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WHITELIST DOMAIN NAME REGISTRY

  • US 20170195286A1
  • Filed: 12/30/2015
  • Published: 07/06/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, performed by a computing system having one or more processors, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a whitelist domain name registry system, from an Internet domain name registrar on behalf of a registrant, a first set of one or more commands to register a first domain name on behalf of the registrant,wherein the first set of one or more commands to register the first domain name on behalf of the registrant include;

    credentials for the registrant, and the first domain name;

    sending, by the whitelist domain name registry system to a verification system, the credentials for the registrant;

    receiving, by the whitelist domain name registry system, from the verification system, an indication of whether the verification system has approved the registrant to register the first domain name;

    generating a whitelist domain name,wherein the generated whitelist domain name includes the first domain name and an identifier for the registrant, andwherein the generated whitelist domain name is not identical to the first domain name;

    writing the generated whitelist domain name to the whitelist domain name registry system,wherein writing the generated whitelist domain name to the whitelist domain name registry system does not include registering the first domain name on behalf of the registrant;

    receiving, at a target domain name registry system, a second set of one or more commands to register the first domain name on behalf of the registrant;

    generating, by the target domain name registry system, the whitelist domain name;

    determining, by the target domain name registry system, that the generated whitelist domain name exists in the whitelist domain name registry system; and

    in response to determining, by the target domain name registry system, that the generated whitelist domain name exists in the whitelist domain name registry system,retrieving, by the target domain name registry system, registration information for the generated whitelist domain name,comparing, by the target domain name registry system, the retrieved registration information to the registration credentials,evaluating, by the target domain name registry system, the second set of one or more commands to register the first domain name on behalf of the registrant based at least in part on the comparison of the retrieved registration information to the registration credentials, andwriting, by the target domain name registry system, the first domain name to a domain name system (DNS) server associated with the target domain name registry system.

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