Patent ID: 7194531

Claim:
A process for dynamically checking availability of hyperlinks on a web page comprising the steps of: accessing a first web page having hyperlinks to other web pages; compiling a single ping transaction containing file structures for all said hyperlinks to other web pages; determining an availability status of all said hyperlinks to other web pages in a single request using said single ping transaction comprising, constructing a first single ping transaction containing an address to a common server and an individual file structure for each of a plurality of said hyperlinks to the other web pages accessible by said common server, sending said first single ping transaction to said common server to determine said availability status for each of said file structures of said hyperlinks, receiving a return ping transaction containing each of said file structures and a status code indicating said availability status of each of said file structures of the hyperlinks; and visually indicating said availability status of said hyperlinks to the other web pages on said first web page comprising, creating a ping table containing said address to said common server and each of said individual file structures for each of said hyperlinks, storing said status codes indicating said availability status for each of said file structures of the hyperlinks in said ping table, continually updating said ping table with said status codes indicating a current availability status for each of said hyperlinks, and refreshing said first web page by dynamically indicating said current availability status for each of said hyperlinks to the other web pages using a visual availability indicator.