KR20030013899A - A Domain Registration/Management System on Internet and A Method of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for registering/managing a domain based on the Internet and a method thereof are provided to supply domain related information for a member in real time by registering/managing a plurality of specific domains being requested from a user according to members and storing domain information related thereto. CONSTITUTION: A web server(130) authenticates a plurality of users connected through an Internet network(120), stores/manages member information related thereto, and supplies a domain web page for the user(member). A domain registering/managing server(140) performs a series of processes in accordance with a registration/management of a plurality of domains being requested from the member, and supplies the domain related information and information of a registration institution which possesses the domain to terminal(110) of the member in real time. A database managing server(150) includes a plurality of databases for storing the domain related information and member related information based on a control of the domain registering/managing server(140).

Description

A domain registration / management system on internet and a method of the same}

The present invention relates to a domain registration / management system over the Internet and a method thereof, and more particularly, to an internet-based domain registration / management system capable of registering and managing a domain and a method thereof.

As is known, the Internet is a huge and efficient information storage medium and information providing medium that is connected to numerous computer networks all over the world, and is used for various purposes such as e-mail, newsgroups, file transfer, information transmission, and retrieval. Therefore, for various electronic transactions on the World Wild Web (WWW) of the Internet, it is necessary to register and use a unique domain (DOMAIN) for distinguishing its own site from other sites for each site. Such a domain is managed by a specific registrar, and a registrant directly accesses the registrar server to search / register a desired domain or register a desired domain through a registrar.

The domains of the above characteristics are gTLDs based on COM, NET, ORG, etc., ccTLDs defining domains of each country (except the United States) corresponding to .kr, .to, .jp, and newly appearing .biz,. Along with newgTLD such as info, the trend is increasing. In addition, RealNames of the United States has released Internet keywords that can be used in the browser browser of the native language, Hangul Internet keywords are already used in Korea.

As described above, the domains continue to expand in the future, and the general users also own or retain a large number of these domains. However, this growing number of domains is so vast that year after year, users are unaware of how many domains they own and when their expiration bodies arrive. For this reason, each existing registrar provides a domain manager that automatically notifies the end time of each domain when the corresponding expiration period, but this is a reality that does not fulfill its function. For example, if a company owns more than 100 domains, the registrars for that domain are distributed by KRNIC NSI and more than 100 registrars. Each time you connect, you can find out, which increases the cost and search time. In addition, even if the registrar's domain administrator documents and archives the information, the domain is not lost due to not being able to keep track of the expiration date of the domain. This often happens.

In addition, domain management procedures such as information change, name server change, and payment of the domain are different for each registrar, so users who do not know the information about it must suffer inconvenience every time.

Related prior arts include the patent of [patent name: multi-domain batch search / registration system and method thereof, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2000-0072709], which is a patent holder, Shin-Woo Lee, and a plurality of domains desired by a registrant using the Internet. The present invention provides a system and method capable of collectively registering a plurality of domains without the need to search a plurality of desired domains one by one by allowing a user to search / register a batch.

However, even in such a system, even if a plurality of searched domains are registered in a batch, management thereof is not performed, and users have to lose their domains or suffer various inconveniences in management.

The present invention was created to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide the member in real time to the member registration / management for the plurality of specific domains requested by the user and the domain-related information according to the data It is to provide an Internet-based domain registration / management system and a method thereof.

1 is a block diagram of an Internet-based domain registration / management system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating an operation process of an internet-based domain registration / management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating an operation process of a domain registration / management system at the time of registration / management of a specific domain (Recent.com);

4 to 11 are screen configuration diagrams for explaining an embodiment of the Internet-based domain registration / management system and method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

※ Explanation of code about main part of drawing ※

100: Domain registration / management system

110: user terminal

120: the Internet

130: web server

131: Web page management unit

132 member management

140: domain registration / management server

141: domain management unit

142: domain search unit

143: E-mail section

144: domain statistics data book

150: database management server

151: Member Information Database

152: domain manager database

153: Registrar Information Database

154: Domain Statistics Database

Internet-based domain registration / management system according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

A web server that stores and manages member authentication and related member information of a plurality of users connected through an Internet network, and provides a domain web page to the member;

Domain registration / management that performs a series of processes according to registration / management of multiple domains requested by the member and provides the domain related information and registrar related information to which the domain belongs to the terminal of the member in real time. A server and;

And a database management server having a plurality of databases in which the domain related information and the member related information are stored under the control of the domain registration / management server.

