Short Link Generation for QR Code Recognition Bottlenecks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing social application technologies face issues where excessively long URL links hinder the efficient provision of information and services to followers, as they can be slow to recognize or fail to be recognized by clients when converted into two-dimensional codes.
Innovation Solution
A link processing method and system that generates a unique identifier string from a target link with more bytes, using an open platform server to invoke a preset interface, which then provides the shorter identifier string to clients, ensuring faster and more reliable service delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a long URL link is used to provide information and services to followers, then the operator can provide comprehensive information, but the link recognition speed decreases and may fail to be recognized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a short link as an intermediary between the original long URL and the client. The short link server acts as a mediator that receives the long URL, generates a short link, and returns it to the operator. When the client scans the short link, the server resolves it back to the original long URL. This intermediary approach maintains the completeness of the original information while enabling fast recognition by clients.
2Ease of operation
If a long URL link is converted into a two-dimensional code, then the operator can provide services through the code, but the code may be recognized slowly or not at all
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a short link as an intermediary before generating the two-dimensional code. Instead of directly encoding the long URL into a QR code, the system first converts the long URL to a short link, then encodes only the short link into the two-dimensional code. This reduces the data volume in the code, making it easier and faster for clients to recognize and decode, while still maintaining the ability to access the original comprehensive information through the short link resolution process.
Data Source
AI summary
Network link processing method, apparatus, and system are disclosed. For example, the method includes: generating an interface-invocation request carrying a target link, a number of bytes of the target link being greater than a preset threshold; sending the interface-invocation request to an open platform server; receiving a unique identifier string sent by the open platform server, a number of bytes of the unique identifier string being less than the preset threshold; and providing the unique identifier string to a client.