Patent ID: 7886043
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for rating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the method comprising: determining a request size pertaining to a length of the URL to be rated; generating a rating request message containing the URL; after the determining and the generating, requesting a domain name system-based URL rating server (DNS-based URL rating server) to categorize the URL by sending the rating request message to the DNS-based URL rating server if the request size is less than or equal to a predefined size limitation; and after the determining and the generating, requesting a hypertext transfer protocol-based URL rating server (HTTP-based URL rating server) to categorize the URL by sending the rating request message to the HTTP-based URL server if the request size is greater than the predefined size limitation; providing, using the DNS-based URL rating server, first URL rating information pertaining to the URL in a DNS response message if the URL is received via a DNS message; and providing, using the HTTP-based URL rating server, second URL rating information pertaining to the URL in an HTTP response message if the URL is received via an HTTP message, wherein the rating request message is the DNS message if the request size is less than or equal to the predefined size limitation, and wherein the rating request message is the HTTP message if the request size is greater than the predefined size limitation.