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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2014
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Sean M. Ulrich, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jennifer G. Zawacki, Hillsborough, NC (US);
David C. Challener, Raleigh, NC (US);
Julie A Morris, Raleigh, NC (US);
James T. Thrasher, Efland, NC (US);
Justin T. Dubs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Peter G. Gaucher, Cary, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A system for preventing redirection loops during collaborative web browsing is provided including: a CPU; a memory in communication with the CPU; instructions stored in the memory and executable by the CPU to prevent redirects encountered during a collaborative web browsing session, the instructions further comprising: instructions enabling a device to join a collaborative web browsing session; instructions enabling detection of a redirection loop based upon a query to a uniform resource locator (URL) history stored in a memory; and instructions enabling termination of the redirect loop; wherein, upon the detection of a redirection loop, the device ignores URL updates of the collaborative web browsing session for a predetermined amount of time.