Methods, Systems, Products, And Devices For Generating And Processing DNS Friendly Identifiers

• US 20080235383A1
• Filed: 03/22/2007
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ESDR Network Solutions LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: ESDR Network Solutions LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Schneider, Eric
• Application Number:
  US11/689,512
• Publication Number:
  US 20080235383A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/3025 Domain name generation or assignment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]

Abstract

When a request having a keyword is received, a domain name having the keyword can be generated and a network resource corresponding to the domain name can be requested wherein the network resource is adapted to extract the keyword from the domain name. In turn, when a request having a first domain name is received, a second domain name having the first domain name can be generated and a network resource corresponding to the second domain name can be requested wherein the network resource is adapted to extract the first domain name from the second domain name.

Claims

1. With a keyword, a computer implemented method comprising:

generating a domain name having the keyword; and

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requesting access to a network resource corresponding to said domain name, wherein said network resource is adapted to extract the keyword from said domain name upon receiving said domain name from said request to access said network resource.

2. A method, as set forth in claim 1, further including one of a receiving and intercepting the keyword from one of a internal automation, external automation, activation of a hyperlink, network resource redirection, and input.

3. A method, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said one of a receiving and intercepting the keyword from input includes inputting the keyword from a user interface element.

4. A method, as set forth in claim 3, wherein said inputting the keyword from said user interface element further includes inputting the keyword into one of a browser location field, text box, command line, speech to text interface, optical recognition interface, and magnetic recognition interface.

5. A method, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said generating said domain name is generated by using one of a function, procedure, program, script, rewrite rule, resolver, configuration parameter, search list, host table, client, server, autosearch, and nameserver.

6. A method, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said generating said domain name is generated by performing a string manipulation operation upon at least a portion of said domain name and the keyword.

7. A method, as set forth in claim 6, wherein said performing said string manipulation operation includes performing one of a prepending, appending, rotating, concatenating, truncating, and reversing at least a portion of said domain name to the keyword.

8. A method, as set forth in claim 1, further including accessing said network resource.

9. A method, as set forth in claim 8, further including extracting the keyword from said domain name when said network resource is accessed.

10. A method, as set forth in claim 9, further including providing search results corresponding to the keyword.

11. A method, as set forth in claim 9, further including determining whether the keyword is one of a registered and resolvable navigation keyword.

12. A method, as set forth in claim 11, further including contemporaneously providing search results corresponding to the keyword and determining whether the keyword is one of a registered and resolvable navigation keyword.

13. A method, as set forth in claim 11, further including one of a displaying registration information and determining whether the keyword can be back-ordered as a navigation keyword when it is determined that the keyword is one of a registered and resolvable navigation keyword.

14. A method, as set forth in claim 11, further including generating a registration form when it is determined that the keyword is not a registered navigation keyword.

15. A method, as set forth in claim 9, further including determining whether the keyword is available for registration as one of a trademark, telephone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement.

16. A method, as set forth in claim 15, further including generating a registration form when it is determined that the keyword is available for registration as one of a trademark, telephone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement.

17. A method, as set forth in claim 15, further including one of a displaying registration information and determining whether the keyword can be back ordered as one of a trademark, telephone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement when it is determined that the keyword is not available for registration as one of a trademark, telephone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement.

18. A method, as set forth in claim 9, further including contemporaneously providing search results corresponding to the keyword and determining whether the keyword is available for registration as one of a trademark, telephone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement.

19. A method, as set forth in claim 9, further including generating from the keyword, one or more keywords and one or more domain names when the keyword is extracted.

20. A method, as set forth in claim 19, further including determining whether said one or more domain names is available for registration.

21. A method, as set forth in claim 19, further including determining whether said one or more keywords is available for registration as one of a navigation keyword, trademark, telephone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement.

22. A method, as set forth in claim 9, further including contemporaneously processing one of a navigation request, registration request, WHOIS request, back-order request, prefix request, suffix request, command request, resolution request, redirection request, search request, identifier registration request, commerce request, subscription request, dialing request, messaging request, conferencing request, vendor request, service request, login request, status request, authorization request, and reference request with the keyword when the keyword is extracted.

23. A method, as set forth in claim 9, further including generating an identifier having the keyword when the keyword is extracted.

24. A method, as set forth in claim 23, wherein generating said identifier is generated by using one of a function, procedure, program, script, rewrite rule, resolver, configuration parameter, search list, host table, client, server, autosearch, and nameserver.

25. A method, as set forth in claim 23, wherein said identifier includes a query portion having the keyword.

26. A method, as set forth in claim 25, wherein said identifier is a uniform resource identifier (URI).

27. A method, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said requesting said network resource corresponding to said domain name includes translating said domain name into an IP address.

28. A method, as set forth in claim 27, wherein said translating said domain name into said IP address includes accessing at least one resource record from one or more zone files.

29. A method, as set forth in claim 28, wherein said at least one resource record is a wildcard resource record.

30. With a first domain name, a computer implemented method comprising:

generating a second domain name having the first domain name; and

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requesting a network resource corresponding to said second domain name, wherein said network resource is adapted to extract the first domain name from said second domain name.