Systems and methods for direction of communication traffic
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1. A method for directing communication, the method comprising:
- receiving a request from an Internet user for a specific website;
relaying the request to a domain name system (DNS) server to determine the Internet address for the website;
responding to the request by providing a response containing an Internet address when the requested Internet address for the website is resolved by the DNS;
if an Internet address for the requested website is not resolved by the DNS, performing the following actions;
determining if the request is a request other than one associated with the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) by intercepting the request at a name level;
if the request is not associated with HTTP, forwarding to the Internet user an error response for the request;
for all other requests;
directing the Internet user to a predetermined search network and returning a contrived IP address for a web server landing page in place of the unresolved domain name request;
choosing at least one appropriate target through the search network;
sending a request for information to that at least one target;
receiving from the at least one target the requested information; and
providing a result page to the Internet user, the result page being a culmination of information received from the at least one target,wherein the actions that are performed when the requested website is not resolved by the DNS are not performed by the Internet user'"'"'s computer.
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Abstract
An Internet traffic redirection architecture is disclosed that allows for directing of trash traffic to specified sites. The system or method allows a controller, such as an ISP, to benefit from mistyped Internet addresses so that participating partners of the ISP are presented to the customer when the requests a web site that is not found or does not exist. The system decreases lost traffic by means of capturing unresolved “trash” traffic on the Internet and redirecting said traffic to a search engine partner and/or other partners.
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1. A method for directing communication, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from an Internet user for a specific website; relaying the request to a domain name system (DNS) server to determine the Internet address for the website; responding to the request by providing a response containing an Internet address when the requested Internet address for the website is resolved by the DNS; if an Internet address for the requested website is not resolved by the DNS, performing the following actions; determining if the request is a request other than one associated with the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) by intercepting the request at a name level; if the request is not associated with HTTP, forwarding to the Internet user an error response for the request; for all other requests; directing the Internet user to a predetermined search network and returning a contrived IP address for a web server landing page in place of the unresolved domain name request; choosing at least one appropriate target through the search network; sending a request for information to that at least one target; receiving from the at least one target the requested information; and providing a result page to the Internet user, the result page being a culmination of information received from the at least one target, wherein the actions that are performed when the requested website is not resolved by the DNS are not performed by the Internet user'"'"'s computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer system for direction of communication traffic, said system comprising:
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a server in the DNS; a first device that; receives and analyzes communications from a computer user and the DNS server; and determines if a communication is associated with a protocol other than HTTP, wherein, only if the communication is not associated with a protocol other than HTTP and is an unresolved, unwanted, unused, improper, or incorrect communication, communicates with a second device, if the request is not associated with HTTP, forwarding to the Internet user an error response for the request; for all other requests; directing the Internet user to a predetermined search network by returning a contrived IP address for a web server landing page in place of the unresolved domain name request; choosing at least one appropriate target through the search network; sending a request for information to that at least one target; and receiving from the at least one target the requested information; and a second device that creates the landing page for the computer user based on information supplied to it by the first device, wherein the landing page provides a culmination of information received from a communication from the first device relating to the requested information from the at least one target, wherein the information supplied by the first device is information indicating that the communication from the user was unresolved, unwanted, unused, improper, or incorrect, and wherein the information was obtained by intercepting the communication from the user at a name level, and wherein none of the DNS server, the first device, or the second device is the computer user'"'"'s computer. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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Current AssigneeBushnell Hawthorne, LLC
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Original AssigneePaxfire, Inc.
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InventorsSULLIVAN, Alan T., Lewyn, Mark, Gross, Phillip
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Primary Examiner(s)Pwu, Jeffrey
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Assistant Examiner(s)LI, GUANG W
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Application NumberUS11/555,386Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,133 DaysField of Search709/245, 709238-244, 709/203, 714/25US Class Current709/245CPC Class CodesH04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e....H04L 67/63 Routing a service request d...H04L 69/329 in the application layer [O...
