Patent contemplates selling pools of access to each registrar. Someone looking in from the outside would consider the current model for drop catching expired domain names to be inefficient. Each registrar has a connection to the registry, which ... Continue Reading7 Comments
GoDaddy patent: Images to Domain Names
· Domain RegistrarsClever idea uses image information to suggest domain names and create a website. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,630,639 (pdf) to GoDaddy for "Suggesting a domain name from digital image metadata." The patent ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Afilias gets patent for managing domain name bundles
· UncategorizedPatent describes way to manage multiple domain names at once. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,599,632 (pdf) to registry operator Afilias for "Domain name registration and management." The patent describes the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
GoDaddy gets patent for AuthCode-less domain name transfers
· Domain RegistrarsProcess would eliminate pesky AuthCodes in favor of registrant data verification. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number 10,581,799 (pdf) to GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) today for "Method for a losing registrar to transfer a domain name ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Morgan Stanley’s interesting domain name patent application
· Policy & LawCompany proposes a way to determine if a domain name might trick web users. I often come across domain name-related patent applications filed by internet security companies. But it was interesting to see financial services company Morgan Stanley ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy files vanity phone number patent applications
· Domain RegistrarsPatent applications discuss using domain, website and Whois information to generate vanity numbers. GoDaddy has filed two patent applications related to vanity telephone numbers. Patent application numbers 15/990163 (pdf) and 15/990169 (pdf) ... Continue Reading2 Comments
GoDaddy gets patent for ‘Portfolio-based domain name recommendations’
· Domain RegistrarsPatent suggests ways a registrar can decide which domains to display to customers. The United States Patent and Trademark Office issued patent #10,387,959 to GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) today. The patent (pdf) for "Portfolio-based domain name ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign files intriguing domain backorder patents
· Policy & LawPatent describes way to sell future rights to domain names through "encoding domains." Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has filed two patents related to buying future rights to domain names for if they become available. The process is rather unique and it makes ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Verisign files patent application for IDN domain searches
· Policy & LawPatent covers providing IDN translations and transliterations of ASCII searches. .Com registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has filed a U.S. patent application (pdf) for searching for internationalized domain names (IDN). An IDN is a domain name that ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Why getting patents is smart for domain name companies
· Policy & LawPatent programs help employees focus on innovation and create a good defense against patent infringement cases. Last week I was reviewing some of GoDaddy's recent patent applications. When I write stories about patents, people often say that the patent ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment