Blockchain Domain Resolution for Scalable Naming
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Solution Overview
Problem
The limited number of top-level domain names and the need for enhanced management and naming in the exponential growth of the Internet necessitate a decentralized, distributed, and public digital ledger solution for domain address resolution.
Innovation Solution
A blockchain-based system that stores distributed domain names with IP address information and utilizes smart contracts to perform read, create, delete, and update operations for domain name management, enabling efficient and secure domain name resolution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional centralized domain name management is used, then domain name resolution is simple and fast, but the system lacks flexibility and cannot accommodate exponential growth of the Internet
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the domain name management system into a distributed architecture where multiple independent domain name servers operate across different networks. Each server maintains its own database and can autonomously resolve domain names, eliminating the single point of failure and rigidity of centralized management while distributing the overall system complexity across many simpler nodes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a hierarchical dimension to domain name resolution by implementing a two-tier structure: top-level domain name servers that manage root domains and second-level domain name servers that handle specific domains. This dimensional expansion allows the system to scale accommodate more domain names without increasing the complexity of individual resolution operations.
2Quantity of substance
If the number of top-level domain names is increased to accommodate Internet growth, then domain name availability increases, but the limited number of top-level domains creates constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments domain names into hierarchical levels (top-level and second-level domains), allowing the system to expand the total number of available domain names by creating more second-level domains under existing top-level domains. This segmentation enables exponential growth in domain name quantity without requiring proportional increases in top-level domain count.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent resolves the limitation of fixed top-level domain numbers by adding a hierarchical dimension that allows unlimited second-level domain creation under each top-level domain. This dimensional expansion transforms the constrained flat structure into an expandable tree structure, accommodating Internet growth while maintaining manageable top-level domain inventory.
3Reliability
If decentralized distributed domain name resolution is implemented, then system reliability and flexibility improve, but read and write operations become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments domain name resolution operations into independent read and write operations that can be performed by different domain name servers. Read operations query distributed databases for domain mappings, while write operations update mappings in specific server databases. This segmentation enables high reliability through distribution while keeping individual operation logic simple and well-defined.
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AI summary
A system for distributed domain name address resolution, including top-level domain name address resolution, and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, a blockchain stores distributed domain names with respective Internet Protocol address information. A smart contract, which defines shared logic to execute operations on the blockchain, runs on the blockchain. With respect to distributed domain names, the system may perform read operations to identify the Internet Protocol address information, create operations to create a new distributed domain name with respective Internet Protocol address information, delete operations to remove a distributed domain name, and update operations to update the mapping between a distributed domain name and the respective Internet Protocol address information.