Method, product, and apparatus for processing reusable information
First Claim
1. In a communication network having at least one communication link connecting a provider and a client, wherein the provider is in communication with a registrar storing one or more identifiers, a method comprising the steps of:
- communicating from the provider to the client said one or more identifiers wherein each said identifier is a potentially available or soon to be available telephone number or domain name and each said identifier is not available for registration at the time of said communication;
selecting at least one identifier from said one or more identifiers; and
, at least one of a reserving, subscribing, reserving in a pre-ordering queue, pre-ordering, preregistering, ordering, and monitoring said at least one selected identifier with the provider, wherein said at least one selected identifier is communicated to the provider before said at least one selected identifier is available for registration.
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Abstract
In a communication network having at least one communication link connecting a provider and a client, wherein the provider is in communication with a registrar storing one or more identifiers such as potentially available or soon to be available telephone numbers or domain names, a method includes communicating from the provider to the client the one or more identifiers wherein each identifier is not available for registration at the time of the communication (e.g., client renders a web page of identifiers communicated from provider, which could be pushed to client or provided in response to a search, navigation, or query), selecting at least one identifier from the one or more identifiers, and at least one of a reserving, subscribing, reserving in a pre-ordering queue, pre-ordering, pre-registering, ordering, and monitoring the at least one selected identifier with the provider, wherein the at least one selected identifier is communicated to the provider before the at least one selected identifier is available for registration.
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42 Claims
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1. In a communication network having at least one communication link connecting a provider and a client, wherein the provider is in communication with a registrar storing one or more identifiers, a method comprising the steps of:
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communicating from the provider to the client said one or more identifiers wherein each said identifier is a potentially available or soon to be available telephone number or domain name and each said identifier is not available for registration at the time of said communication;
selecting at least one identifier from said one or more identifiers; and
,at least one of a reserving, subscribing, reserving in a pre-ordering queue, pre-ordering, preregistering, ordering, and monitoring said at least one selected identifier with the provider, wherein said at least one selected identifier is communicated to the provider before said at least one selected identifier is available for registration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In a computer system having a storage facility, a method for receiving new information from a provider comprising the steps of;
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storing a first data received from the provider at a first time, said first data including information of first use wherein at least a portion of said first data is potentially reusable;
storing a second data received from the provider at a second time, said second data including reference data, said reference data indicating that at least a portion of said potentially reusable portion of said first data is reusable wherein one of a reference data and second time is unknown at said first time; and
,generating from said reference data and said first data, a third data having information of second use independent of said first use wherein said third data comprises updated subset of said first data, wherein at least a portion of said third data is potentially reusable and said third data includes one of a soon to be available data, newly available data, and newly issued data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An apparatus for receiving new information from a provider comprising:
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a computer system having a storage facility;
means for storing a first data received from the provider at a first time, said first data including information of first use wherein at least a portion of said first data is potentially reusable;
means for storing a second data received from the provider at a second time, said second data including reference data, said reference data indicating that at least a portion of said potentially reusable portion of said first data is reusable wherein one of a reference data and second time is unknown at said first time; and
,means for generating from said reference data and said first data, a third data having information of second use independent of said first use wherein said third data comprises updated subset of said first data, wherein at least a portion of said third data is potentially reusable and said third data includes one of a soon to be available data newly available data, and newly issued data.
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42. A computer program product comprising computer readable program code stored on a computer readable medium, the program code adapted to execute the method for receiving new information from a provider including storing a first data received from the provider at a first time, said first data including information of first use wherein at least a portion of said first data is potentially reusable, storing a second data received from the provider at a second time, said second data including reference data, said reference data indicating that at least a portion of said potentially reusable portion of said first data is reusable wherein one of a reference data and second time is unknown at said first time, and generating from said reference data and said first data, a third data having information of second use independent of said first use wherein said third data comprises updated subset of said first data, wherein at least a portion of said third data is potentially reusable and said third data includes one of a soon to be available data, newly available data, and newly issued data.
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