Registry Status Set Management for Court Order Compliance
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing domain name management system lacks the ability to manage multiple status values for different underlying reasons, leading to potential accidental violations of court orders and insufficient granularity for registries to maintain status values effectively.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that allows for the management of status codes by receiving requests to change status sets related to provisioned objects, including receiving a reason for the change and updating the status codes accordingly, enabling logical grouping of status codes into sets and allowing for their addition and removal based on specific reasons.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the domain name management system uses standard status values to prevent changes, then the domain name is protected from unauthorized modifications, but the system cannot distinguish between different underlying reasons for status changes, leading to potential accidental violations of court orders
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the domain name management system by introducing a separate database table (status_set_reasons) that stores the underlying reasons for each status value. This segmentation allows the system to maintain standard status values while preserving granular information about why each status was applied, thus preventing information loss while maintaining protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer (the status_set_reasons database table and associated EPP extensions) between the status value application and the domain name record. This intermediary preserves the underlying reasons without interfering with the core status protection function, allowing the system to maintain both reliability and information integrity.
2Ease of operation
If the registry removes a status value corresponding to a transfer-prevention status, then the domain name can be transferred, but the registry may accidentally violate court orders by removing necessary protection
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system checks the underlying reasons for status values before allowing removal or modification. The EPP interface provides feedback to registrars about the current status and its reasons, enabling informed decisions that prevent accidental violations of court orders while allowing legitimate transfers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent requires preliminary verification of underlying reasons before allowing status value changes. The system checks whether removing a status value would violate any stored reasons (such as court orders) before permitting the change, thus preventing accidental violations before they occur.
3Reliability
If the system allows multiple status values to be applied to a domain name, then comprehensive protection can be provided, but the system lacks granularity to manage multiple underlying reasons for the same status value
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple status values and their underlying reasons into a unified management structure. The status_set_reasons table consolidates information about multiple reasons for status values, and the EPP interface provides unified commands for managing both status values and their reasons, reducing complexity while maintaining comprehensive protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal status management system that handles both standard status values and their underlying reasons through a single EPP interface framework. This multi-functional approach allows the system to manage protection, transfers, and court order compliance through unified commands, reducing operational complexity.
4Reliability
If the registry maintains detailed information about underlying reasons for status values, then compliance with court orders is ensured, but the system requires more complex data structures and management procedures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the data structure by creating a separate database table (status_set_reasons) that stores detailed information about underlying reasons. This segmentation isolates the complexity of storing and managing detailed reason information from the core domain name management system, allowing compliance tracking without overwhelming the main data structures.
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AI summary
A system, method, and computer-readable medium enable a domain name or host name registry to effectively manage status codes associated with the domain or host. Status codes are organized into status sets that can be added, removed, activated, or deactivated in accordance with a suitable change request. The status codes corresponding to a removed status set that are also enabled according to other active status sets are not removed when the removal of the status set is processed.