Adaptive Domain Name Registration Control System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing domain name registration systems fail to adaptively adjust registration requirements based on evolving market demands and user characteristics, leading to missed opportunities for premium sales and potential exploitation by malicious entities.

Innovation Solution

A system that dynamically establishes and adjusts domain name registration requirements by tokenizing domain names, assessing demand and user characteristics, and adjusting offer prices, eligibility criteria, and other requirements in real-time based on feedback.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If fixed registration requirements are used, then system simplicity is maintained, but revenue optimization and security against malicious entities are compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability of registration requirementsVSAvoidcomplexity of registration system
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic registration requirements where offer prices, eligibility criteria, and registration terms are automatically adjusted in real-time based on demand signals, user characteristics, and domain name assessments, transforming the static registration system into an adaptive one

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes multiple registration parameters simultaneously including offer price, eligibility requirements, registration duration, and renewal terms based on assessed domain value and user profile, allowing flexible optimization without fixed constraints

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If uniform pricing is applied to all domain names, then ease of operation is maintained, but revenue maximization opportunities are lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverevenue from domain salesVSAvoidsimplicity of registration process
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies differentiated pricing and requirements to different domain names based on their individual assessed value, demand characteristics, and strategic importance, rather than applying uniform standards across all registrations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically performs domain name assessment, demand analysis, and optimal pricing determination without manual intervention, enabling complex adaptive pricing while maintaining operational simplicity for users

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If registration requirements are lowered to increase accessibility, then user base growth is accelerated, but vulnerability to malicious registrations increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveeligibility criteria flexibilityVSAvoidsecurity against malicious entities
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts eligibility requirements and verification levels based on assessed user trustworthiness, domain value, and risk indicators, allowing flexible access control that adapts to each registration context

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback loops where registration outcomes, user behavior patterns, and domain usage metrics are continuously monitored to refine eligibility criteria and identify potential malicious registrations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20240152983A1Adaptive control of domain name registrations via dynamically variable registration requirements
Publication Date: 2024.05.09 VERISIGN INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for dynamically establishing and adjusting domain name registration requirements to adaptively control registration activities being performed in response to domain name registration requests include a registration controller communicatively coupled to a registry server that maintains a domain name registry. The registry server receives a request to register a requested domain name, and the registration controller tokenizes the requested domain name into a set of domain tokens including one or more substrings of the requested domain name, estimates a demand for the requested domain name based on the set of domain tokens, establishes registration requirements for completing a registration of the requested domain name based on the estimated demand for the requested domain name, obtains a first feedback indicating that the requested domain name is not registered at the one or more registration requirements, and adjusts the one or more registration requirements in response to the first feedback to provide one or more adjusted registration requirements.