Assigning an Internet domain to a user as the user registers with a server

Abstract

A method employing a server computer to assign domains to users, and store contents or user's registration data from the domains in a single database shared by all the assigned domains. Steps include: registering and assigning a first user identification; assigning a first domain to a first registered user; receiving a second request from a second user to register; registering the second user; assigning a second domain to the second registered user; managing the assigned first domain by assigning a first content and storing the first content on the database; managing the assigned second domain by assigning a second content to the second domain and storing the second content on the database; receiving a request from a client for the first content at the first domain; and fetching and returning the first content from the database.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of a server computer assigning a domain to a user, and a plurality of domains sharing a single database, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a server computer comprising non-transitory storage medium and the single database shared by a plurality of domains;   receiving at the server computer a first request from a first user to register with the server computer;   registering the first user, wherein registering is performed by the server computer, and wherein the registering comprises assigning a first user identification to the first user, said first user identification stored on the non-transitory storage medium;   assigning a first domain to the first user that is registered, wherein assigning is performed by the server computer;   wherein the first domain is assigned a domain name that is chosen by the first user, or that is supplied by the server computer, or that is the first user identification;   receiving at the server computer a first content;   storing the first content on the single database, wherein the server computer performs the storing;   receiving at the server computer a second request from a second user to register with the server computer;   registering the second user, wherein registering is performed by the server computer, wherein the registering comprises assigning a second user identification to the second user, said second user identification stored on the non-transitory storage medium;   assigning a second domain to the second user that is registered, wherein assigning is performed by the server computer;   wherein the second domain is assigned a domain name that is chosen by the second user, or that is supplied by the server computer, or that is the second user identification;   receiving at the server computer a second content;   storing the second content on the single database, wherein the server computer performs the storing;   managing the first domain that was assigned, wherein managing is performed by the server computer, and wherein managing comprises the server computer assigning the first content to the first domain;   managing the second domain that was assigned, wherein managing is performed by the server computer, and wherein managing comprises the server computer assigning the second content to the second domain;   receiving a request from a client for the first content at the first domain at the server computer; and   fetching and returning the first content from the single database shared by the first domain to the client, wherein fetching and returning is performed by the server computer.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving the first content is further limited to a case where the first content sent by the first user. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving at the server computer a second content is further limited to a case where the second content is sent by the second user. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the step of fetching and returning is further limited to a case where this step is performed by the server computer without using web-based linking. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising the steps of: fetching and returning the second content from the single database shared by the second domain to the client, wherein fetching and returning is performed by the server computer. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the step of fetching and returning is further limited to a case where this step is performed by the server computer without using web-based linking. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the step of assigning the domain to the first user that is registered and the second user that is registered is performed free of charge to the first user and to the second user. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising the step of associating an e-mail address with the domain assigned to the first user, wherein associating is performed by the server computer. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising the step of associating an e-mail address with the domain assigned to the second user, wherein associating is performed by the server computer. 
     
     
         10 . A method of a server computer assigning a domain to a user, and a plurality of domains sharing a single database, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a server computer comprising non-transitory storage medium, wherein the non-transitory storage medium comprises the single database shared by a plurality of domains;   receiving at the server computer a first request from a first user to register with the server computer;   registering the first user, wherein registering is performed by the server computer, and wherein the registering comprises assigning a first user identification to the first user, said first user identification stored on the single database;   assigning a first domain to the first user that is registered, wherein assigning is performed by the server computer;   wherein the step of assigning a first domain is limited to assigning a domain name that is chosen by the first user, or that is supplied by the server computer, or that is the first user identification;   receiving at the server computer a second request from a second user to register with the server computer;   registering the second user, wherein registering is performed by the server computer, wherein the registering comprises assigning a second user identification to the second user, said second user identification stored on the single database;   assigning a second domain to the second user that is registered, wherein assigning is performed by the server computer;   wherein the step of assigning a second domain is limited to assigning a domain name that is chosen by the second user, or that is supplied by the server computer, or that is the second user identification;   managing the first domain that was assigned, wherein managing is performed by the server computer, and wherein managing comprises the server computer assigning a first content to the first domain;   wherein the step of assigning a first content to the first domain is limited to first content provided by the first user;   managing the second domain that was assigned, wherein managing is performed by the server computer, and wherein managing comprises the server computer assigning a second content to the second domain;   wherein the step of assigning a second content to the first domain is limited to second content provided by the second user;   receiving a request from a client for the first content at the first domain at the server computer; and   fetching and returning the first content from the first domain to the client, wherein fetching and returning is performed by the server computer without using web-based linking.   
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising: fetching and returning the second content from the second domain to the client, wherein fetching and returning is performed by the server computer without using web-based linking. 
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the step of assigning the domain to the first user that is registered is performed free of charge to the first user and to the second user. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising the step of associating an e-mail address with the domain assigned to the first user, wherein associating is performed by the server computer. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising the step of associating an e-mail address with the domain assigned to the second user, wherein associating is performed by the server computer.