US 12,248,527 B2
Requesting an IP address using a non-textual graphical resource identifier
Venkataramana Logasundaram Jaganathan, Chennai (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/054,849.
Application 18/054,849 is a continuation of application No. 16/568,602, filed on Sep. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,526,571.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099690 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 16/953 (2019.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 16/9566 (2019.01) [G06F 16/9024 (2019.01); G06F 16/953 (2019.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
displaying a grid comprising a plurality of cells;
receiving user input individually modifying a state of one or more of the plurality of cells to create a non-textual based graphical shape in the grid, wherein each of the plurality of cells is configured to accept only a predetermined set of non-textual patterns such that each of the plurality of cells is limited to a predetermined number of possible predefined states;
requesting an internet protocol (IP) address using the non-textual based graphical shape as a resource identifier for a web resource located at the IP address, wherein the requesting comprises:
converting the non-textual based graphical shape into a punycode corresponding to the non-textual based graphical shape; and
transmitting the punycode to a Domain Name System (DNS) server to request the IP address based on the punycode; and
in response to receiving the IP address corresponding to the non-textual based graphical shape, retrieving the web resource located at the IP address.