Method of remotely monitoring an internet web site

• US 7,461,297 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2005
• Issued: 12/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Internetseer.com Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Internetseer.com Incorporated
• Inventors: McLellan, Mark F., Dever, Michael P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson; Yolanda L
• Application Number:
  US11/044,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20050278590A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,405 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 714/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0709 in a distributed system consisting of a plurality of standalone computer nodes, e.g. clusters, client-server systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0748 in a remote unit communicating with a single-box computer node experiencing an error/fault remote testing G06F11/2294
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2294 by remote test
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A metod of performing a service which remotely monitors a Web site includes the steps of monitoring the site for an error and notifying a site representative in the event an error is detected on the site. Advance permission is not obtained prior to sending the notification and a fee is not charged for the service. The appropriate e-mail address to which the notification is sent is identified based on one or more categories and a priority assigned to all e-mail addresses identified on the monitored site. The notification may be sent, alternatively, to the representative of a site linked to the site monitored or to some other interested third party. Subscribers to the monitoring service may be enrolled automatically upon submission of their site to a search engine service or to a domain name registry. The list of service recipients generated by the monitoring service is usable for other commercial purposes.

Claims

1. A method of enrolling a subscriber in a service, which service remotely monitors a site located on a global communications network for errors and which service sends a notification to an electric mail address upon an occurrence of a site event, comprising the steps of:

(A) identifying one or more potential electric location addresses associated with said site upon submission of an electronic location address to a search engine service which search engine service performs searches on said global communications network;

(B) identifying at least one proprietor electronic mail address associated with a representive of a proprietor of said site;

(C) automatically including said potential electronic location addresses in a database of electronic location addresses associated with one or more additional sites which are located on said global communications network, at least some of which said additional sites are monitored by said monitoring service; and

(D) automatically indentifying said at least one proprietor electronic mail address as the electronic mail address to which said notification is sent upon an occurrence of said site event, wherein said site event corresponds to registration of the electronic location address with said search engine service.

2. A method of enrolling a subscriber in a service, which service remotely monitors a site located on a global communications network for errors and which service sends a notification to an electronic mail address upon an occurrence of a site event, comprising the steps of:

(A) identifying one or more potential electronic location addresses associated with said site upon submission of an electronic location address to a search engine which search engine service performs search on said global communications network;

(B) identifying at least one proprietor electronic mail address associated with a representative of a proprietor of said site;

(C) automatically including said potential electronic location address in a database of electronic location addresses associated with one or more additional sites which are located on said global communications network, at least some of which said additional sites are monitored by said monitoring service; and

(D) automatically identifying said at least one proprietor electronic mail address as the electronic mail address to which said notification is sent upon an occurrence of said site event, wherein said site event occurs when said site becomes accessible by users of said global communications network.

3. A method of enrolling a subscriber in a service, which service remotely monitors a site located on a global communications network for errors and which service sends a notification to an electronic mail address upon an detecting an error on said site, comprising the steps of:

(A) identifying an electronic location address associated with said site upon submission of said electronic location address to a search engine service which search engine service performs searches on said global communications network;

(B) identifying a proprietor electronic mail address associated with a representative of a proprietor of said site upon submission of said electronic location address to said search engine service;

(C) automatically including said electronic location address in a database of electronic location addresses associated with one or more additional sites which are located on said global communications network, at least some of which said additional sites are monitored by said monitoring service; and

(D) automatically identifying said proprietor electronic mail address as the electronic mail address to which a notification is sent upon the detection of an error on said site by said monitoring service.

4. A method of enrolling a subscriber in a service, which service remotely monitors a site located on a global communications network for errors and which service sends a notification to an electronic mail address upon an detecting an error on said site, comprising the steps of:

(A) identifying an electronic location address associated with said site upon submission of said electronic location address to a domain name registry service;

(B) identifying a proprietor electronic mail address associated with a representative of a proprietor of said site upon submission of said electronic location address to said domain name registry service;

(C) automatically including said electronic location address in a database of electronic location addresses associated with one or more additional sites which are located on said global communications network, at least some of which said additional sites are monitored by said monitoring service; and

(D) automatically identifying said proprietor electronic mail address as the electronic mail address to which a notification is sent upon the detection of an error on said site by said monitoring service.

5. A method of enrolling a subscriber in a service, which service remotely monitors a site located on a global communications network for errors and which service sends a notification to an electronic mail address upon an detecting an error on said site, comprising the steps of:

(A) identifying an electronic address associated with said site upon submission of said electronic location address to one of (i) a domain name registry service and (ii) a search engine service which search engine service performs searches on said global communications network;

(B) automatically including said electronic location address in a database of electronic location addresses associated with one or more additional sites which are located on said global communications network, at least some of which said additional sites are monitored by said monitoring service; and

(C) sending a notification to an electronic mail address associated with said site upon the detection of an error on said site by said monitoring service.