Patent covers using your voice to register domains, do Whois lookups, etc. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,451,511 (pdf) to Verisign for "Audio-based systems, devices, and methods for domain services." Yep, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
New Amazon Alexa gadgets lead to profits for Verisign
· UncategorizedAmazon announced a bunch of products, which means it registered a bunch of domains controlled by Verisign. Every time Amazon announces a new product its domain name team goes to work defensively registering domain names. So when the company announces ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Amazon registered these 28 domains for Multi-room Echo audio launch
· UncategorizedAmazon goes on defensive binge in conjunction with highly anticipated feature launch. Amazon announced this morning that it is now supporting multi-room audio on Amazon Echo devices. Companies that make speakers (or devices with speakers) that use ... Continue Reading1 Comment
