NOTIFYING USERS OF AVAILABLE SEARCHED DOMAIN NAMES

• US 20160196300A1
• Filed: 01/07/2015
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kamdar, Tapan, Beadnall, Charles
• Granted Patent: US 10,296,506 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0206 Price or cost determination based on market factors
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/302 Administrative registration, e.g. for domain names at internet corporation for assigned names and numbers [ICANN]

Abstract

Systems and methods of the present invention provide for one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network and configured to:. receive a search for a domain name; query a domain name registration record to determine an availability status of the domain name; if the domain name is unavailable, store the domain name in association with the user data record and a search date; determine whether a change in the availability status has occurred; and if so, determine whether the duration of time since the search date has passed; and if not, transmit to the contact a notice of the change in the availability status.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a database communicatively coupled to a network and comprising;

a user id;

a user contact associated with the user id; and

a duration of time; and

a server computer configured to;

receive a search for a domain name;

query a domain name registration record to determine an availability status of the domain name;

responsive to a determination that the availability status of the domain name is unavailable, store the domain name in association with the user data record and a search date;

determine whether a change in the availability status has occurred; and

responsive to a determination that the change in the availability status has occurred, determine whether the duration of time since the search date has passed; and

responsive to a determination that the duration of time since the search date has not passed, transmit to the contact a notice of the change in the availability status.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the search is aggregated with a plurality of searches into a domain name search log comprising a plurality of domain name search records, each of the plurality of domain name search records comprising:

a user identifier;

a domain name or keyword searched; and

a date of the search.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user contact comprises:

an email address;

a number for an SMS or phone message;

a social media account access data;

or

a control panel access data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the server computer is further configured to:

render, transmit and display, on a client computer communicatively coupled to the network, a user interface configured to receive at least one parameter of the notice comprising;

the duration of time;

an amount and format of the notice;

a top level domain preference;

a second level domain name preference; and

generate and transmit the notice based on the at least one parameter.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the server computer is further configured to calculate and set an optimal default value for the at least one parameter from at least one domain name search and at least one domain name registration.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the duration of time is calculated by identifying an average or a longest time period between a domain name search and a domain name registration.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the amount and format of the notice are determined by:

at least one domain name searched or registered by a user;

a token distance between a plurality of searched or registered domain names;

at least one related or synonymous keyword in the plurality of searched or registered domain names;

a top level domain or a second level domain in the plurality of searched or registered domain names;

or

a valuation or aftermarket price for each of the plurality of searched or registered domain names.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the second level domain comprises at least one keyword or a synonym of the at least one keyword in the search.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the search for the domain name comprises:

a search string comprising a full domain name;

or

at least one keyword.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the domain name becomes available and the notice is triggered by:

being dropped;

expiring;

or

being listed on a domain name aftermarket.

11. A method, comprising the steps of:

receiving, by a server computer communicatively coupled to a network, a search for a domain name;

querying, by the server computer, a domain name registration record to determine an availability status of the domain name;

responsive to a determination that the availability status of the domain name is unavailable, storing, by the server computer, in a database communicatively coupled to the network, the domain name in association with a user data record and a search date;

determining, by the server computer, whether a change in the availability status has occurred;

responsive to a determination that the change in the availability status has occurred, determining, by the server computer, whether a duration of time since the search date has passed; and

responsive to a determination that the duration of time since the search date has not passed, transmitting, by the server computer, to a user contact, a notice of the change in the availability status.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the search is aggregated with a plurality of searches into a domain name search log comprising a plurality of domain name search records, each of the plurality of domain name search records comprising:

a user identifier;

a domain name or keyword searched; and

a date of the search.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the user contact comprises:

an email address;

a number for an SMS or phone message;

a social media account access data;

or

a control panel access data.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of:

rendering, transmitting and displaying, by the server computer, on a client computer communicatively coupled to the network, a user interface configured to receive at least one parameter of the notice comprising;

the duration of time;

an amount and format of the notice;

a top level domain preference;

a second level domain name preference; and

generating and transmitting, by the server computer, the notice based on the at least one parameter.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of calculating and setting, by the server computer, an optimal default value for the at least one parameter from at least one domain name search and at least one domain name registration.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the duration of time is calculated by identifying an average or a longest time period between a domain name search and a domain name registration.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the amount and format of the notice are determined by:

at least one domain name searched or registered by a user;

a token distance between a plurality of searched or registered domain names;

at least one related or synonymous keyword in the plurality of searched or registered domain names;

a top level domain or a second level domain in the plurality of searched or registered domain names;

or

a valuation or aftermarket price for each of the plurality of searched or registered domain names.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the second level domain comprises at least one keyword or a synonym of the at least one keyword in the search.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the search for the domain name comprises:

a search string comprising a full domain name;

or

at least one keyword.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the domain name becomes available and the notice is triggered by:

being dropped;

expiring;

or

being listed on a domain name aftermarket.