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US 8,595,338 · App. 13/013,992 · Granted Nov 26, 2013

Migrating a web hosting service via a virtual network from one architecture to another

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Patent No.
US 8,595,338
App. No.
13/013,992
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An automated tool for migrating a website hosting service from a first website hosting architecture to a second website hosting architecture, wherein a virtual network is used during migration to facilitate keeping the services available during the movement of IP addresses from one architecture to the other architecture.

Claims (10)

1. A method of automatic website hosting service migration, comprising the steps of:

determining a plurality of website hosting services provided by a first website hosting architecture to at least one website;

analyzing the plurality of website hosting services to identify at least one of the plurality of website hosting services that corresponds to a common website hosting service of a second website hosting architecture;

configuring a virtual network that connects the first website hosting architecture with the second website hosting architecture to facilitate responding to a network request to access services provided to the at least one website during migration; and

in response to the network request, serving one of the at least one of the plurality of website hosting services from the first website hosting architecture and the corresponding common website hosting service from the second website hosting architecture via the virtual network based on a migration status of the at least one website.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second website hosting architecture serves a plurality of common website hosting services to a plurality of unrelated websites.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first website hosting architecture serves the plurality of website hosting services to a specific website.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first website hosting architecture comprises one of a grid and a cloud computing environment.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the second website hosting architecture comprises one of a grid and a cloud computing environment.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first website hosting architecture comprises a virtual computing environment.

Assignments (13)
SUPERPRIORITY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 17, 2025
From: MARKMONITOR INC.; NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC; NEWFOLD DIGITAL, INC.; A SMALL ORANGE, LLC; BLUEHOST INC.; HOSTGATOR.COM LLC; P.D.R SOLUTIONS (U.S.) LLC; MONSTERCOMMERCE, LLC
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073963/0121 →
SUPERPRIORITY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 17, 2025
From: MARKMONITOR INC.; NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC; NEWFOLD DIGITAL, INC.; A SMALL ORANGE, LLC; BLUEHOST INC.; HOSTGATOR.COM LLC; P.D.R SOLUTIONS (U.S.) LLC; MONSTERCOMMERCE, LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073963/0186 →
FIRST LIEN GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Oct 18, 2023
From: NEWFOLD DIGITAL, INC.; NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC; WEB.COM GROUP, INC.; MARKMONITOR INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 065268/0277 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 17, 2021
From: THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
To: NEWFOLD DIGITAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 055691/0913 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2021
From: THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.; NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC; WEB.COM GROUP, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 055277/0783 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2013
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG
To: ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 031733/0624 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2012
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 029269/0041 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 9, 2012
From: THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
Reel/Frame 029275/0724 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 13, 2012
From: THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 028554/0400 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2011
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 027433/0606 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 22, 2011
From: THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 027437/0869 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 19, 2011
From: THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 027090/0543 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2011
From: RAVICHANDRAN, HARI; MOSELEY, MARK; LOVELL, SCOTT
To: ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC
Reel/Frame 025730/0751 →