Protect intellectual property (IP) rights across namespaces

US11468529B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Verisign, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Srikanth Veeramachaneni · South Riding, US
• William Shorter · Arlington, US
• James Gould · Reston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 23, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 11, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/184
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In some examples, a method for validating a consistency of sponsorship can include determining, by a DNS registry, that a second-level domain label of a requested domain name in a first top level domain is related to a second-level domain label of an existing domain name in a second top level domain that is grouped in a top level domain database with the first top level domain. The method can also include validating whether there is consistency of sponsorship between the requested domain name in the first top level domain and the existing domain name in the second top level domain. Additionally, the method can include performing an action related to the requested domain name in the first top level domain if there is consistency of sponsorship. Furthermore, the method can include providing results of the request to a client device.