METHODS, SYSTEMS, PRODUCTS, AND DEVICES FOR PROCESSING DNS FRIENDLY IDENTIFIERS

• US 20080016233A1
• Filed: 12/13/2002
• Published: 01/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MEC Management, LLC (Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota)
• Original Assignee: S Aqua Semiconductor LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Schneider, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 9,141,717 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/230
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/301 Name conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/3015 Name registration, generation or assignment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]

Abstract

When a request having a keyword is received, a domain name having the keyword can be generated and a network resource corresponding to the domain name can be requested wherein the network resource is adapted to extract the keyword from the domain name. In turn, when a request having a first domain name is received, a second domain name having the first domain name can be generated and a network resource corresponding to the second domain name can be requested wherein the network resource is adapted to extract the first domain name from the second domain name.

Claims

1-38. -38. (canceled)

39. :

A method for presenting search results comprising;

receiving one or more identifiers;

generating a search engine request to search web page content from the one or more identifiers;

retrieving at least one search result in accordance with said search engine request; and

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determining from one or more databases whether the one or more identifiers is available for registration as one of a navigation keyword, trademark, phone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement either one of a before, during, and after presenting said at least one search result from said web page content search.

40. :

A method, as set forth in claim 39, wherein said one or more databases is at least one of a keyword registry, trademark database, phone number database, search engine ranking database, and keyword advertising database.

41. :

A method, as set forth in claim 39, further including presenting at least one registration form for at least one of the one or more identifiers that are determined available for registration and presenting registration information for at least one of the one or more identifiers that are determined not available for registration.

42. :

A method, as set forth in claim 39, wherein the one or more identifiers is at least one of a keyword, domain name, fictitious domain name, and phone number.

43. :

A method, as set forth in claim 42, further including determining whether each identifier not available for registration can be back-ordered as one of a navigation keyword, trademark, telephone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement.

44. :

A method for presenting search results comprising;

performing a search engine request to search web page content from input;

accessing from a search engine database having one or more data records corresponding to said web page content in accordance with said search engine request, wherein said one or more data records includes a resource identifier corresponding to a measure of intellectual property related usage;

obtaining the search results from said search engine request wherein at least one search result includes said resource identifier corresponding to said measure of intellectual property related usage;

ordering the search results based on said measure of intellectual property related usage; and

, presenting said ordered search results.

45. :

A method for presenting search results comprising;

performing a search engine request to search web page content from input;

accessing from a search engine database having one or more data records corresponding to said web page content in accordance with said search engine request, wherein said one or more data records includes a resource identifier corresponding to at least one authentication identifier;

obtaining the search results from said search engine request wherein at least one search result includes said resource identifier corresponding to said at least one authentication identifier; and

, presenting said search results including said resource identifier corresponding to said at least one authentication identifier.

46. :

A method, as set forth in claim 45, wherein said at least one authentication identifier is at least one of a digital certificate, digital signature, and public key.

47. :

A method, as set forth in claim 45, wherein said resource identifier is operated by a provider further including securely communicating with said provider via said at least one authentication identifier.

48. :

A method, as set forth in claim 47, wherein said provider is a property owner of an intellectual property right having an intellectual property identifier corresponding to said resource identifier.

49. :

A method for presenting search results comprising

one of a receiving and intercepting at least one keyword;

generating a domain name having said at least one keyword;

accessing a network resource corresponding to said domain name;

said network resource receiving said domain name and extracting said at least one keyword from said domain name;

generating and performing a search engine request to search web page content from said at least one keyword; and

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obtaining and presenting at least one search result corresponding to said search engine request.

50. :

A method, as set forth in claim 49, further including said one of a receiving and intercepting said at least one keyword from one of a internal automation, external automation, activation of a hyperlink, network resource redirection, and input.

51. :

A method, as set forth in claim 50, wherein said one of a receiving and intercepting said at least one keyword from input includes inputting the keyword from a user interface element.

52. :

A method, as set forth in claim 51, wherein said inputting said at least one keyword from said user interface element further includes inputting said at least one keyword into one of a browser location field, text box, command line, speech to text interface, optical recognition interface, and magnetic recognition interface.

53. :

A method, as set forth in claim 49, wherein said generating said domain name is generated by using one of a function, procedure, program, script, rewrite rule, resolver, configuration parameter, search list, host table, client, server, autosearch, and nameserver.

54. :

A method, as set forth in claim 49, wherein said generating said domain name is generated by performing a string manipulation operation upon at least a portion of said domain name and the keyword.

55. :

A method, as set forth in claim 54, wherein said performing said string manipulation operation includes performing one of a prepending, appending, rotating, concatenating, truncating, and reversing at least a portion of said domain name to said at least one keyword.

56. :

A method, as set forth in claim 49, further including determining whether said at least one keyword is one of a registered and resolvable navigation keyword.

57. :

A method, as set forth in claim 56, further including contemporaneously providing search results corresponding to said at least one keyword and determining whether said at least one keyword is one of a registered and resolvable navigation keyword.

58. :

A method, as set forth in claim 56, further including one of a displaying registration information and determining whether said at least one keyword can be back-ordered as a navigation keyword when it is determined that said at least one keyword is one of a registered and resolvable navigation keyword.

59. :

A method, as set forth in claim 56, further including generating a registration form when it is determined that said at least one keyword is not a registered navigation keyword.

60. :

A method, as set forth in claim 49, further including determining whether said at least one keyword is available for registration as one of a trademark, telephone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement.

61. :

A method, as set forth in claim 60, further including generating a registration form when it is determined that said at least one keyword is available for registration as one of a trademark, telephone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement.

62. :

A method, as set forth in claim 60, further including one of a displaying registration information and determining whether said at least one keyword can be back ordered as one of a trademark, telephone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement when it is determined that said at least one keyword is not available for registration as one of a trademark, telephone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement.

63. :

A method, as set forth in claim 49, further including contemporaneously providing search results corresponding to said at least one keyword and determining whether said at least one keyword is available for registration as one of a trademark, telephone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement.

64. :

A method, as set forth in claim 49, further including generating from said at least one keyword, one or more keywords and one or more domain names when said at least one keyword is extracted.

65. :

A method, as set forth in claim 64, further including determining whether said one or more domain names is available for registration.

66. :

A method, as set forth in claim 64, further including determining whether said one or more keywords is available for registration as one of a navigation keyword, trademark, telephone number, search engine ranking, and advertising placement.

67. :

A method, as set forth in claim 49, further including contemporaneously processing one of a navigation request, registration request, WHOIS request, back-order request, prefix request, suffix request, command request, resolution request, redirection request, search request, identifier registration request, commerce request, subscription request, dialing request, messaging request, conferencing request, vendor request, service request, login request, status request, authorization request, and reference request with said at least one keyword when said at least one keyword is extracted.