device, the encoded network identifier from the embedded visual representation; decoding, at the electronic device, the encoded network identifier to obtain a network identifier having a domain, wherein the network identifier has a size corresponding to a second number of bits larger than the first number of bits, and wherein the encoded network identifier does not include domain information associated with any domain other than the domain of the network identifier; and accessing, by the electronic device, a resource corresponding to the network identifier.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the object in the physical environment comprises a physical image displayed in the physical environment.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the physical image comprises a logo of a product or a business.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein extracting the encoded network identifier from the embedded visual representation comprises obtaining the characters of the encoded network identifier by performing an additional decoding of the embedded visual representation.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein decoding the encoded network identifier comprises:
decoding a first portion of the characters of the encoded network identifier using a first decoding scheme to obtain a host of the network identifier and the domain of the network identifier; and decoding a second portion of the characters of the encoded network identifier using a second decoding scheme to obtain a path of the network identifier.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein accessing the resource comprises accessing the resource using the host, the domain, and the path.

7 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining the first decoding scheme based on a host bit in the encoded network identifier; and determining the second decoding scheme based on a segmentation bit in the encoded network identifier.

8 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising code that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
scanning, using a camera of an electronic device, an object in a physical environment of the electronic device, wherein the object comprises an embedded visual representation of an encoded network identifier, wherein the encoded network identifier comprises characters, wherein the characters of the encoded network identifier are not included in the embedded visual representation, and wherein the object comprises a visual complexity capable of encoding a first number of bits; extracting, at the electronic device, the encoded network identifier from the embedded visual representation; decoding, at the electronic device, the encoded network identifier to obtain a network identifier having a domain, wherein the network identifier has a size corresponding to a second number of bits larger than the first number of bits, and wherein the encoded network identifier does not include domain information associated with any domain other than the domain of the network identifier; and accessing, by the electronic device, a resource corresponding to the network identifier.

9 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the object in the physical environment comprises a physical image displayed in the physical environment.

10 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the physical image comprises a logo of a product or a business.

11 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein extracting the encoded network identifier from the embedded visual representation comprises obtaining the characters of the encoded network identifier by performing an additional decoding of the embedded visual representation.

12 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein decoding the encoded network identifier comprises:
decoding a first portion of the characters of the encoded network identifier using a first decoding scheme to obtain a host of the network identifier and the domain of the network identifier; and decoding a second portion of the characters of the encoded network identifier using a second decoding scheme to obtain a path of the network identifier.

13 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein accessing the resource comprises accessing the resource using the host, the domain, and the path.

14 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12 , the operations further comprising:
determining the first decoding scheme based on a host bit in the encoded network identifier; and determining the second decoding scheme based on a segmentation bit in the encoded network identifier.

15 . An electronic device comprising:
a memory; and one or more processors configured to:
scan, using a camera of the electronic device, an object in a physical environment of the electronic device, wherein the object comprises an embedded visual representation of an encoded network identifier, wherein the encoded network identifier comprises characters, wherein the characters of the encoded network identifier are not included in the embedded visual representation, and wherein the object comprises a visual complexity capable of encoding a first number of bits;
extract the encoded network identifier from the embedded visual representation;
decode the encoded network identifier to obtain a network identifier having a domain, wherein the network identifier has a size corresponding to a second number of bits larger than the first number of bits, and wherein the encoded network identifier does not include domain information associated with any domain other than the domain of the network identifier; and
access a resource corresponding to the network identifier.

16 . The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the object in the physical environment comprises a physical image displayed in the physical environment, the physical image comprising the visual complexity capable of encoding the first number of bits and wherein the first number of bits is less than or equal to one hundred twenty eight bits.

17 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the physical image comprises a logo of a product or a business.

18 . The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to extract the encoded network identifier from the embedded visual representation by obtaining the characters of the encoded network identifier by performing an additional decoding of the embedded visual representation.

19 . The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to decode the encoded network identifier by:
decoding a first portion of the characters of the encoded network identifier using a first decoding scheme to obtain a host of the network identifier and the domain of the network identifier; and decoding a second portion of the characters of the encoded network identifier using a second decoding scheme to obtain

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Abbasian Reza
• Ying Charles H
• Falkenburg Steven J

Classifications

• G06F16/9566 Primary

  URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links · CPC title

• H04L61/301 Primary

  Name conversion · CPC title

• H04L2101/604

  Address structures or formats · CPC title

• H04L2101/672

  Short addresses · CPC title