Mechanisms to Compose, Execute, Save, and Retrieve Hyperlink Pipelines in Web Browsers

摘要

A method for composing and executing a plurality of hyperlink pipelines within a web browser, wherein the method comprises moving a first source hyperlink that corresponds to a first resource to a destination hyperlink that corresponds to a second resource, merging the first source hyperlink with the destination hyperlink to create a first hyperlink pipeline, moving a second source hyperlink that corresponds to a third resource to the first hyperlink pipeline, merging the second source hyperlink with the first hyperlink pipeline to create a second hyperlink pipeline, and executing the second hyperlink pipeline such that the second resource is invoked before the first resource and the third resource, and the first resource is invoked before the third resource.

主权项

1. An apparatus for forming a hyperlink pipeline that organizes a plurality of resources within a web browser, comprising:
a processor configured to:
acquire a source hyperlink comprising a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that identifies a first resource;acquire a destination hyperlink comprising a destination URI that identifies a second resource and a variable within a URI template; andsubstitute the source URI for the variable within the URI template when the source hyperlink merges with the destination hyperlink to form the hyperlink pipeline,wherein the URI is represented as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a URI reference, or a Uniform Resource Name (URN).