US 11,818,095 B2
System and method for facilitating distribution of limited resources using a dropzone
Hui Zhou, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to IDENTITY DIGITAL LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Identity Digital Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/469,554.
Application 17/469,554 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/324,895, filed on May 19, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/324,895 is a continuation of application No. 17/015,891, filed on Sep. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,044,225, issued on Jun. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0086119 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 61/58 (2022.01); H04L 61/3015 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.01); H04L 67/5682 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 61/58 (2022.05) [H04L 61/3025 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 61/302 (2013.01); H04L 67/568 (2022.05); H04L 67/5682 (2022.05)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A server for distributing a domain name to one of a plurality of registrars using a drop zone session implemented via a communications network, the server having stored instructions for execution by a computer processor for:
receiving the domain name from a registration server using a network path based on a time ID of a delete command of the domain name, such that the network path is either a first path originating from a delete queue storing the domain name or a second path which bypasses the delete queue, the delete queue configured for storing domain names deposited in the delete queue in response to one or more delete commands;
administering the drop zone session by establishing a set of drop zone windows having a first window and a second window, a defined start time of the second window being subsequent to a defined end time of the first window, the first window having a first set of acquisition parameters and the second window having a second set of acquisition parameters, such that the first set of acquisition parameters are different from the second set of acquisition parameters, each of the first window and the second window being defined as having a start time and an end time and each of the first window and the second window having one or more listed domain names available for registration by the one of the plurality of registrars between the start time and the end time, the domain name included in the one or more listed domain names;
assigning the domain name to the first window with the associated first set of acquisition parameters;
determining the domain name remains unacquired upon reaching the end time of the first window;
assigning the domain name to the second window with the associated second set of acquisition parameters;
receiving a registration request via the communications network from a registrar for the domain name before a defined end time of the second window;
processing the registration request using the second set of acquisition parameters; and
registering the domain name in a registry database as acquired by the registrar.