SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIRECTION OF COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC
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Abstract
An Internet traffic redirection architecture is disclosed that allows for directing of trash traffic to specified sites. The system or method allows a controller, such as an ISP, to benefit from mistyped Internet addresses so that participating partners of the ISP are presented to the customer when the requests a web site that is not found or does not exist. The system decreases lost traffic by means of capturing unresolved “trash” traffic on the Internet and redirecting said traffic to a search engine partner and/or other partners.
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21. A method for redirecting Internet communications, the method comprising:
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determining if an Internet communication from a computer at a point of origin includes a malformed request for an Internet address; if the communication does not include a malformed request; returning to the computer at the point of origin a response from the Internet; if the communication includes a malformed request; returning to the computer at the point of origin a redirect IP address for a landing page server; creating a landing page at the redirect IP address, which includes information that is relevant to the malformed request; receiving from the computer at the point of origin a request to connect to the redirect IP address; determining if the redirect request is associated with the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP); returning to the computer at the point of origin the content of a landing page at the requested redirect IP address only if the redirect request is associated with HTTP; wherein all of the steps are performed at the DNS/ISP level of the Internet, and not at the browser/application level of the computer at the point of origin. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer system for redirection of malformed Internet communications, the system comprising:
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a server in the DNS; a first device that; determines if an Internet communication from a computer at a point of origin includes a malformed request for an Internet address; if the communication does not include a malformed request; returns to the computer at the point of origin a response from the Internet; if the communication includes a malformed request; returns to the computer at the point of origin a redirect IP address for a landing page server; and a second device that; creates a landing page at the redirect IP address, which includes information that is relevant to the malformed request; receives from the computer at the point of origin a request to connect to the redirect IP address; determines if the redirect request is associated with the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP); and returns to the computer at the point of origin the content of a landing page at the requested redirect IP address only if the redirect request is associated with HTTP; wherein none of the DNS server, the first device, and the second device is the computer at the point of origin. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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