Method for url analysis and electronic device thereof

Abstract

A method and apparatus for analyzing a URL included in contents and displaying the analyzed result is provided. The method includes detecting a URL from contents, analyzing the URL, and displaying the analyzed result.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
 detecting a URL from contents;   analyzing the detected URL; and   displaying the analyzed result.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the detection of the URL from the contents comprises verifying whether at least one of “http://”, “https://”, “ftp://”, “irc://”, “gopher://”, telnet://, “nntp://”, and “worldwind://” is included in the URL. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the analysis of the URL comprises verifying whether the URL is harmful using a harmful site database stored in a memory or a server. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising verifying whether the URL is redirected based on an ACK message to a URL connection request. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the analysis of the URL comprises analyzing the redirected final URL. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the analysis of the URL comprises verifying whether a file download is linked to the URL. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising temporarily downloading the file and verifying at least one of a name, a type, a capacity, a made date, and a corrected date of the file. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising verifying whether the file is an installable file. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising verifying an authority requested when installing the file. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the verification of the authority requested when installing the file comprises temporarily installing the file and verifying the authority requested when installing the file. 
     
     
         11 . An electronic device comprising:
 a display; and   at least one processor operatively coupled to the display, the at least one processor configured to:
 detect a URL from contents; 
 analyze the detected URL; and 
 display the analyzed result. 
   
     
     
         12 . The electronic device of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to verify whether at least one of “http://”, “https://”, “ftp://”, “irc://”, “gopher://”, telnet://, “nntp://”, and “worldwind://” is included in the URL to detect the URL from the contents. 
     
     
         13 . The electronic device of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to verify whether the URL is harmful based on a harmful site database stored in at least one memory of the electronic device or a server. 
     
     
         14 . The electronic device of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to verify whether the URL is redirected using an ACK message to a URL connection request. 
     
     
         15 . The electronic device of  claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to analyze the redirected final URL. 
     
     
         16 . The electronic device of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to verify whether a file download is linked to the URL. 
     
     
         17 . The electronic device of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to temporarily download the file to the at least one memory of the electronic device and verify at least one of a name, a type, a capacity, a made date, and a corrected date of the file. 
     
     
         18 . The electronic device of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to verify whether the file is an installable file. 
     
     
         19 . The electronic device of  claim 18 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to verify an authority requested when installing the file. 
     
     
         20 . The electronic device of  claim 19 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to temporarily install the file and verify the authority requested when installing the file.