Concepts in patent could help domain owners sell more domains. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent to GoDaddy for "Notifying registrants of domain name valuations". The title of U.S. patent number 9865011 (pdf) is a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Uniregistry gets patent for domain management and transfer system
· Domain RegistrarsPatent is related to its system for monitoring domains not registered at Uniregistry. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,807,053 (pdf) to Uniregistry for "System and method related to domain name tracking and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy wants to patent “Determining Status of a Domain Name Registration”
· Domain RegistrarsPatent application describes way to speed up domain lookups. Domain name registrar GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) has filed a U.S. patent application (pdf) for "Determining Status of a Domain Name Registration". Yes, we're talking about figuring out if a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy gets patent for “Suggesting domain names based on recognized user patterns”
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy adds to patent arsenal with another domain search patent. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number 9,787,634 to GoDaddy today for Suggesting domain names based on recognized user patterns. The patent describes ways to ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Afilias gets patent related to community top level domains
· ServicesPatent describes way to verify registrant information to create trust and community. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent 9,747,378 (pdf) to Afilias this week for "Linked web presence pages associated with a top level domain". I was a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Donuts files patent for system to handle restricted domain names
· UncategorizedApplication describes ways to handle domain registrations that require validation. New top level domain name company Donuts has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a "Whitelist Domain Name Registry" (pdf). The ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Frank Schilling files patent application for domain marketplace
· Domain SalesApplication covers aspects of Uniregistry Market. Frank Schilling has filed a patent application (pdf) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cover certain aspects of his company's domain name marketplace, now called Uniregistry Market. The ... Continue Reading16 Comments
An everlasting domain name registration?
· UncategorizedPatent application describes a way to ensure enough income to renew a domain name long term. You can't register or renew a gTLD with the registry for more than ten years in advance. Why this policy is in place, I don't know. But some people would like ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Verisign files patent apps for using DNS for Internet of Things (IoT) devices
· Policy & LawVerisign wants to patent a couple ways to use the DNS for the internet of things. Verisign, the domain name registry that operates the .com top level domain name, has filed two patent applications for applying DNS to internet-connected devices, i.e. ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Interesting GoDaddy patent applications and data
· Domain RegistrarsCould these ideas increase aftermarket domain name sales? GoDaddy has filed two patent applications that contain interesting concepts and data. If fully implemented as described, the systems could increase aftermarket domain name transactions. The ... Continue Reading2 Comments