US Patent 10057207 Smart navigation for shortened URLs

The present invention generally relates to a system for, and method of, obtaining, from a first identifier in a first name space, a second identifier in a second name space. The disclosed technique involves obtaining the first identifier in the first name space from a source, applying a rule to the first identifier in the first name space, such that a second identifier in a second name space is obtained, and providing the second identifier, such that the source obtains the second identifier without resolving the first identifier using a domain name system (DNS).