THIRD PARTY MESSAGING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING DOMAIN NAMES AND WEBSITES

• US 20180176165A1
• Filed: 02/12/2018
• Published: 06/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Blinn, Arnold, Gupta, Nintin
• Application Number:
  US15/894,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20180176165A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A method is disclosed for a domain name registrar or a website hosting provider to authenticate a user as having authority to manage an account. The user may enter a selected messaging system for receiving and sending messages. The domain name registrar or the website hosting provider may monitor one or more events (such as an expiration of a domain name or a usage of a resource permitted by a website). When one or more events occur, a notice with various options may be sent to the user via the selected messaging system. The selected action may be received and performed by the domain name registrar or the website hosting provider. A confirmation message may be sent to the user regarding the results of the domain name registrar or the website hosting provider performing the selected action.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by a domain name registrar, that a domain name will expire within a selected time period unless action is taken by a registrant of the domain name;

determining, by the domain name registrar, a messaging system selected by the registrant;

transmitting, by the domain name registrar and using the messaging system, a notice to the registrant, the notice including a plurality of actions that the registrant may select to be taken;

receiving, by the domain name registrar and from the registrant, a selected action by the selected messaging system from the plurality of actions; and

performing, by the domain name registrar, the selected action.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, before transmitting the notice to the registrant, authenticating the registrant of the domain name as having an authority to manage an account with the domain name registrar.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after performing the selected action, sending, by the domain name registrar, a first confirmation message by the selected messaging system to the registrant that the domain name registrar received the selected action from the registrant.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising, before determining that the domain name will expire within a selected time period, receiving from the registrant a plurality of events to monitor, wherein the plurality of events includes the domain name expiring within the selected time period unless action is taken by the registrant.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the domain name registrar and from the registrant, the selected time period.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected messaging system includes a cell phone telephone number to a cell phone configured to receive and send a Short Message Service or a Multimedia Messaging Service message to the registrant.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected messaging system comprises an application stored on a cell phone configured to receive and send messages to the registrant.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected messaging system comprises a third party social media platform.

9. A method, comprising:

determining, by a website hosting provider, that a website exceeded a predetermined percentage of resources allowed for the website;

transmitting, by the website hosting provider, a notice to a user associated with the website, wherein the notice comprises a plurality of actions that the user may select to be taken and the notice is transmitted by a messaging system selected by the user;

receiving, by the website hosting provider, a selected action from the plurality of actions from the user; and

performing, by the website hosting provider, the selected action.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising, before transmitting the notice to the user, authenticating the user as having an authority to manage an account with the website hosting provider.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising, after performing the selected action, sending, by the website hosting provider, a first confirmation message by the selected messaging system to the user that the website hosting provider received the selected action from the user.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving from the user a plurality of events, wherein the plurality of events comprises monitoring for the website to exceed a predetermined percentage of resources allowed for the website.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving from the user the predetermined percentage of resources allowed for the website.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the selected messaging system comprises a cell phone telephone number to a cell phone configured to receive and send a Short Message Service or a Multimedia Messaging Service message to the user.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the selected messaging system comprises an application stored on a cell phone configured to receive and send messages to the user.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the selected messaging system comprises a third party social media platform.

17. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform the steps of;

detecting a first event in an account with a domain name registrar or a hosting provider;

sending a notice by a messaging system selected by a user associated with the account, wherein the notice comprises a plurality of actions that the user may select to be taken;

receiving from the user a selected action by the selected messaging system from the plurality of actions;

converting the selected action into a command for a web service; and

communicating the command to the web service.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of receiving from the user a plurality of events to monitor, wherein the plurality of events comprises the first event.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the selected messaging system comprises a cell phone telephone number to a cell phone configured to receive and send a Short Message Service or a Multimedia Messaging Service message to the user.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the selected messaging system comprises a third party social media platform.