Deep Link Table for Digital Rights Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Deep linking practices often bypass important web pages such as copyright information and advertising, leading to potential copyright infringement and legal issues, as they divert users directly to target web pages without respecting the intended display order and digital rights management of the target site.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for providing deep linking with digital rights management, which involves creating a deep link table that specifies the intended display order and content to be shown before, during, and after accessing a target web page, ensuring compliance with the target site's digital rights management intentions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If deep linking is used to provide direct access to target web pages, then user access speed and convenience are improved, but copyright protection and digital rights management are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (deep link table and rights management system) between the source web site and the target web site. This intermediary controls the linking process by enforcing digital rights management rules, ensuring that copyright-protected content is only accessed through authorized paths while maintaining direct access benefits for legitimate users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-establishing deep link tables that map authorized access paths to target web pages before actual access occurs. This allows the system to pre-determine which pages can be directly linked and which require sequential navigation, thereby preventing copyright infringement before it happens.
2Productivity
If deep linking is used to bypass intermediate pages, then user navigation efficiency is improved, but advertising revenue and web page display requirements are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic control over link behavior based on the deep link table. The system dynamically determines whether to allow direct access or require sequential page navigation through intermediate pages. This dynamic approach enables the system to optimize navigation efficiency for authorized users while ensuring advertising and intermediate content are displayed when required by the target web site's rights management policies.
3Ease of operation
If deep linking is used to access target pages directly, then user experience is improved, but compliance with target site's digital rights management is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the deep link table continuously references the target web site's digital rights management policies. When a user attempts to access a target page through a deep link, the system checks the associated rights management rules and provides feedback by either allowing direct access or redirecting through required intermediate pages, thus ensuring compliance while maintaining good user experience for authorized access.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for providing deep linking activities with digital rights management. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes identifying a hypertext link on a source web page as a deep link and, upon selecting the deep link, accessing a deep link table associated with the deep link. The hypertext link refers to a target web page on a target web site. The deep link table contains web page links and rules operable for establishing web content that is to be presented to a visitor of the target web site. The method also includes displaying web content to the visitor in accordance with the rules. The invention also includes a system and a storage medium.