Systems and methods for providing customer-selected solutions for multiple datacenter website hosting

• US 8,150,912 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2011
• Issued: 04/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rechterman, Barbara
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Wing
• Assistant Examiner(s): WOO, ANDREW M
• Application Number:
  US13/039,488
• Publication Number:
  US 20110161411A1
• Time in Patent Office: 397 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/203
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

Systems of the present inventions allow for providing customer-selected solutions for multiple datacenter website hosting. An exemplary system may comprise a first datacenter comprising at least one hosting server, a second datacenter comprising at least one hosting server, and a hosting services website hosted on at least one customer interaction server. The hosting services website may be configured to offer and implement hosting of at least one customer website in the first datacenter, second datacenter, or both the first datacenter and second datacenter. The system also may comprise a network communicatively coupling the first datacenter, second datacenter, and customer interaction server.

Claims

1. A method, comprising the steps of:

A) offering a user, via at least one customer interaction server computer, a website hosting service comprising;

(1) hosting at least one website in a first datacenter located in a first geographic region;

(2) hosting said at least one website in a second datacenter located in a second geographic region;

or (3) hosting said at least one website in both said first datacenter and said second datacenter;

B) if said user selects hosting said at least one website in both said first datacenter and said second datacenter, provisioning at least one hosting server computer in said first datacenter and at least one hosting server computer in said second datacenter to host said at least one website;

C) hosting said at least one website on said at least one hosting server computer in said first datacenter and at said least one hosting server computer in said second datacenter;

D) receiving, via at least one routing server computer, a request for a plurality of said at least one website'"'"'s content;

E) routing, by said at least one routing server computer, said request to a responding datacenter selected from the group consisting of said first datacenter and said second datacenter by determining whether said request will receive a faster response from said first datacenter or said second datacenter; and

F) returning, by at least one hosting server computer in said responding datacenter, said plurality of said at least one website'"'"'s content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said first geographic location comprises North America and said second geographic location comprises Europe.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said first geographic location comprises North America and said second geographic location comprises Asia.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said routing step E) further comprises the steps of:

i) determining, by said at least one routing server computer, a geographic origin of said request;

ii) identifying, by said at least one routing server computer, said responding datacenter by determining whether said first datacenter or said second datacenter is in closest physical proximity to said geographic origin of said request; and

iii) routing, by said at least one routing server computer, said request to said responding datacenter.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one website hosted in said first datacenter comprises the same content as said at least one website hosted in said second datacenter.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one website hosted in said first datacenter comprises different content than said at least one website hosted in said second datacenter.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one customer interaction server computer, said at least one hosting server computer, and said at least one routing server computer comprise the same server computer.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one customer interaction server computer, said at least one hosting server computer, and said at least one routing server computer comprise a plurality of different server computers.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said offering step A) is accomplished by providing a hosting services website comprising means for said registrant to select hosting said at least one website in said first datacenter and said second datacenter.

10. A system, comprising:

A) a first datacenter located in a first geographic location and comprising at least one hosting server;

B) a second datacenter located in a second geographic location and comprising at least one hosting server;

C) a hosting services website hosted on at least one customer interaction server, said hosting services website configured to offer a user a website hosting service comprising;

(1) hosting at least one website in said first datacenter;

(2) hosting said at least one website in said second datacenter;

or (3) hosting said at least one website in both said first datacenter and said second datacenter, wherein said hosting services website is further configured to, if said user selects hosting said at least one website in both said first datacenter and said second datacenter, provision said at least one hosting server in said first datacenter and said at least one hosting server in said second datacenter to host said at least one website;

D) a routing server configured to;

i) receive a request for a plurality of said at least one customer website'"'"'s content; and

ii) route said request to a responding datacenter selected from the group consisting of said first datacenter and said second datacenter by determining whether said request will receive a faster response from said first datacenter or said second datacenter, wherein said responding datacenter returns said plurality of said website'"'"'s content; and

E) a network communicatively coupling said first datacenter, said second datacenter, said customer interaction server, and said routing server.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said first geographic location comprises North America and said second geographic location comprises Europe.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein said first geographic location comprises North America and said second geographic location comprises Asia.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein said routing server is further configured to route said request to said responding datacenter by:

i) determining a geographic origin of said request;

ii) identifying said responding datacenter by determining whether said first datacenter or said second datacenter is in closest physical proximity to said geographic origin of said request; and

iii) routing said request to said responding datacenter.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein said at least one website hosted in said first datacenter comprises the same content as said at least one website hosted in said second datacenter.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein said at least one website hosted in said first datacenter comprises different content than said at least one website hosted in said second datacenter.