Patents Assigned to Web and Net Computing
  • Patent number: 6442602
    Abstract: An Internet domain name server platform which intercepts web browser HTTP queries to unrecognized, unregistered subdomain name and provides redirection of the query to a recognized and registered domain name or a subdirectory of a recognized and registered domain name. A server script is launched in response to the event of the request to an unrecognized subdomain name, which dynamically resolves the unknown address rather than returning a standard “Error 404: File Not Found” message to the requesting web browser. The script accesses a database of virtual subdomain names which are mapped in the database to actual subdirectories on the same or a remote server. For example, if a query to http://www.virtualsubdomain.domain.com is received, and virtualsubdomain.domain.com is not recognized as a registered domain name by the standard DNS server, the script will resolve it and map it to http://www.domain.com/subdomain, or any other file on a web server which is actually registered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Web and Net Computing
    Inventor: Azkar Hussain Choudhry