US 2026/0228716 A1 · METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM USING A BLOCKCHAIN

Abstract

A computer-implemented method is disclosed that operates a domain name system by using a blockchain. The blockchain includes a smart contract. The smart contract handles at least one domain name non-fungible-token DN NFT, the DN NFT includes a domain name and an IP address that is assigned to the domain name. The smart contract receives a request with a domain name to resolve an IP address for the domain name, searches, by using the domain name, the DN NFT that comprises the corresponding domain name and the IP address, and outputs the IP address that is assigned to the domain name in the DN NFT.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for operating a domain name system by using a blockchain, the blockchain includes a smart contract that performs the steps of:

handling at least one domain name non-fungible-token (DN NFT), the DN NFT includes a domain name and an IP address that is assigned to the domain name;
receiving a request with a domain name to resolve an IP address for the domain name;
searching, by using the domain name, the DN NFT that comprises the corresponding domain name and the IP address;
and
outputting the IP address that is assigned to the domain name in the DN NFT.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/396,480Filed 21 Nov 2025

Priority

EP 23174836.923 May 2023

Published

6 Aug 2026

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

G06Q 20/367
Using electronic wallets or electronic money safes: involving electronic purses or money safes
H04L 63/12
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: applying verification of the received information
H04L 9/3239
Using cryptographic hash functions: involving non-keyed hash functions, e.g. modification detection codes [MDCs], MD5, SHA or RIPEMD
H04L 9/50
Cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols: using hash chains, e.g.…

Method and system for operating a domain name system using a blockchain

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Method and system for operating a domain name system using a blockchain

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Abstract

Claims19