REDIRECTING TO A BOOK WEBSITE

• US 20110125830A1
• Filed: 11/25/2009
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Group Incorporated (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Adelman, Warren
• Granted Patent: US 8,209,379 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments

Abstract

Systems and methods of the present invention provide for redirecting a user to a book'"'"'s website after submitting a request for information about the book. The book'"'"'s website or a link to the website may be displayed to the user on a client browser.

Claims

1. A method, comprising the steps of:

a) receiving from a user a request for information about a book, the request for information comprising an ISBN for the book and requested via an interface on a client communicatively coupled to a network;

b) accessing a data storage within a data center via a data access software module executed on a server communicatively coupled to a network in the data center, the data storage comprising a plurality of information about the book, the plurality of information comprising information about a website, and the website comprising further information about the book; and

c) redirecting the user to the website via a website redirection module using the plurality of information.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the request for information about the book further comprises a title of the book, an author of the book, a subject of the book, the ISBN for the book or any combination thereof, and wherein the plurality of information about the book further comprises the books website, the domain name for the book'"'"'s website, a title of the book, an author of the book, a subject of the book, the ISBN for the book or any combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of registering a domain name related to the ISBN for the book, the title of the book, the author of the book, the subject of the book, or any combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of recognizing the domain name registered as related to the plurality of information about the book in the data storage.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising the step of receiving from the user a selection of one or more domain names to be redirected to the website, the one or more domain names including the domain name.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the domain name is automatically redirected to the website, and the user is informed that the domain name has been automatically redirected.

7. The method of claim 4 further comprising the step of recommending the domain name as a primary domain name for the website if an active website for the book is not found.

8. The method of claim 4 further comprising the step of recommending one or more additional domain names related to the plurality of information about the book in the data storage.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of receiving from the user a selection redirecting the one or more additional domain names to the website.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein recommending the domain name as a primary domain name occurs after the book is assigned an ISBN.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein recommending the domain name as a primary domain name occurs in response to a trend indicating a high amount of traffic or searches in response to the book.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of partnering with a third party to create and display an automatic link to the book'"'"'s website from a listed ISBN, title, author, subject or any combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein said third party is a book-reseller website.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein said third party is a distributor of library research software.

15. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of displaying a link or the address to the book'"'"'s website in response to the book being scanned for a price check or sale of the book.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the address to the book'"'"'s website is displayed on a scanning machine.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the address to the book'"'"'s website is displayed on a receipt after the sale of the book.