US Patent No: 6,654,741
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URL mapping methods and systems
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Nov 25, 2003
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May 3, 1999
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Abstract
The invention provides for flexible, convenient, and dynamic URL mapping methods and systems by providing generalized approaches which specify patterns in term of recognizable syntax. The recognizable syntax can be defined by one or more rules. The rules are used and applied to an input URL string which is provided by a client to map the input URL string to an output URL string which is used by a rendering engine to provide a requested resource. Embodiments of the invention provide for a rule cache or internal store in which rules are kept. The rule cache allows for rules to be added, deleted, or modified as desired, without the need to stop and re-start the web service. The rule cache can be populated dynamically at run time. In addition, embodiments of the invention conveniently group rules into rule groups. Individual rule groups can be selectively applied to an input URL string. Furthermore, reverse mapping is supported by embodiments of the invention simply through the use of suitable rule additions or rule group additions in the rule cache, as may be appropriate.
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