The domain registry patented an improved way to select prefixes and suffixes for domain suggestions. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,468,336 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Systems, devices, and methods for ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Security company Proofpoint files for reverse Whois patent
· ServicesProofpoint wants a patent for its domain discovery system. Cybersecurity company Proofpoint (NASDAQ: PFPT) has filed a patent application (pdf) for a reverse Whois system. Reverse Whois refers to finding all of the domain names associated with a ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Verisign gets another neural network name suggestion patent
· Policy & LawDomain suggestions are outside of the box. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,812,449 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Method for generating a domain name using a learned information-rich latent space. It ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy files patent applicaton for “recommending domains from free text”
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar wants to patent ways to suggest domains based on various non-search data. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has filed U.S. Patent and Trademark application number 16/235333 (pdf) for "recommending domains from free text". The application ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign gets domain search ranking patent
· Policy & LawPatent describes way to personalize domain search results. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,693,837 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for System for and method of ranking domain names based on user properties. The ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign gets IDN suggestion patent
· Policy & LawPatent helps domain searchers find translations and transliterations. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,686,750 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Alternate character set domain name suggestion and registration ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Cisco gets typosquatting patent
· UncategorizedPatent describes way of using IP information to separate "legitimate" from "illegitimate" typosquatting. Cisco has been granted U.S. Patent Number 10,491,614 (pdf) for "Illegitimate typosquatting detection with internet protocol ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign gets domain backorder patent
· Expired DomainsLast year I wrote about an intriguing patent application from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the company that runs the .com namespace. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has now issued patent #10404650 (pdf). The patent describes ways to change up the ... Continue Reading5 Comments
University wants to patent way to manage TLDs using Blockchain
· Policy & LawPeking University files patent for blockchain applied to DNS. Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School has filed a U.S. patent application (pdf) for "Systems and Methods for Managing Top-Level Domain Names Using Consortium Blockchain". The ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign patents “Methods and systems for creating new domains”
· ServicesVerisign patents aspects of its TLD creation and management system. When companies started applying for new top level domain names, most of them reached out to existing registry services providers to handle the backend management of those domains. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
