Hyperlink URL Embedding for Cookie-Free Product Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional web page display techniques reduce user convenience for users who disable cookies, as they may lose product identification information when shifting from a product-specific page to a product common page, necessitating repeated selection of the display target product.
Innovation Solution
The method involves acquiring product identification information from a reference source web page and setting URL information in hyperlinks within a product common page, allowing direct access to a product-specific page without requiring cookie usage, thereby maintaining user convenience and operability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If cookies are used to maintain product identification information when shifting from product-specific page to product common page, then user convenience is improved, but users who disable cookies experience loss of product identification information and reduced ease of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces URL information as an intermediary carrier to transfer product identification information. Instead of relying on cookies, the system embeds product identification information directly in the URL of hyperlinks within the product common page, allowing the information to be passed between pages without requiring cookie storage or user consent.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-setting hyperlinks with embedded product identification information in the product common page before the user navigates. This ensures that when users click on product links, the identification information is already prepared and transmitted via the URL, eliminating the need for cookie-based tracking during the navigation process.
2Productivity
If product identification information is transmitted through cookies, then direct access to product-specific pages is enabled, but the system becomes dependent on cookie availability and user acceptance
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the product identification information from the cookie-based system and embeds it directly into the URL structure of hyperlinks. This extraction removes the dependency on cookies, allowing product identification information to be transmitted reliably through the URL parameter mechanism that works universally across all browsers regardless of cookie settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution makes the hyperlink system universal by enabling it to carry product identification information through URLs, which is a universally supported web mechanism. This allows the same hyperlink structure to serve multiple functions: navigation and information transmission, without requiring separate cookie-based mechanisms, thereby ensuring reliability for all users.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire product identification information from a reference source web page, and a setting unit configured to set, in a case where the product identification information is acquired, a URL based on the acquired product identification information in a hyperlink in a product common page which is commonly used among a plurality of products, and wherein, in a case where the hyperlink is selected, a web page related to a product corresponding to the product identification information is displayed.