Patent is mostly about whois proxy email services. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 8,751,685 (pdf) to GoDaddy for "Domain name hijack protection". The patent, applied for in 2010, is actually a divisional patent of an ... Continue Reading3 Comments
VeriSign Devises Way to Sell More Expiring Domain Names
· Expired DomainsSystem would discount price of domain names until a buyer is found. VeriSign has devised a system to sell more dropping domain names by discounting their price over time. Details of the idea are in a patent application the company filed in 2009 ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Cost-Per-Action Search Engine Patent Headed to Auction Block
· Policy & LawPatent could potentially target Google and Microsoft. A U.S. patent directed at cost-per-action advertising on search engines as well as cash-back search is headed to the auction block. Sunnyvale, California based AnchorFree Inc. has enlisted ICAP ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Yahoo Gets Patent for Behavioral Ad Targeting
· Policy & LawSearch company granted patent for delivering ads based on user profile and behavioral information. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent 7,680,786 (pdf) to Yahoo! today for "Optimization of targeted advertisements based on user ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Google Files Patent for Unified Address Bar/Search Box
· ServicesCompany files patent for allowing searches to be conducted in the address bar. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has filed for a patent to allow users to enter either search terms and domain names into a search box (such as an address bar), and having the computer ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Frank Schilling’s Defensive Patent
· Policy & LawLegendary domainer's patent-pending system could fend off ISP redirects. On April 24, 2006, domain name portfolio owner Frank Schilling filed a patent application for "Generic top-level domain re-routing system" with the help of attorney John ... Continue Reading12 Comments
GoDaddy Files Patent for Filtering Ads on Trademark Domains
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawTechnology could be crucial to registrars and parking companies. GoDaddy has filed a patent for a technology that would filter ads from domain names containing trademarks. Patent application #20080033822 reads: invention allow for filtering online ... Continue Reading7 Comments