Redirecting to a book website

• US 8,209,379 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2009
• Issued: 06/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Adelman, Warren
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing
• Assistant Examiner(s): Patel, Hitesh
• Application Number:
  US12/625,892
• Publication Number:
  US 20110125830A1
• Time in Patent Office: 944 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/206, 709/224, 709/219, 705/26, 705/39, 705/40
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments

Abstract

Systems and methods of the present invention provide for redirecting a user to a book'"'"'s website after submitting a request for information about the book. The book'"'"'s website or a link to the website may be displayed to the user on a client browser.

Claims

1. A method, comprising the steps of:

A) registering, by one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network, one or more domain names, said one or more domain names comprising a title, an author, an ISBN or any combination thereof for a book;

B) searching a data storage communicatively coupled to said network for said title, said author and said ISBN for said book, said data storage further comprising a URL to a website for each of one or more books;

C) responsive to a determination that said title, said author or said ISBN is found in said data storage, and that said one or more books comprises said book;

i) pinging said website for said book to determine if said website is active;

ii) transmitting, by said one or more server computers for display on a client computer communicatively coupled to said network;

a) a message requesting confirmation that said title, said author or said ISBN correspond to said book; and

b) said one or more domain names, configured to be selected for redirection, using said URL, to said website for said book; and

D) responsive to a determination that said title, said author or said ISBN are not found in said data storage, transmitting, by said one or more server computers for display on said client computer, one or more recommended domain names configured to be selected in association with said website for said book.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more recommended domain names are redirected to said website for said book.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, responsive to a determination that said website is active, transmitting, by said one or more server computers for display on said client computer, a link to said website.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said link is configured to cause said client computer to display a popup window displaying said website for said book.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, responsive to a determination that said website is not active, transmitting. by said one or more server computer for display on said client computer, said one or more recommended domain names.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said website for said book is created from a domain name selected from said one or more recommended domain names.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said message comprises confirmation that a user of said client computer is an author or a publisher of said book.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more domain names and said one or more recommended domain names are configured to be displayed on said client computer and selected using one or more graphical user interface controls.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said one or more graphical user interface controls comprise checkboxes.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more recommended domain names comprise said title, said author, said ISBN or any combination thereof for said book.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said recommended domain names are suggested based on said title, said author, said ISBN or any combination thereof.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more domain names are automatically redirected to said website for said book.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more recommended domain names are automatically redirected to said website for said book.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said ISBN number is recommended as one of said one or more recommended domain names as an alternative to said title.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein, responsive to receiving a notification from a third party of a new book, said one or more recommended domain names are transmitted to said client computer for display.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein, responsive to receiving a notification from a search engine software of said book as a popular search, said one or more recommended domain names are transmitted to said client computer for display.