Patent ID: 9565161
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for a software developer to electronically communicate a correct Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the method comprising: detecting a copying of a URL from a browser to be placed in an electronic communication; obtaining one of a fully qualified domain name and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a computing device hosting a resource referenced by said URL in response to said URL specifying an address of a loopback interface of said computing device via a localhost, wherein said loopback interface is used for testing software; replacing, by a hardware processor of a developer device, automatically said localhost in said URL with one of said fully qualified domain name and said IP address of said computing device thereby ensuring that third party users will be able to retrieve said resource; providing said URL with one of said fully qualified domain name and said IP address of said computing device to be available to be shared with other users via said electronic communication; and accessing a domain name system server for translating said fully qualified domain name into said IP address in response to said computing system being relocated.