Method and system for providing static addresses for Internet connected devices even if the underlying address is dynamic

A method in a computer system for mapping a domain name with no associated address to an address, the method comprising:

• receiving a domain name from a client;
• determining whether an address is associated with the received domain name;
• and
• when it is determined that an address is not associated with the received domain name,
• sending a search request based on the domain name to a web search engine that identifies web pages matching the search request;
• receiving from the web search engine an address associated with the search results;
• and
• sending to the client the received address so that the client can access the search results that identify web pages that match a search request based on the domain name.

A method in a computer system for mapping a domain name with no associated address to an address, the method comprising:

• receiving a domain name from a client, the domain name identifying a server computer to be accessed by the client;
• determining whether an address is associated with the received domain name;
• and
• when it is determined that an address is not associated with the received domain name, sending to the client an address of an alternate server computer so that the client can access the alternate server computer in place of the server computer identified by the domain name.

A method in a computer system for mapping a domain name with no associated address to an address, the method comprising:

• receiving a domain name from a client computer;
• determining whether an address is associated with the received domain name;
• and
• when it is determined that an address is not associated with the received domain name, redirecting the client computer to a web search engine that provides search results to the client computer based on the domain name, the search results identifying web pages.

A method in a computer system for mapping a domain name with no associated address to an address, the method comprising:

• sending to a domain name server a domain name;
• receiving from the domain name server an indication that the sent domain name is not mapped to an address;
• and
• upon receiving the indication,
• automatically sending to a web search engine a search request based on the sent domain name;
• and
• displaying search results provided by the search engine, the search results identifying web pages.