Sending authentication codes to multiple recipients
View Patent ↗Systems and methods of the present invention provide for one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network and configured to: receive a request for the change key; generate the change key; separate the change key into a plurality of divisions; transmit each of the plurality of divisions to a designated contact; determine whether the plurality of divisions is received by the server computer; and if so, combine the plurality of divisions into the change key; and update the domain name.
1. A system, comprising:
a network configured to provide a plurality of transmissions between a registry, a registrar and a registrant associated with a domain name;
a database communicatively coupled to the network and storing a plurality of designated contacts designated to receive a change key authorizing an update to a domain name;
a server computer communicatively coupled to the network and configured to:
receive a request for the change key for the domain name from a user;
generate the change key for the domain name;
separate the change key into a plurality of divisions;
transmit at least one division in the plurality of divisions of the change key to each designated contact in the plurality of designated contacts;
determine whether the at least one division in the plurality of divisions is received by the server computer from each designated contact in the plurality of designated contacts; and
responsive to a determination that the at least one division in the plurality of divisions is received by the server computer from each designated contact in the plurality of designated contacts:
combine the at least one division in the plurality of divisions received from each designated contact in the plurality of designated contacts into the change key; and
authorize the user to modify at least one attribute of the domain name.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of designated contacts comprise:
an email address;
a phone or SMS number; or
a message displayed in association with a social media account.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of designated contacts include:
at least one contact associated with the user that submitted the request for the change key; and
at least one contact that is not the user, but is selected by the user.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the change key comprises a character string; and
the plurality of divisions comprises a division of the character string according to a number of designated contacts in the plurality of designated contacts.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the change key comprises a character string;
the change key is separated and combined according to a hashing function.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the change key comprises extensible markup language data comprising:
a security key; or
a client side certificate representing a layer of security.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the change key comprises:
an encrypted key; and
means for decrypting the encrypted key.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the means for decrypting the encrypted key utilizes an extensible markup language.
9. A method, comprising the steps of:
receiving, by a server computer communicatively coupled to a network and from a user, a request for a change key authorizing an update to a domain name;
generating, by the server computer, the change key for the domain name;
separating, by the server computer, the change key into a plurality of divisions;
transmitting, by the server computer, at least one division in the plurality of divisions of the change key to each designated contact in a plurality of designated contacts for the domain name;
determining, by the server computer, whether each one of the plurality of divisions of the change key is received by the server computer from the plurality of designated contacts; and
responsive to a determination that the plurality of divisions is received by the server computer;
combining, by the server computer, the plurality of divisions of the change key into the change key; and
authorizing the user to modify at least one attribute of the domain name.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of designated contacts comprises:
an email address;
a phone or SMS number; or
a message displayed in association with a social media account.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of divisions are received from:
at least one contact associated with a requestor that submitted the request for the change key; and
at least one contact that is not the requestor, but is selected by the requestor.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein:
the change key comprises a character string; and
the plurality of divisions comprises a division of the character string according to a number of designated contacts in the plurality of designated contacts.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein:
the change key comprises a character string;
the change key is separated and combined according to a hashing function.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the change key comprises extensible markup language data comprising:
a security key; or
a client side certificate representing a layer of security.
15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the change key comprises:
an encrypted key; and
means for decrypting the encrypted key.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the means for decrypting the encrypted key utilizes a extensible markup language.