URL acquisition and management

• US 20020145992A1
• Filed: 03/20/2002
• Published: 10/10/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gregory S. Holt
• Original Assignee: Gregory S. Holt
• Inventors: Holt, Gregory S.
• Application Number:
  US10/102,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20020145992A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor

Abstract

A system and method for managing the registration of internet URLs, comprising first and second databases and a processor. The first database contains fields in which a first set of data are stored, the first set of data including, for a selected URL, user-generated data characterizing an application to register a URL. The processor is operable to access on-line information to determine whether the URL is already registered and, if so, to compare on-line information regarding the URL and the first set of data. After any discrepancies between the first set of data and the on-line information are resolved, the processor stores in the second database a second set of data, the second set of data including, for said URL, the first set of data with any discrepancies corrected and augmented by registration data from the on-line information.

Claims

1. A system for managing the registration of internet Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), comprising:

a first database containing fields in which a first set of data are stored, the first set of data including, for a selected URL, user-generated data characterizing an application to register a URL; and

a processor operable to access on-line information to determine whether the URL is already registered and, if so, to compare on-line information regarding the URL and the first set of data and after any discrepancies between the first set of data and the on-line information are resolved, to store in a second database a second set of data, the second set of data including, for said URL, the first set of data with any discrepancies corrected and augmented by registration data from the on-line information.

2. A method for managing the registration of internet Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), comprising:

inputting to a first database a URL and data associated with the URL;

determining whether the URL is already registered;

if the URL is already registered, determining whether data maintained by a registrar is discrepant with any of the URL associated data and, if so, resolving the discrepancies;

once the discrepancies are resolved, inputting the data associated with the URL in the first database to a second database.

3. The method of claim 2 further including, before determining whether the URL is already registered, applying to register the URL and determining whether the URL is already registered only after receiving confirmation of registration.