Whitelist domain name registry
AssigneeIdentity Digital Inc.
InventorsPaul Stahura, Christopher L. Cowherd
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing domain name registrations in accordance with rules and regulations of a domain name verification system are disclosed. The disclosed technology enables a domain name verification system to regulate the registration of domain names in accordance with its own domain name registration policies. This disclosed system uses a “whitelist” domain name registry to register “whitelist domain names” once pre-approval to register a corresponding target domain name has been granted. In this manner, the whitelist domain name registry system acts as a repository for pre-approved domain name registrations and enables pre-qualified registrants (including potential or prospective registrants) to then register a target domain name.
Claims18
A method, performed by a computing system having one or more processors, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to register a first domain name;
- determining that the first domain name is approved to be registered;
- generating a whitelist domain name based at least in part on the received request to register the first domain name;
- registering the generated whitelist domain name with a whitelist domain name registry system without registering the first domain name;
- receiving a second request to register the first domain name;
- and
- in response to determining that the generated whitelist domain name is registered with the whitelist domain name registry system,
- registering the first domain name with a domain name registry system other than the whitelist domain name registry system.
A computer-readable medium storing instructions that, in response to being executed by a computing system having one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform a method comprising:
- receiving a first request to register a first domain name on behalf of a registrant;
- generating a whitelist domain name, wherein the generated whitelist domain name is not identical to the first domain name;
- registering the generated whitelist domain name with a whitelist domain name registry system without registering the first domain name;
- receiving a second request to register the first domain name on behalf of the registrant;
- generating the whitelist domain name;
- determining that the generated whitelist domain name is registered with the whitelist domain name registry system;
- and
- in response to determining that the generated whitelist domain name is registered with the whitelist domain name registry system,
- retrieving registration information for the generated whitelist domain name,
- comparing the retrieved registration information to registration credentials,
- evaluating the second request to register the first domain name on behalf of the registrant based at least in part on the comparison of the retrieved registration information to the registration credentials, and
- registering the first domain name with the target domain name registry system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.