URL Shortening System for Electronic Messaging Length Constraints
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic messaging products struggle to transmit lengthy or multiple URLs, making it difficult to communicate electronic messages effectively.
Innovation Solution
The system processes electronic communications by determining the length of URLs, transforming lengthy URLs into shorter ones, and associating both with a shared token value, allowing the shorter URL to be communicated to recipients while the original URL is stored in cloud-accessible storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If lengthy URLs are transmitted directly in electronic messages, then the complete network resource location is preserved, but the messaging system cannot handle the transmission due to length limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the URL transmission process into two parts: a shortened identifier (second URL) is transmitted in the electronic message, while the complete URL (first URL) is stored separately in cloud storage. This segmentation allows the message to remain within length limits while preserving complete URL information elsewhere.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary component (cloud storage service) that holds the complete URL information. The shortened URL acts as a mediator that links the message to the full URL stored in the cloud, enabling indirect transmission of the complete resource location without exceeding message length constraints.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple URLs are included in a single electronic message, then comprehensive resource information is provided, but the message exceeds transmission capacity limits
Solution Approach 1:
Each URL is segmented into a shortened identifier suitable for message transmission and the complete URL stored in cloud storage. This allows multiple URLs to be referenced in a single message without exceeding length limits, as each shortened URL contributes minimally to the total message size.
Solution Approach 2:
The system moves the storage dimension from the message itself to external cloud storage. Instead of embedding all URL information within the message (one dimension), the solution utilizes an external storage dimension, allowing the message to remain compact while accessing multiple complete URLs through shortened references.
3Ease of operation
If URLs are shortened for transmission, then message length constraints are satisfied, but the original URL information must be stored externally
Solution Approach 1:
The cloud storage system performs multiple functions: it stores the complete URLs, manages the mapping between shortened and original URLs, handles retrieval requests, and ensures data persistence. This universal storage solution eliminates the need for separate systems for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a copy of the URL information in two forms: the complete original URL is stored in cloud storage, while a shortened version is embedded in the message. This copying approach allows both the compact reference and the complete information to coexist in different locations.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for processing an electronic communication. The method may include receiving an electronic message including a first location indicator of a network resource, wherein the first location indicator has a first length and includes an identifier of a recipient of the electronic message, wherein the identifier indicates an action allowed to be performed by the recipient, and transforming the first location indicator into a second location indicator of the network resource, wherein the second location indicator has a second length that is less than the first length. The method may further include storing the first location indicator in a network accessible storage location and forwarding the second location indicator of the resource to a recipient to allow the recipient to automatically access the network resource and perform the allowed action upon providing an input with respect to the second location indicator.