Method and apparatus for creating and using dynamic universal resource locators

• US 6,195,691 B1
• Filed: 09/17/1996
• Issued: 02/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ipdev Company
• Original Assignee: National Systems Corp.
• Inventors: Brown, David Bennett
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Dung C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dzung C
• Application Number:
  US08/714,990
• Time in Patent Office: 1,624 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219, 709/217, 709/226, 709/229, 709/230, 709/249, 709/216
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method for creating and using a dynamic universal resource locator to link an internet end user to a host selected from two or more hosts on the internet. The method comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining information related to either or both of the end user and/or the two or more hosts; (b) selecting, based upon the obtained information, one of the two or more hosts; and (c) generating a link to the selected host. Also disclosed is a method for connecting a user to a dial-up host having an internet domain name and a temporary internet address. This method comprises the steps of: (a) registering the temporary internet address of the dial-up host with the dynamic domain name server; (b) intercepting a locator request for the domain name of the dial-up host by returning the internet address of the company server; (c) processing requests from the user on the company server; and (d) providing the user with the temporary internet address of the dial-up host upon reaching a predetermined point in the programming of the company server.

Claims

1. A method for connecting a user to a dial-up host having an internet domain name and a temporary internet address, in a system including:

an internet,

a dynamic domain name server on the internet,

a company server affiliated with the dial-up host and associated with the dynamic domain name server, the company server having an internet address and programming,

a local internet service provider connected to the internet, the method comprising the steps of;

(a) registering the temporary internet address of the dial-up host with the dynamic domain name server;

(b) intercepting a locator request generated by the user seeking to contact the domain name of the dial-up host and returning the internet address of the company server;

(c) processing requests from the user on the company server; and

(d) providing the user with the temporary internet address of the dial-up host upon reaching a predetermined point in the programming of the company server.