System and method for generating domain names and for facilitating registration and transfer of the same

• US 6,519,589 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2001
• Issued: 02/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: GoDaddy.com LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rare Domains.com LLC
• Inventors: Mann, Michael, Fitzherbert, Ronald
• Primary Examiner(s): Rones, Charles
• Application Number:
  US09/902,114
• Publication Number:
  US 20010039543A1
• Time in Patent Office: 581 Days
• Field of Search: 707/3, 709/228, 705/59
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

New and improved systems and methods for generating and facilitating registration and transfer of available domain names. The systems and methods include and involve a data storage facility for storing at least one adjunct term for use in generating at least one registerable domain name, and a processor arrangement which is coupled to the data storage facility and which is configured to be accessed by a user system via an electronic data network, to receive at least one root term from the user system, to concatenate at least one root term with at least one adjunct term to generate at least one candidate domain name, to query a data source to determine if the candidate domain name(s) is available for registration and/or transfer, and to notify the user system of the candidate domain name(s) when the same are available for registration and/or transfer.

Claims

1. A system for generating a domain name and for facilitating registration of the same, comprising:

a data storage facility storing at least one adjunct term; and

a processor arrangement coupled to said data storage facility and configured to be accessed by a user system via an electronic data network, to receive at least one root term from said user system, to concatenate said at least one root term with said at least one adjunct term stored by said data storage facility to generate at least one candidate second-level domain name, to query a data source to determine if said at least one candidate high level domain name is available for registration, to notify said user system of said at least one candidate second-level domain name when said at least one candidate second-level domain name is available for registration, and to permit said user system to engage in an electronic commerce transaction related to said at least one candidate second-level domain name when said at least one candidate second-level domain name is available for registration.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said electronic commerce transaction is an online web-enabled electronic commerce transaction.

3. A method for generating a domain name and for facilitating registration of the same, comprising the steps of:

storing a plurality of adjunct terms for use in generating an available domain name;

permitting a user to access a server facility via an electronic data network;

receiving a root term from said user via said electronic data network;

retrieving from storage an adjunct term;

concatenating said adjunct term with said root term and a top level domain identifier to generate a candidate domain name;

querying a data source to determine if said candidate domain name is available for registration;

notifying said user of said candidate domain name when said candidate domain name is available for registration; and

permitting said user to engage in an online electronic commerce transaction related to use of said candidate domain name when said candidate domain name is available for registration.

4. A system for generating a domain name and for facilitating registration of the same, comprising:

a storage facility storing a plurality of adjunct terms for use in generating an available domain name; and

a server facility coupled to said storage facility and configured to be accessed by a user system via an electronic data network, to receive a root word from said user system via said electronic data network, to retrieve an adjunct term from said storage facility, to concatenate said root word with said adjunct term and with a top level domain to generate a candidate domain name, to query a data source to determine if said candidate domain name is available for registration, to notify said user system of said candidate domain name when said candidate domain name is available for registration, and to permit a user at said user system to engage in an electronic commerce transaction related to said candidate domain name when said candidate domain name is available for registration.