Lightweight web page generation

• US 9,633,128 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Blinn, Arnold
• Primary Examiner(s): Mills, Frank D
• Application Number:
  US14/208,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20150261873A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• Field of Search: 715234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/123 Storage facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/154 Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. XSLT, XSL-FO or stylesheets
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/02 involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers

Abstract

A system and method for rendering web pages is presented. A request identifying a domain name and a web page is received by at least one server communicatively coupled to a network. A TXT record associated with the domain name is then retrieved by the at least one server and the TXT record is analyzed to identify one or more settings associated with the domain name or the web page. The web page is then rendered in accordance with the one or more settings into a rendered web page by the at least one server. Finally, the rendered web page is transmitted to a computer system using the network.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by at least one server communicatively coupled to a network, a request identifying a domain name and a web page;

retrieving, by the at least one server and from a domain name system, a TXT record associated with the domain name;

analyzing, by the at least one server, the TXT record to identify one or more display settings associated with the domain name or the web page;

formatting, by the at least one server, a visual attribute of the web page in accordance with the one or more display settings into a rendered web page; and

transmitting, by the at least one server, the rendered web page to a computer system using the network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more display settings include a style or a template to be used in rendering the web page.

3. The method of claim 1, including, after retrieving the TXT record associated with the domain name, storing the TXT record in a cache.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the TXT record associated with the domain name is performed by a domain name system (DNS) resolver running on the at least one server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the TXT record includes an identification of a third party and including using the identification of the third party to transmit a payment to the third party.

6. The method of claim 5, including:

transmitting to the third party a report identifying a plurality of domain names and associated traffic to web pages associated with the plurality of domain names, the plurality of domain names including the domain name.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the third party is a registrar.

8. The method of claim 1, including:

identifying advertisement content using the one or more display settings associated with the domain name or the web page; and

incorporating the advertisement content into the rendered web page.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving, by at least one server communicatively coupled to a network, a request identifying a domain name and a web page;

generating, by the at least one server, a rendered web page using display settings retrieved from a TXT record in a domain name system (DNS) record associated with the domain name by formatting a visual attribute of the rendered web page using the display settings; and

transmitting, by the at least one server, the rendered web page to a computer system using the network.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the display settings include a style or a template to be used in rendering the web page.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the DNS record includes an identification of a third party and including using the identification of the third part to transmit a payment to the third party.

12. The method of claim 11, including:

transmitting to the third party a report identifying a plurality of domain names and associated traffic to web pages associated with the plurality of domain names, the plurality of domain names including the domain name.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the third party is a registrar.

14. The method of claim 9, including:

identifying advertisement content using the DNS record; and

incorporating the advertisement content into the rendered web page.

15. A system, comprising:

at least one server computer in communication with a network, the at least one server computer including a processor configured to;

receive a request identifying a domain name and a web page;

generate a rendered web page using display settings retrieved from a TXT record in a domain name system (DNS) record associated with the domain name by formatting a visual attribute of the rendered web page using the display settings; and

transmit the rendered web page to a computer system using the network.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the display settings include a style or a template to be used in rendering the web page.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the DNS record includes an identification of a third party and including using the identification of the third part to transmit a payment to the third party.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to:

identify advertisement content using the DNS record; and

incorporate the advertisement content into the rendered web page.