Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for preserving privacy of a registrant in a Domain Name System (“DNS”)
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Application No.: US15080850Application Date: 2016-03-25
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Publication No.: US10979384B2Publication Date: 2021-04-13
- Inventor: Andrew Fregly
- Applicant: VERISIGN, INC.
- Applicant Address: US VA Reston
- Assignee: VERISIGN, INC.
- Current Assignee: VERISIGN, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Reston
- Agency: MH2 Technology Law Group, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/12
- IPC: H04L29/12 ; H04W12/02 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
Provided is a method of provisioning a named resource in a domain name system (“DNS”) with a registrar while preserving privacy of a registrant. The method includes obtaining, by a server of the registrar over a network, a request, from the registrant, to provision the named resource; determining, by at least one hardware processor of the server of the registrar, that the request requires additional handling by a privacy provider based on information in the request or information from the registrar; determining, by at least one hardware processor of the server of the registrar, a privacy provider from one or more privacy providers located in different geographic locations to service the request based on a location of the registrant; forwarding the request to the privacy provider; obtaining a cloaked identifier from the privacy provider; and provisioning the named resource in a database of a DNS registry using the cloaked identifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170279762A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESERVING PRIVACY OF A REGISTRANT IN A DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM ("DNS") Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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