| US 7,519,679 B2 | ||
| Targeted web page redirection | ||
| Christopher J. Kale, Richmond Hill (Canada); and Baldev S. Soor, Markham (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 05, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/729,295. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2429761 (CA), filed on May 23, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0015512 A1, Jan. 20, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—217 [709/203] | 3 Claims |
| 1. A method of redirecting a web page request, comprising the steps of:
receiving at a CGI script an old URL specified by a web browser;
mapping said old URL to a new URL based on a data owner specified mapping accessible from said CGI script;
outputting said new URL to said web browser;
receiving said old URL at a web server;
determining that said old URL is associated with said CGI script;
passing said old URL to said CGI script; and
parsing said old URL to identify a higher level URL in said old URL, and using said higher level URL to determine that said
old URL is associated with said CGI script;
wherein said step of passing said old URL to said associated CGI script comprises the step of using a redirect directive in
a web server configuration file on said web server.
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