Web hosting service based on a common service architecture and third party services

• US 8,843,571 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2011
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Newfold Digital, Inc. (Clearlake Capital Group LP)
• Original Assignee: The Endurance International Group, Inc. (Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ravichandran, Hari, Toohil, Ryan, Lammi, Linda
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Tauqir
• Application Number:
  US13/007,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20110179154A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,348 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0243 Comparative campaigns
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5048 Automatic or semi-automatic definitions, e.g. definition templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5083 wherein the managed service relates to web hosting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1014 based on the content of a request
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A website hosting service provides a plurality of services to each of a plurality of unrelated websites, each of the plurality of services being adapted to contribute to a distinct service package for at least a plurality of unrelated websites, at least one of the plurality of services serving a third party interface that allows access to a third party service in the distinct service package.

Claims

1. A method of website hosting, comprising:

serving a plurality of website hosting services, at least two of the plurality of website hosting services served from different servers;

adapting one or more of the plurality of website hosting services to meet a website service requirement;

combining the one or more adapted website hosting services to provide a service package, at least one of the plurality of website hosting services serving a third party interface that allows access to a third party service in the service package, the third party service marketed in association with a common service architecture in a plurality of market specific service offerings, the third party service accessible through a link to a third-party service, the third-party service rebranded to maintain a market-specific look and feel; and

serving a plurality of different service packages to at least a plurality of unrelated websites.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the third party service is accessible in the distinct service package consistent with a market-specific service offering.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the third party service is offered as a component of the service package.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the third party service is accessible through a software API.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the third party service is accessible through a software plug-in.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the link is a URL to a third-party website.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the link is a customized link that activates a third-party service.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the link is customized with market-specific service offering information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the third party interface comprises one of an API, a plug-in, a web service, and a URL redirector.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the third party service may be presented to a first website hosting client with a look and feel that is distinct from a look and feel of the third party service presented to a second website hosting client.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the third-party service appears to be consistent with a market-specific service offering.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein a client of the common service architecture may access the services of the architecture through a market specific interface.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein a client and/or a user of a hosted website may access the third party services through the same market specific interface.