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 program 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. A database of virtual subdomain names is used to map to actual subdirectories on the same or a remote server, such that the creation of a virtual subdomain requires only the steps necessary to create a subdirectory.

Abstract: An Internet server and indexing engine which provides an association of electronic business cards to virtual subdomains which allows the server to index, search for, and organize online electronic business cards on a dynamic basis. The collection of electronic business cards may be centralized or co-resident with the indexing web server, or a they may be collection of electronic business cards which are distributed among multiple Internet servers. The virtual subdomains for the online business cards may be repointed dynamically to alternate web object sources as desired without requiring an update of the web indexing server database.

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.