Lightweight web page generation

Abstract

A system and method for rendering web pages is presented. A request identifying a domain name and a web page is received by at least one server communicatively coupled to a network. A TXT record associated with the domain name is then retrieved by the at least one server and the TXT record is analyzed to identify one or more settings associated with the domain name or the web page. The web page is then rendered in accordance with the one or more settings into a rendered web page by the at least one server. Finally, the rendered web page is transmitted to a computer system using the network.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 generating, by a server computer, web page code in accordance with a setting retrieved from a record of a domain name system; and   transmitting, by the server computer, the web page code using a network.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the setting identifies a style or a template to be used in generating the web page code. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising storing the setting in a cache of the server. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the setting is retrieved from the domain name system by a domain name system resolver running on the server. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the setting identifies a third party and the method further includes using the identification of the third party to transmit a payment to the third party. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising transmitting to the third party a report identifying a plurality of domain names and associated traffic to web pages associated with the plurality of domain names, the plurality of domain names including a domain name associated with the web page code. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the third party is a registrar. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , including:
 identifying advertisement content using the setting; and   incorporating the advertisement content into the web page code.   
     
     
         9 . A method, comprising:
 retrieving, by a server, a TXT record associated with a domain name;   generating, by the server, web page code in accordance with a setting in the TXT record; and   transmitting, by the server, the web page code using a network.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the setting identifies a style or a template to be used in generating the web page code. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the TXT record includes an identification of a third party and including using the identification of the third part to transmit a payment to the third party. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , including:
 transmitting to the third party a report identifying a plurality of domain names and associated traffic to web pages associated with the plurality of domain names, the plurality of domain names including the domain name.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the third party is a registrar. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 9 , including:
 identifying advertisement content using the TXT record; and   incorporating the advertisement content into the web page code.   
     
     
         15 . A system, comprising:
 a domain name system server including at least one processor configured to:
 store, in a storage device coupled to the domain name system server, a domain name system record including a TXT record, the TXT record encoding a setting; and 
 transmit, in response to a request from a server computer, the domain name system record to the server computer, the server computer being configured to generate web page code using the setting. 
   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the setting identifies a style or a template to be used in generating the web page code. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the domain name system record includes an identification of a third party. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the server computer is configured to use the identification of the third party to transmit a payment to the third party. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the setting identifies an advertisement content. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the server computer is configured to incorporate the advertisement content into the web page code.