ALLOCATION OF INTERNET ADDRESSES USING GLOBAL NETWORK NAMING

Abstract: The present invention is a method for naming or numbering subscribers on a network using their international telephone number, or any other global unique number as a sub-zone label of a dedicated primary zone in the said network. Subscriber's devices can be named as hosts on his assigned zone. This method can be used also with any other global unique number or a combination of two-letters-country-code and said number - for example, two-letters-country-code with passport number, identity card number, PIN number or National Insurance number.

Description: Method for Global Network Naming and a Method to use said Method for Giving Internet Addresses FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the field of naming and addressing. The present invention relates, more specifically, to the naming in the Internet. In a network any host name must be unique to identify its address, and since the Internet is a global network a name in the Internet must be a global one and unique as well. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION To communicate over the Internet, the Internet-Protocol (IP) address of the addressee is needed. Users can address a remote host by its host name (such as www.msn.com) rather than by its numerical IP address, which is usually unknown. Therefore there is an authority that registers Internet domain-names using a distributed database system for translating names of Internet hosts into IP addresses. The Internet name space is organized as a tree according to organizational or administrative boundaries. Each node, called a domain, is given a label, and the root of the current domain, listed from right to left, separated by dots. A label need only be unique within its domain. A label is a string comprised of letters, digits, dashes or the combination of them. The whole Internet space is divided up into several areas called zones, each starting at a domain and extending down to leaf domains or to domains where other zones start. Zones usually represent administrative boundaries. For example: "ABC.DEF.COM" relates to a root zone named COM, a domain named DEF.COM and a host named ABC.DEF.COM. Another global addressing method is the Public Switched Telephony Network (PSTN) numbering scheme. Each PSTN telephone, cellular telephone or satellite telephone has a unique number - worldwide. It is comprised of a local-area number, area-code, country code and an international access number. For example: +972-4-9991212 is a local-area number of "9991212" with the prefix of "4", being the area-code, and "972", which is the country code. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a method for naming or numbering subscribers on a network using their international telephone number, or any other global unique number as a sub-zone label of a dedicated primary zone in the said network. Subscriber's devices can be named as hosts on his assigned zone. The present invention is a method for global naming in a network comprising the following steps: (a) registering a domain name as the primary zone, being the naming-server; (b) using the international telephone number, of a subscriber to allocate a name to a subscriber-sub-zone in the naming-server, wherein the international telephone number of the subscriber is the sub-zone name and the complete subscriber-name comprised of the primary zone name with the international telephone number added to the left, following a dot; (c) naming the devices of the subscriber by creating a second level sub zone for each device and the device-name comprised of the subscriber-name and a name of the device added to the left of the subscriber-name following a dot; (d) if there are sub devices connected to a device, a third level of sub zones are made and naming each sub device as the method described in step (c); (e) repeating step (d), for each level of sub devices. This method can be used also with any other global unique number or a combination of two-letters-country-code and said number - for example, two-letters-country-code with passport number, identity card number, PIN number or National Insurance number. The present invention contains also a method to use the said global naming method, for Internet addressing comprising the following steps: (a) registering an Internet domain name as the primary zone, being the naming-server; (b) connecting a naming-server to the Internet, which has the registered domain name; (c) organizing the subscribers' database in the naming-server to resolve an IP address according to a subscriber-host-name; (d) when the internet subscriber has a non-static IP address (e.g. dial-up connection with a temporary IP address assigned by the Internet Service Provider) the main naming-server is updated with the current subscriber's IP address to allow direct connection by the subscriber's host-name even if the IP address is changing; (e) the subscriber could be assigned with an alias, in the form of a sub-zone of the primary zone, to shorten its host name; (f) the naming-server supplies an IP address to the originator, according to a subscriber's-host-name query; (g) the IP address is used for communicating with the internet addressee. These methods can be used also when a two-letters-country-code replaces the digits code, in the international telephone number of a subscriber. These methods have certain advantages: • A naming-system that uses those methods can coup and is suitable for: (a) Short or long local area unique number to give an Internet address. (b) The naming-system is independent to a situation where the Internet addressee is (cellular) static, mobile in its country area or roaming international. (c) The addressee can be a 1-800- or 1-700- number. • The Internet-address addressee can be predefined and registered in the naming-server. • New Internet-address addressees can be compiled by the naming-server ad hoc when requested by an appropriate device. • Telephone numbers used in/or by closes private networks are looked, by the naming-server, as if they are an international unique number. • The subscriber can be mobile and his zone name can be associated with his private secured authentication rather than his physical location, which means a subscriber can move from place to place and get all his telecommunication services (e.g. phone-calls, E-mails) wherever he is, thus creating a country independent method. • It provides a roaming ability to mobile users since the telecommunication device in use (e.g. static or mobile phone) at any given moment authenticates itself as the domain, thus making the subscriber reachable always with a single access name or number. • These methods are digit length independent thus making the system expandable (i.e. 6,7,8 digit numeric system or even more). • This method allows direct communication between subscribers by using their telephony based domain names. Any communicating protocol can use this naming method without the need for dedicated additional locating servers per protocol. • The method allows simple access to any device simply by knowing the addressee telephone number. The main naming-server, or distributed naming-servers, hold the domain names and host names of the devices. For example: in order to issue a telephone call over the internet (Internet Telephony call), an Internet telephony terminal device of the addressee can be accessed by adding a "1. phone" label as a prefix to the addressee domain-name; this will access telephone extension #1. An E-mail could be sent to the addressee mail exchange host by adding a "mail" label as a prefix to the addressee domain-name. DRAWING DESCRIPTION The present invention is described in detail in figure 1. This figure serves a descriptive purpose only and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any manner. Figure 1 shows the method for global naming in a network. In figure 1 the registered main zone is "lea-d.com" and the naming is sub-zones of its domain (1). There are three subscribers in "lea-d.com" zone and each one has an international telephone number. The first subscriber (2) can be identified by its international telephone number (e.g. 97249991212) or by the national number preceded by two letters of the nation code (e.g. IS49991212). All other subscribers are identified the same way. The first subscriber (2) has number of devices wherein a PC (3) is one of them. The address of ELINOR (4) on the said PC should be: "elinor.pc.97249991212.lea-d.com" or "elinor.pc.is49991212.lea-d.com". The second subscriber (5) located in Greece and its international telephone number is 03018155213, which can be identified also as GR18155213. The subscriber has number of devices wherein a phone system (6) is one of them. The address of Despo's phone (8) in the finance department (7) should be "despo.fina.phone.gr 18155213.lea-d.com" or "despo.fina.phone.03018155213.lea-d.com". The third subscriber (9) located in Switzerland and its international telephone number is 04141567355, which can be identified also as CH41567355. The subscriber has number of devices wherein an air-condition system (10) is one of them. The address of the air conditioner in room2 (11) should be "room2.ac.04141567355.lea-d.com" or "room2.ac.ch41567355.lea-d.com".