Internet-based domain registration / management method according to another aspect of the present invention,

A member authentication step of confirming whether the user accessing the Internet through the terminal is a member or a nonmember;

After providing a domain web page to the authenticated member, retrieving the domain related information to confirm whether the requested domain can be registered / managed by the member;

Registering / managing the domain according to the search result;

And providing domain related information according to the domain registration / management to the terminal of the member in real time.

Hereinafter, in the present invention, services such as registration of a plurality of domains provided to a member authenticated user, periods of registered domains, content management, and provision of domain related information related thereto will be referred to as domain integration services. Domain-related information (registration date, expiration date, etc.) provided by the specific registrar to the domain registrant is called Whois information, and whois program for automatically identifying (searching) the registrar to which the domain belongs. It will be called a program.

Hereinafter, an Internet-based domain registration / management system and method thereof will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an internet-based domain registration / management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1, the Internet-based domain registration / management system 100 includes a web server 130, a domain registration / management server 140 and a database management server 150 installed on the Internet, the web The server 130 includes a webpage manager 131 and a member manager 132, and the domain registration / management server 140 includes a domain manager 141, a domain searcher 142, and an e-mail 143. And a domain statistics data unit 144, wherein the database management server 150 includes a member information DB 151, a domain manager DB 152, a registrar information DB 153, and a domain statistics DB 154. .

In addition, the Internet-based domain registration / management system 100 characterized by the above structure is characterized in that it is connected to a plurality of user terminals 110 through the Internet network 120.

The web server 130 determines whether there are members or nonmembers of a plurality of users connected through the Internet network 120, stores and manages the member related information, and provides a domain webpage for providing a domain integrated service to the authenticated user. Provide or manage.

The webpage manager 131 provides or manages a domain webpage for providing the domain integrated service according to member authentication of users connected through the internet network 120.

The member management unit 132 manages personal information (for example, member ID, password, name, company name, address, phone number, e-mail address, etc.) of newly registered members, and adds / deletes existing / new members. And perform overall functions for member management such as member / non-member judgment through information retrieval.

The domain registration / management server 140 performs a series of processes for providing a domain integration service according to domain registration / management requested by a user who has been authenticated and provides real-time domain related information to the member's terminal.

The domain manager 141 provides the member with domain-related information through the domain web page, and performs domain management for each member, domain, and period according to a request for changing and registering domain information from the member. At this time, the domain integration service provided to the member is characterized in that not only the domain for the native language (Korean), but also the domain integration service for multiple languages such as Japanese and English.

The domain search unit 142 searches for a specific registrar to which the corresponding domain belongs and related domain information to determine whether to register / manage the corresponding domain to be registered / managed from the member. In this case, a whois program generally used is used to find a specific registrar to which the corresponding domain belongs.

In addition, not only the domain related information according to the domain search (registration, registration date, expiration date and IP address, etc.), that is, whois information, can be searched through the specific registrar to which the domain belongs, but also the related information for each registrar is also described. Provide after searching according to member's request.

The e-mail unit 143 transmits a warning e-mail according to the expiration date for each domain owned by the member to the member. That is, when a notification date designated by a member (for example, 30 days before the expiration date of the domain) is reached, a warning email is automatically provided to the member.

The domain statistical data unit 144 calculates various statistical data according to the provision of domain integrated services for each member, and provides relevant domain statistical data according to the request for data from the member. In this case, the statistical data refers to detailed calculation data such as the most-held domains, most-interest domains, and expiration domains of each member.

The database management server 150 manages a plurality of databases in which data at the time of change and addition of various information according to provision of domain integrated service for each member is stored.

The member information DB 151 includes new member information (member ID, password, name, address, phone number, e-mail address, company name, etc.) and new or existing member information added / added. Stored.

The domain manager DB 152 stores domain related information (domain name, registrar, registration date, expiration date, extension of time, etc.) for each member.

The registrar information DB 153 is associated with the domains and stores relevant information for each registrar (domain name, name server, etc.).

The domain statistics DB 154 stores various statistical data according to the provision of domain integrated services for each member, that is, detailed calculation data such as the most retained domain, the most interested domain, and the domain for the expiration period.

An operation process of an internet-based domain registration / management system characterized by the above configuration will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating an operation process of an internet-based domain registration / management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, an interaction process between a user terminal and a web server, a domain registration / management server, and a database management server is illustrated.

First, when a user (individual or company, etc.) who wants to receive a domain integrated service accesses the Internet through a web browser of a terminal (S21), the web server according to the present invention searches for the user through a member information DB 151 search. It is determined whether the member (S22). If it is determined that the ID and PASSWORD input by the user are the ID and PASSWORD of the authenticated member, the corresponding domain web page is provided (S24). On the other hand, if the user is an unauthenticated member, the user Provide membership webpage for membership registration. Subsequently, the non-member user registers through a login process after inputting information (ID, password, name, address, e-mail address, etc.) in the registration webpage as shown in FIG. 4 (S23).

