US 12,413,548 B2
Systems and methods for domain name system promotion and redemption
James Gould, Reston, VA (US); and Karthik Shyamsunder, Winchester, VA (US)
Assigned to VeriSign, Inc., Reston, VA (US)
Filed by VeriSign, Inc., Reston, VA (US)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/144,663.
Application 18/144,663 is a division of application No. 17/520,185, filed on Nov. 5, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/520,185 is a continuation of application No. 15/800,557, filed on Nov. 1, 2017, granted, now 11,171,917, issued on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0275870 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); H04L 61/3015 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 61/3025 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0609 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0623 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 63/1483 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for managing coupon redemption, the method comprising:
receiving, by a coupon promotion service comprising at least one processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium, a coupon request from a registrar over a computer network, the coupon request associated with a promotion;
validating, by the coupon promotion service, the coupon request;
sending, by the coupon promotion service, a coupon to the registrar based on the coupon request being validated, the coupon generated by the coupon promotion service for a coupon redemption;
receiving, by the coupon promotion service, the coupon and a transaction identifier from the registrar;
validating, by the coupon promotion service, after receiving the coupon and the transaction identifier from the registrar, the coupon and the transaction identifier, wherein validating the coupon and the transaction identifier comprises verifying, by the coupon promotion service, that one or more coupon settings apply;
applying, by the coupon promotion service, after the coupon and the transaction identifier are validated, a promotion credit to an account of the registrar; and
sending, by the coupon promotion service, a result to the registrar indicating the coupon redemption.