Systems and methods for setting registry service status

• US 10,182,032 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2010
• Issued: 01/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VeriSign, Inc.
• Original Assignee: VeriSign, Inc.
• Inventors: Gould, James, Veeramachaneni, Srikanth, Strier, Suzanna, Shorter, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Biagini, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US12/982,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20120173681A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,938 Days
• Field of Search: 709221
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]

Abstract

A system, method, and computer-readable medium enable a domain name or host name registry to effectively manage status codes associated with the domain or host. Status codes are organized into status sets that can be added, removed, activated, or deactivated in accordance with a suitable change request. The status codes corresponding to a removed status set that are also enabled according to other active status sets are not removed when the removal of the status set is processed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of managing status codes of provisioned objects, comprising:

receiving, by a Domain Name System (DNS) registry server, an Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) command comprising a provisioned object and a request to change a first status set related to the provisioned object from a DNS registrar, the first status set corresponding to a group of more than one status codes, wherein the provisioned object comprises a domain name, a host name, or a contact information that is provisioned using the EPP;

receiving, by the DNS registry server, a reason to change the first status set from the DNS registrar using the EPP, wherein the reason comprises a service reason number a descriptor of the reason;

determining, by at least one hardware processor of the DNS registry server, that the reason to change the first status set is valid;

determining, by at least one hardware processor of the DNS registry server, that one or more status codes in a previously assigned second status set implemented by the DNS registry server or the DNS registrar is not altered by the request;

changing, by at least one hardware processor of the DNS registry server, one or more of the status codes associated with the provisioned object in a record of a database, according to the request to change the first status set; and

maintaining the one or more status codes in the second status set for the provisioned object that are active with the first status set, wherein one or more status codes of the second status set are not removed,

wherein the status codes are related to a court order, a transfer dispute lock, or combinations thereof, wherein the first status set or the second status set comprise a self-expiration time after which the first status set or the second status set is automatically removed, automatically changed from active or inactive, or automatically changed from inactive to active.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request to change comprises one of add, remove, activate, or deactivate.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein changing comprises:

in response to receiving the change request, setting the changing to occur at a scheduled time subsequent to the receiving.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, by the DNS registry server, if the request to change is one of remove or deactivate, a valid reason for the change request.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising:

performing automatically, by the DNS registry server, an action in response to the status change.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

no more than one of the first status set and the second status set may be active at the same time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first status set, the second status set, or both the first status set and the second status set comprises status codes assigned by a DNS registrar or a DNS registry.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the status codes comprise serverUpdateProhibited, serverDeleteProhibited, serverTransferProhibited, serverRenew Prohibited, serverHold, account suspended, or combinations thereof.

9. A Domain Name System (DNS) registry server system for managing status codes of provisioned objects, comprising:

a non-transitory memory storing instructions; and

a processor executing the instructions to cause the system to perform a method comprising;

receiving, by a Domain Name System (DNS) registry server, an Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) command comprising a provisioned object and a request to change a first status set related to the provisioned object from a DNS registrar, the first status set corresponding to a group of more than one status codes, wherein the provisioned object comprises a domain name, a host name, or a contact information that is provisioned using the EPP;

receiving, by the DNS registry server, a reason to change the first status set from the DNS registrar using the EPP, wherein the reason comprises a service reason number a descriptor of the reason;

determining, by at least one hardware processor of the DNS registry server, that the reason to change the first status set is valid;

determining, by at least one hardware processor of the DNS registry server, that one or more status codes in a previously assigned second status set implemented by the DNS registry server system or the DNS registrar is not altered by the request;

changing, by at least one hardware processor of the DNS registry server, one or more of the status codes associated with the provisioned object in a record of a database, according to the request to change the first status set; and

maintaining the one or more status codes in the second status set for the provisioned object that are active with the first status set, wherein one or more status codes of the second status set are not removed,

wherein the status codes are related to a court order, a transfer dispute lock, or combinations thereof, wherein the first status set or the second status set comprise a self-expiration time after which the first status set or the second status set is automatically removed, automatically changed from active or inactive, or automatically changed from inactive to active.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the request to change comprises one of add, remove, activate, or deactivate.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein changing comprises:

in response to receiving the change request, setting the changing to occur at a scheduled time subsequent to the receiving.

12. The system of claim 9, comprising:

receiving, by the DNS registry server, if the request to change is one of remove or deactivate, a valid reason for the change request.

13. The system of claim 9, comprising:

performing automatically, by the DNS registry server, an action in response to the status change.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein:

no more than one of the first status set and the second status set may be active at the same time.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the first status set, the second status set, or both the first status set and the second status set comprises status codes assigned by a DNS registrar or a DNS registry.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the status codes comprise serverUpdateProhibited, serverDeleteProhibited, serverTransferProhibited, serverRenew Prohibited, serverHold, account suspended, or combinations thereof.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions which, when executed on a processor, perform a method comprising:

receiving, by a Domain Name System (DNS) registry server, an Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) command comprising a provisioned object and a request to change a first status set related to the provisioned object, the first status set corresponding to a group of more than one status codes, wherein the provisioned object comprises a domain name, a host name, or a contact information that is provisioned using the EPP;

receiving, by the DNS registry server, a reason to change the first status set from the DNS registrar using the EPP, wherein the reason comprises a service reason number a descriptor of the reason;

determining, by at least one hardware processor of the DNS registry server, that the reason to change the first status set is valid;

determining, by at least one hardware processor of the DNS registry server, that one or more status codes in a previously assigned second status set implemented by the DNS registry server or the DNS registrar is not altered by the request;

changing, by at least one hardware processor of the DNS registry server, one or more of the status codes associated with the provisioned object in a record of a database, according to the request to change the first status set; and

maintaining the one or more status codes in the second status set for the provisioned object that are active with the first status set, wherein one or more status codes of the second status set are not removed,

wherein the status codes are related to a court order, a transfer dispute lock, or combinations thereof, wherein the first status set or the second status set comprise a self-expiration time after which the first status set or the second status set is automatically removed, automatically changed from active or inactive, or automatically changed from inactive to active.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the request to change comprises one of add, remove, activate, or deactivate.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein changing

comprises:

in response to receiving the change request, setting the changing to occur at a scheduled time subsequent to the receiving.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, comprising:

receiving, by the DNS registry server, if the request to change is one of remove or deactivate, a valid reason for the change request.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, comprising:

performing automatically, by the DNS registry server, an action in response to the status change.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein:

no more than one of the first status set and the second status set may be active at the same time.