Subsequently, the web server provides a domain web page for providing a domain integration service to a new / existing member (S24), wherein the web server changes member information from the new / existing member who received the domain web page (address). Check whether there is a request for information change (name server change, etc.) of an already registered domain or the like (S25). As a result of the check, if there is a request to change the information from the corresponding member, after changing or adding the related information, it is stored in the member information DB 151 and the wholesaler manager DB 152 (S26).

On the other hand, the member wants to register in the domain web page as shown in Figure 5 provided from the web server or enter the domain of interest (S27). Thereafter, the domain registration / management server performs a query or related information search on a specific registrar in which the domain is registered in order to know whether the corresponding domain input by the member is registered and related information (S28).

At this time, access to the specific registration authority is performed through Whois program. In addition, even if a specific domain entered by the member is recorded on the record, even if the domain is past its expiration date, the additional search (generally, the domain is valid for two to three months after the expiration date) is performed. Database it. However, if the domain entered by the member does not exist (for example, when the domain name entered by the member is a2b3c1), after the information is documented, the related information is also provided to the member.

Subsequently, the domain registration / management server provided with the Whois information (registration date, expiration date, etc.) from the registrar registers the domain according to the Whois information, and then, only necessary portions of the Whois information (registration date, expiration date of the corresponding domain) are registered. , Registrar) to be stored in a domain manager DB 152 with member IDs, that is, documented (S29).

At this time, if the domain integration service requested by the member is a request for information about a specific registrar to which the corresponding domain belongs, the domain registration / management server may provide the registrar related information (eg, domain name, domain name server information, etc.). After searching through the Whois program, and stores the registration information related to the registrar information DB (S153), and provides it to the member.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, domain-related information and registrar-related information may be divided into retention / interest domains or reprocessed into domain or member-specific statistical data and stored in the domain statistical information DB 154 (S30).

Subsequently, the member is provided with a domain integration service including domain-related information (registered domain list and corresponding domain registration date, expiration date and corresponding registrar, etc.) stored and managed as described above (S31). As a result, members can not only know the relevant information for each domain registered by the user, but also can use the domain information usefully.

Thereafter, the domain registration / management server checks whether there is a domain integration service that is additionally requested from the member (S30), and if there is an additional domain integration service, the related domain integration service is provided through the above process. .

Here, the operation process at the time of domain registration / management according to the present invention will be described in detail.

3 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating an operation process of a domain registration / management system at the time of registration / management of a specific domain (Recent.com). Referring to FIG. 3, the domain registration / management system first determines whether a user (authenticated ID and password) connected through the Internet is a member (S311). As a result of the determination, if the member provides a domain web page (S312), if the determination result, the non-member provides a member registration web page for member registration (S313). Subsequently, check whether there is a request for changing member-related information and domain information from a new member and an existing member who have undergone a login process by inputting information in the member registration webpage (S314). Accordingly, the member information and domain related information are changed / added (S315).

Subsequently, when a request for registration / management of a specific domain (eg, Choi Jin-sil. Com) from the member is received, the domain registration / management system is configured to know whether domain registration for Choi Jin-sil .com and related domain information is performed. First, characters are distinguished based on a dot (.), And among the various registrars, a specific registrar in which Choi Jin-sil.com is registered is determined through a whois program (S316). Subsequently, the domain registration / management system accesses the server of the searched specific registrar and receives whois information (expiration date, registration date, etc.) for the Choi Jin-sil.com from the registrar, along with the corresponding domain and member ID in the domain manager DB. The registration is stored (S317).

At this time, if the search result for the Choi Jinsil.com, the domain has already expired, the domain registration / management system provides the relevant information about the domain to the member, and then performs a re-search.

Subsequently, the stored registered domain and the domain-related information are reprocessed into the interest domain, the expiration period, and the retained domain, which are statistical data for each member as shown in FIGS. 10A to 10D (S318). Based on this, the domain integration service is provided to the corresponding members (S319).

In this case, the data for each domain information provided to the member may be classified into a safety display color and a warning display color for each domain information, as shown in FIG. 11, according to an environment setting of a domain registration / management system for easy identification of a user. to provide.

In addition, when notifying the expiration date of each domain, the member will be notified by an alert e-mail according to the notification date specified by the domain, so that the corresponding measures such as payment of the member's expenses (domain registration maintenance cost) can be made. do.

