Internet portal for managing social websites

• US 7,840,690 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2008
• Issued: 11/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Group Incorporated (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Thayer, Wayne, Paxton, John, Condit, Craig
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thu Ha T
• Application Number:
  US12/024,764
• Publication Number:
  US 20080114867A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/225, 709/226, 709/229, 709/245, 707/10
• US Class Current: 709/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0815 providing single-sign-on or federations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

Systems of the present invention allow for managing multiple social websites. An exemplary system may comprise a Personal Portal Website hosted on a server that may be communicatively coupled to a Network. The Personal Portal Website may resolve from a domain name registered to a Registrant. The Personal Portal Website also may have means for authenticating the Registrant and a Management Webpage, which is accessible only to the Registrant after successful authentication. The Management Webpage may also have means for selecting a plurality of social websites. A Portal Webpage also may be accessible via the Personal Portal Website, and may have links to the social websites selected by the Registrant on the Management Webpage.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least one server computer communicatively coupled to a Network, said at least one server computer hosting a Personal Portal Website resolving from a domain name registered to a Registrant and having means for authenticating said Registrant, said Personal Portal Website providing said Registrant a single website to access, view, and manage a plurality of social websites to which said Registrant belongs and further comprising;

a) a Management Webpage on said Personal Portal Website accessible to said Registrant after successful authentication, said Management Webpage comprising means for selecting said plurality of social websites; and

b) a Portal Webpage on said Personal Portal Website comprising a plurality of links to said plurality of social websites, wherein at least one of said plurality of links comprises a Widget comprising means for displaying, after said Registrant is authenticated, at least one private webpage for said Registrant from said plurality of social websites.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said Management Webpage further comprises means for generating a Social Domain, said Social Domain comprising at least one subdomain concatenated to said domain name.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said Management Webpage further comprises means for mapping said Social Domain to a URL for a webpage on at least one of said plurality of social websites.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein at least one of said plurality of links comprises a link to said Social Domain.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said means for authenticating further comprises means for logging said Registrant into at least one of said plurality of social websites.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said Widget comprises means for receiving a feed from at least one of said plurality of social websites.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said Widget further comprises means for displaying, to a plurality of non-authenticated Internet users, a public webpage for said Registrant from at least one of said plurality of social websites.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein said Portal Webpage comprises means for providing said Registrant with authenticated access to at least one of said plurality of social websites.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said Portal Webpage further comprises means for providing a plurality of non-authenticated Internet users with access to said public webpage for said Registrant from at least one of said plurality of social websites.

10. The system of claim 5, wherein said means for authenticating further comprises means for storing a plurality of Registrant Profiles, said Registrant Profiles comprising at least one identity-related data regarding said Registrant.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said identity-related data comprises a Digital Identity, an OpenID, a plurality of metadata, a plurality of microformats, a plurality of contact information, a plurality of relationship information, a plurality of domain name registration information, a plurality of WHOIS data relating to said domain name, and/or any combination thereof.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein said means for authenticating further comprises means for transferring data to at least one of said plurality of social websites.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said means for transferring data transfers at least one of said plurality of Registrant Profiles to at least one of said plurality of social websites.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein said means for transferring data transfers at least one identity-related data to at least one of said plurality of social websites.