Centralized Domain Management and Migration System

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Managing domain registrations across multiple registrars is cumbersome, leading to confusion and potential domain expiration due to the complexity of handling different interfaces and accounts, and migrating web sites between servers is often difficult and costly due to the lack of efficient tools for domain management and migration.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for centralized domain management and migration that includes a management server with a web interface and migration manager, which supports multiple domain registrars, allows for unified interface management, automated domain renewal, and facilitates the migration of web sites and DNS settings between servers, using web services interfaces or screen-scraping to interact with registrars and servers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If domains are registered with multiple different registrars, then domain ownership flexibility and choice are improved, but management complexity and operational difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedomain registration flexibilityVSAvoidmanagement complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple registrar interfaces into a single unified management system. The domain management server aggregates domain information from multiple registrars and provides a centralized interface for managing all domains, eliminating the need to navigate multiple different registrar websites and interfaces separately.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The domain management server is designed to handle multiple functions: it manages domains from various registrars, provides unified search and management interfaces, handles renewals across different registrars, and coordinates migrations. This multi-functional approach allows a single system to replace multiple registrar-specific management tools.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If manual domain management across multiple registrars is performed, then registrar choice and domain diversification are improved, but time consumption and error risk increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveregistrar diversityVSAvoidmanagement time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements automated domain renewals where the domain management server automatically handles renewal processes with multiple registrars without requiring manual intervention. The server monitors expiration dates and executes renewals automatically, freeing the user from repetitive manual tasks.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides centralized feedback mechanisms where users receive unified notifications about domain status across all registrars through a single interface. The system monitors and reports on domain expiration dates, renewal status, and other critical information from multiple registrars through one consolidated feedback channel.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If web sites are migrated manually between servers, then server flexibility and migration control are improved, but migration difficulty and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveserver migration flexibilityVSAvoidmigration difficulty

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The domain management server acts as an intermediary that facilitates migrations between servers and registrars. It provides automated coordination of DNS updates, domain transfers, and server migrations, handling the complex coordination between multiple systems and reducing the burden on users.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions before migrations by pre-configuring migration parameters, pre-validating domain and server information, and preparing migration checklists. This advance preparation simplifies the actual migration process and reduces on-site complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

4Ease of operation

If centralized domain management is implemented, then management simplicity and renewal reliability are improved, but system complexity and integration requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemanagement simplicityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The domain management server serves as an intermediary layer between users and multiple registrar systems. It abstracts the complexity of multiple registrar interfaces and protocols, providing a simplified unified interface while handling the underlying complexity through automated communication with various registrars.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10530743B2System and method for domain management and migration

Publication Date: 2020.01.07 III HOLDINGS 1 LLC

AI summary

A system and method for managing domain registrations across multiple domain registrars, and for migrating domains from one or more server computers to one or more other server computers. More specifically but not exclusively, disclosure relates to software processes, algorithms, and protocols for the management and movement of domains, as accessed across a network.