US2017111433A1PendingUtilityA1

Dynamically updating website content or web service via text messaging

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Assignee: GO DADDY OPERATING CO LLCPriority: May 21, 2014Filed: Dec 27, 2016Published: Apr 20, 2017
Est. expiryMay 21, 2034(~7.8 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Anurup SinghalArnold BlinnGuy EllisJudd Conrad Jacobs
H04L 67/10H04W 4/001H04W 4/14H04L 67/025H04W 4/50
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Abstract

A method is disclosed for dynamically updating the content of a website or a web service via a text message. A text service may receive, at a text phone number, the text message sent by a user from a text device. The text device may have a user phone number. In preferred embodiments, the text service may have a plurality of text phone numbers that may be called by a plurality of users. The text service may produce an action code based, at least in part, on the text message, the text phone number called by the user, the user phone number or some combination thereof. The text service may transmit the action code to one or more hosting servers to alter a website which may then be published. In another embodiment, the text service may transmit the action code to web server(s) that may alter a web service for the user.

Claims

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The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising the steps of:
 hosting a website configured to be altered by a text message sent by an owner of the website from a text device having a user phone number, wherein a text service determines the website to be altered out of a plurality of websites based on the user phone number;   receiving the text message at a text phone number of the text service running on one or more hardware servers sent by the owner of the website from the text device;   producing, on the one or more hardware servers, an action code comprising an alpha-numeric string based, at least in part, on the text message; and   transmitting, by the one or more hardware servers, the action code to one or more hosting servers, wherein the action code is used to alter the-website by changing a template of the website.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of:
 publishing the altered website on the one or more hosting servers.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of producing, on the one or more hardware servers, the action code based, at least in part, on the text message and the user phone number. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of producing, on the one or more hardware servers, the action code based, at least in part, on the text message and the text phone number. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising the steps of:
 the one or more hosting servers transmitting the action code to a plugin for the website; and   the plugin altering the website based on the action code.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the received text message is in a Short Message Service format or a Multimedia Messaging Service format. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the text phone number is included in a plurality of text phone numbers operated on the one or more hardware servers. 
     
     
         8 . A method, comprising the steps of:
 hosting a first website configured to be altered by a first text message sent by an owner of the first website from a first text device having a first user phone number, wherein a text service determines the first website to be altered out of a plurality of websites based on the first user phone number and hosting a second website configured to be altered by a second text message sent by an owner of the second website from a second text device having a second user phone number, wherein the text service determines the second website to be altered out of a plurality of websites based on the second user phone number;   receiving the first text message at the first text phone number of the text service running on one or more hardware servers sent by the owner of the first website from the first text device;   receiving the second text message at the first text phone number of the text service running on the one or more hardware servers sent by the owner of the second website from the second text device;   producing, on the one or more hardware servers, a first action code comprising a first alpha-numeric string based, at least in part, on the first text message;   producing, on the one or more hardware servers, a second action code comprising a second alpha-numeric string based, at least in part, on the second text message;   transmitting, by the one or more hardware servers, the first action code to one or more hosting servers, wherein the first action code is used to alter the first website by changing a first price of a first good or service; and   transmitting, by the one or more hardware servers, the second action code to the one or more hosting servers, wherein the second action code is used to alter the second website by changing a second price of a second good or service.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising the steps of:
 publishing the altered first website on the one or more hosting servers; and   publishing the altered second website on the one or more hosting servers, wherein the first website is different from the second website.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising the step of producing, on the one or more hardware servers, the first action code based, at least in part, on the first text message and the first user phone number. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising the step of producing, on the one or more hardware servers, the first action code based, at least in part, on the first text message and the first text phone number, wherein the first text phone number is in a plurality of text phone numbers. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8 ,
 the one or more hosting servers transmitting the first action code to a first plugin for the first website;   the one or more hosting servers transmitting the second action code to a second plugin for the second website;   the first plugin altering the first website based on the first action code; and   the second plugin altering the second website based on the second action code.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the first text phone number is included in a plurality of text phone numbers operated on the one or more hardware servers. 
     
     
         14 . A method, comprising the steps of:
 providing one or more web services configured to be altered by a text message sent by an owner of the one or more web services from a text device having a user phone number, wherein a text service determines the one or more web services based on the user phone number;   receiving the text message at a text phone number of the text service running on one or more hardware servers sent by the owner of the web services from the text device;   producing, on the one or more hardware servers, an action code comprising an alpha-numeric string based, at least in part, on the text message; and   transmitting, on the one or more hardware servers, the action code to one or more web servers, wherein the one or more web servers alter the one or more web services based on the action code and the one or more web services comprise domain name registration services.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising the step of producing, on the one or more hardware servers, the action code based, at least in part, on the text message and the user phone number. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising the step of producing, on the one or more hardware servers, the action code based, at least in part, on the text message and the text phone number. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising the step of determining, on the one or more hardware servers, an account of the user, in a plurality of users, based on the user phone number. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the text phone number is included in a plurality of text phone numbers operated on the one or more hardware servers. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the one or more web services comprise an ability to register a domain name. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the one or more web services comprise an ability to purchase and install a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate for a website.

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