Claims: CLAIMS 1. A method for global naming or numbering in a network comprising the following steps: (a) registering a domain name as the primary zone, being the naming-server; (b) using the international telephone number of a subscriber to allocate a name to a subscriber-sub-zone in the naming-server, wherein the international telephone number of the subscriber is the sub-zone name and the complete subscriber-name comprised of the primary zone name with the international telephone number added to the left, following a dot; (c) naming the devices of the subscriber by creating a second level sub zone for each device and the device-name comprised of the subscriber-name and a name of the device added to the left of the subscriber-name following a dot; (d) if there are sub devices connected to a device, a third level of sub zones is made and naming each sub device as the method described in step (c); (e) repeating step (d), for each level of sub devices. 2. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the international telephone number comprised, from left to right, of a country code, an area code and a telephone number. 3. A method as claimed in claim 2 wherein the country code in the international telephone is replaced by the two-letters-country-code and the user name comprised, from left to right, of the two-letters-country-code, an area code and a telephone number. 4. A method for global naming or numbering in a network as claimed in claim 1 wherein any other global unique number is used, instead of using the international telephone number. 5. A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein a two-letters-country-code is added to a country unique number and make this combination global unique. 6. A method to use the global naming or numbering method, as claimed in claims 1 to 5, for Internet addressing comprising the following steps: (a) registering an Internet domain name as the primary zone, being the naming-server; (b) connecting a naming-server to the Internet, which has the registered domain name; (c) organizing the subscriber's database in the naming-server to resolve an IP address according to a subscriber-host-name; (d)when the subscriber has a non-static IP address the main naming-server is updated with the current subscriber's IP address to allow direct connection by the subscriber's host-name even if the IP address is changing; (e)the subscriber could be assigned with an alias, in the form of a sub-zone of the primary zone, to shorten its host name; (f) the naming-server supplies an IP address according to a subscribers-host-name query; (g)the IP address is used for communicating with the internet addressee. 7. A method for global naming or numbering in a network and a method for use of said method for Internet addressing, substantially as shown and described herein above. 8. A method for global naming or numbering in a network and a method for use of said method for Internet addressing, substantially as illustrated in the accompanying figure.

Inventors: INBAR SHLOMO, ORON AVI, INBAR, SHLOMO, ORON, AVI
Applicants: INBAR SHLOMO, LEA D CORP LTD, ORON AVI, INBAR, SHLOMO, LEA-D CORPORATION LTD., ORON, AVI
Application year: 2001
Main classification: G06F15
IPC codes: H04L29, H04M3