US 11,991,238 B2
Sharing network addresses
Timothy O'Shaughnessy, Washington, DC (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/380,981.
Application 17/380,981 is a continuation of application No. 16/260,874, filed on Jan. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,102,270.
Application 16/260,874 is a continuation of application No. 15/688,853, filed on Aug. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,237,332, issued on Mar. 19, 2019.
Application 15/688,853 is a continuation of application No. 14/075,610, filed on Nov. 8, 2013, granted, now 9,749,392, issued on Aug. 29, 2017.
Application 14/075,610 is a continuation of application No. 11/548,944, filed on Oct. 12, 2006, granted, now 8,601,162, issued on Dec. 3, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/820,535, filed on Jul. 27, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2022/0014583 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); H04L 67/06 (2022.01); H04L 61/30 (2022.01); H04L 61/4552 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/06 (2013.01) [G06F 16/9562 (2019.01); H04L 61/30 (2013.01); H04L 61/4552 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for sharing a network address, the method comprising:
receiving, at a host processor, a request from a first client computer via an electronic network to host a shared directory;
generating the shared directory for storing one or more shared network addresses;
generating a shared syndication feed for publishing the one or more shared network addresses;
receiving a first shared network address from a second client computer for publishing in the shared syndication feed;
determining whether the first shared network address has been previously published in the shared syndication feed; and
sending the first shared network address to a first recipient user via the shared syndication feed based on determining that the first shared network address has not been previously published in the shared syndication feed and that the first shared network address has been shared within a time preference set by the first recipient user.