In the above process, the domain integrated service provided by the whois information provided from the registrar will be described as follows.

6 and 7 are diagrams illustrating provision of a domain integrated service using whois information provided from a registration authority. 6 shows a whois information provided from the registrar as a result of querying a registrar in which the domain is registered for a specific domain called webhost.co.kr, and the domain registration date (19981221) and end of use date. (20011015) and other domain-related information. Therefore, the domain registration / management system according to the present invention will provide the domain integration service using the whois information to the corresponding members.

FIG. 7 is also a whois information for hannic.com provided from a specific registrar, and includes domain registration date (20000127), end date of use (20020127), and other domain related information.

8 is a diagram illustrating the provision of a domain integration service using registrar related information in a domain registration / management system. Referring to FIG. 8, the domain registration / management system searches for relevant information (domain name, name server, etc.) of a specific registrar (internic.net) to which the corresponding domain belongs through an option called whois-h. It will be provided upon request of the member.

According to the present invention described above, by performing a series of processes in accordance with the registration and management of a plurality of domains requested from the user, domain registration / management by each member, domain-related information and related information of the specific registrar to which the domain belongs There is an effect that can be provided in real time.

In addition, it provides various domain integration services for domain registration / management such as domain information change, name server change, and cost payment, as well as domain-specific information such as domain expiration date notification or specific registrar related information. There is an effect that can be provided.

Claims (11)

A web server that stores and manages member authentication and related member information of a plurality of users connected through an Internet network, and provides a domain web page to the member; Domain registration / management that performs a series of processes according to registration / management of multiple domains requested by the member and provides the domain related information and registrar related information to which the domain belongs to the terminal of the member in real time. A server and; And a database management server having a plurality of databases in which the domain related information and the member related information are stored under the control of the domain registration / management server. The method of claim 1, The domain registration / management server, A domain manager configured to provide domain related information through the domain webpage to the member and to perform domain management for each member, domain, and period according to a request for changing and registering domain information from the member; A domain search unit for searching for a specific registrar to which the domain belongs and other domain related information to determine whether to register / manage a domain requested to be registered / managed from the member; An e-mail unit for transmitting an alert e-mail according to an expiration date for each domain owned by the member to the member; Internet domain domain registration / management system characterized in that it comprises a domain statistics data unit for calculating the statistical data including the most retained domain and the most interested domain for each member according to the domain registration / management for each member to provide to the member. The method of claim 2, The domain search unit, Internet-based domain registration / management system, characterized in that using the Whois (WHOIS) program when searching for information related to the domain and the specific registrar. The method of claim 1, The database management server, A member information database storing member identification information including the member ID, password, name, and e-mail address and change / addition information of a new or existing member; A domain manager database that stores domain-related information including domain names, registration dates, expiration dates, and registrars for each member; A registrar information database to which registrar-related information is stored, including domain names and name servers of specific registrars to which the domains belong; An internet-based domain registration / management system, characterized in that it comprises a domain statistics database that stores domain-related statistics, including the most owned domain for each member and the domain of interest according to the domain registration / management for each member. The method of claim 1, The web server, A web page manager for providing the domain web page or performing management according to member authentication of users connected through an internet network; Internet-based domain registration / including a member management unit that performs the overall membership management, such as the management of personal information of newly registered members, the addition / deletion of existing / new members, and the determination of members / non-members by searching for information Management system. A member authentication step of confirming whether the user accessing the Internet through the terminal is a member or a nonmember; After providing a domain web page to the authenticated member, retrieving the domain related information to confirm whether the requested domain can be registered / managed by the member; Registering / managing the domain according to the search result; Internet-based domain registration / management method comprising the step of providing domain-related information according to the domain registration / management to the terminal of the member in real time. The method of claim 6, The domain related information retrieval step, A first sub step of searching for a registrar to which the domain belongs by using a whois program; And a second sub step of receiving the domain related information from the registrar. The method of claim 6, The domain registration / management step, If the domain requested to be registered / managed by the member has passed the expiration date, A first sub step of documenting and providing the related information to the member; And a second sub-step of re-searching the domain related information. The method of claim 6, The domain registration / management step, And providing the member with registrar related information including domain name and name server information of the registrar according to a request from the member. The method of claim 6, The domain registration / management step, Internet-based domain registration / management method comprising the step of transmitting to the member a warning e-mail according to the expiration date for each domain. The method of claim 10, The alert e-mail, Internet-based domain registration / management method according to the domain-specific warning date specified by the member, the domain is transmitted before a predetermined period of expiration.