Patent ID: 9727541
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for bidirectional hyperlink management of a hypertext associated with an on-line media, the method comprising: searching the on-line media for at least one keyword associated with the hypertext, wherein the searching comprises searching at least one on-line data repository for at least one keyword associated with the hypertext; scanning a website associated with the hypertext based on the search of the at least one keyword; locating at least one dead-link uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the scanned website, wherein locating the at least one dead-link uniform resource locator (URL) comprises testing and validating each uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the scanned website; managing the at least one located dead-link based on a set of pre-defined rules associated with the on-line media, wherein managing the at least one located dead-link comprises replacing or repairing the at least one dead-link based on the set of pre-defined rules and a plurality of repair data definitions, wherein the set of pre-defined rules comprises categorizing the at least one located dead-link as being at least one of renamed, removed, or having a location changed and wherein the plurality of repair data definitions comprises a plurality of instructions for redirecting the at least one located dead-link, wherein the plurality of instructions are created and maintained in a replaced URL repository; in response to categorizing the at least one located dead-link as being renamed, removed, or having a location changed, accessing the replaced URL repository and redirecting the at least one located dead-link to an alternate link listed in the replaced URL repository; and sending an online status communication to a document owner associated with the managed at least one located dead-link based on the replacing or repairing of the managed at least one located dead-link, wherein the online status communication contains details regarding the categorizing of the at least one located dead-link and the redirecting of the at least one located dead-link to the alternate link.