SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HOSTING AND ASSIGNING DOMAIN NAMES ON A WIDE NETWORK
Embodiments of the instant invention are directed to a domain management system, apparatus and method for hosting and assigning domain names. Embodiments of the domain management system comprise a name assignment system and a hosting system, wherein the hosting system comprises a domain retrieval system and a data storage apparatus. The name assignment system verifies availability and assigns domain names to requesting clients. The name assignment system comprises an input component, a confirmation mechanism and a name storage means. Preferred embodiments of the domain retrieval system comprise a scheduler, a parsing member having a plurality of redirectors and a plurality of servers. The domain retrieval system locates the domain referenced by the domain name by parsing header information and utilizing a wildcard DNS. Once the domain is located, the domain retrieval system forwards the domain to the user computer.
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40 . A method comprising:
receiving, by a host computing device, a content request comprising a requested address, wherein the requested address comprises:
a host name corresponding to the host computing device, and
a content label;
determining a content address comprising a provider subdomain and a content directory corresponding to the content label; and
providing the content address in response to the content request.
41 . The method of claim 40 , wherein the content label is located in a wildcard portion of the requested address.
42 . The method of claim 40 , wherein the determining the content address comprises:
searching a database for a content address corresponding to the content label, the database comprising a plurality of additional labels each related to a corresponding content address;
retrieving content from a content storage system using the content address; and
serving the content in response to the content request.
43 . The method of claim 41 , further comprising:
configuring a DNS database to direct the content request, irrespective of the content label in the wildcard portion of the requested address, to the host computing device.
44 . The method of claim 40 , further comprising:
receiving the content for storage on a content storage system from a device authenticated with the content label.
45 . The method of claim 40 , further comprising:
receiving a request to register the content label; and
registering the content label in the database.
46 . The method of claim 45 , wherein the receiving the request to register the content label further comprises:
receiving a request to register the content label under the host name, wherein the host name is selected from a list of available host names configured in a DNS database.
47 . A computer-readable storage device having computer program logic recorded thereon, execution of which, by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform operations comprising:
receiving a content request comprising a requested address, wherein the requested address comprises:
a host name corresponding to a host computing device, and
a content label;
determining a content address comprising a provider subdomain and a content directory corresponding to the content label; and
providing the content address in response to the content request.
48 . The computer-readable storage device of claim 47 , wherein the content label is located in a wildcard portion of the requested address.
49 . The computer-readable storage device of claim 47 , wherein the determining the content address comprises:
searching a database for a content address corresponding to the content label, the database comprising a plurality of additional labels each related to a corresponding content address;
retrieving content from a content storage system using the content address; and
serving the content in response to the content request.
50 . The computer-readable storage device of claim 48 , the operations further comprising:
configuring a DNS database to direct the content request, irrespective of the content label in the wildcard portion of the requested address, to the host computing device.
51 . The computer-readable storage device of claim 47 , the operations further comprising:
receiving the content for storage on a content storage system from a device authenticated with the content label.
52 . The computer-readable storage device of claim 47 , the operations further comprising:
receiving a request to register the content label; and
registering the content label in the database.
53 . The computer-readable storage device of claim 52 , wherein the receiving the request to register the content label further comprises:
receiving a request to register the content label under the host name, wherein the host name was selected from a list of available host names configured in a DNS database.
54 . A system comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions comprising:
instructions to receive a content request comprising a requested address, wherein the requested address comprises:
a host name corresponding to a host computing device, and
a content label,
instructions to determine a content address comprising a provider subdomain and a content directory corresponding to the content label, and
instructions to provide the content address in response to the content request; and
one or more processors configured to process the instructions.
55 . The system of claim 54 , wherein the content label is located in a wildcard portion of the requested address.
56 . The system of claim 54 , wherein the instructions to determine the content address comprise:
instructions to search a database for a content address corresponding to the content label, the database comprising a plurality of additional labels each related to a corresponding content address,
instructions to retrieve content from a content storage system using the content address, and
instructions to serve the content in response to the content request.
57 . The system of claim 55 , the instructions further comprising:
instructions to configure a DNS database to direct the content request, irrespective of the content label in the wildcard portion of the requested address, to the host computing device.
58 . The system of claim 54 , the instructions further comprising:
instructions to receive the content for storage on a content storage system from a device authenticated with the content label.
59 . The system of claim 54 , the instructions further comprising:
instructions to receive a request to register the content label, and
instructions to register the content label in the database.
60 . The system of claim 59 , wherein the instructions to receive the request to register the content label comprise:
instructions to receive a request to register the content label under the host name, wherein the host name was selected from a list of available host names configured in a DNS database.
61 . A system comprising:
a host computing device configured to receive a content request comprising a requested address, wherein the requested address comprises:
a host name corresponding to the host computing device, and
a content label; and
a redirector configured to determine a content address comprising a provider subdomain and a content directory corresponding to the content label and to provide the content address in response to the content request.
62 . The system of claim 61 , wherein the content label is located in a wildcard portion of the requested address.
63 . The system of claim 61 , wherein the redirector is further configured to search a database for a content address corresponding to the content label, the database comprising a plurality of additional labels each related to a corresponding content address, to retrieve content from a content storage system using the content address, and to serve the content in response to the content request.
64 . The system of claim 62 , further comprising:
a DNS database configured to direct the content request, irrespective of the content label in the wildcard portion of the requested address, to the host computing device.
65 . The system of claim 61 , further comprising:
a content storage system configured to receive the content for storage from a device authenticated with the content label.
66 . The system of claim 61 , wherein the host computing device is further configured to receive a request to register the content label and to register the content label in the database.
67 . The system of claim 66 , wherein the host name was selected from a list of available host names configured in a DNS database.