Unified web-based interface-to multiple registrar systems
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1. A method for booking domain names, comprising:
- in response to receiving at least one domain name from a customer, determining whether the domain name is available;
if the domain name is available, presenting an option to book the domain name to the customer, the option to book the domain name including an option to reserve the domain name and an option to register the domain name;
in response to receiving a domain name reservation request from the customer, prompting the customer for a username and a password;
in response to receiving the username and the password from the customer, presenting a domain name reservation form to the customer;
in response to receiving a completed domain name reservation form from the customer, presenting a cost summary, a request for payment and a legal agreement to the customer;
in response to receiving payment information and an acceptance of the legal agreement from the customer, reserving the domain name.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for interfacing multiple registrar systems are presented. A first registrar system is operable to book a domain name for a customer in a first manner. A second registrar system is operable to book a domain name for a customer in a second manner different than the first manner. A means for interfacing the first registrar system and the second registrar system is provided such that the first registrar system and the second registrar system are accessible from a single web site.
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1. A method for booking domain names, comprising:
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in response to receiving at least one domain name from a customer, determining whether the domain name is available; if the domain name is available, presenting an option to book the domain name to the customer, the option to book the domain name including an option to reserve the domain name and an option to register the domain name; in response to receiving a domain name reservation request from the customer, prompting the customer for a username and a password; in response to receiving the username and the password from the customer, presenting a domain name reservation form to the customer; in response to receiving a completed domain name reservation form from the customer, presenting a cost summary, a request for payment and a legal agreement to the customer; in response to receiving payment information and an acceptance of the legal agreement from the customer, reserving the domain name. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for booking domain names over a network, comprising:
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at least one load balancing server, coupled to the network, adaptively configured to; receive a booking request, including at least one domain name, from a customer; a plurality of registration servers, coupled to the network, the load balancing server and a registration database, each of the plurality of registration servers adaptively configured to; receive the booking request forwarded from the load balancing server, determine whether the domain name is available, if so determined, present an option to book the domain name to the customer, the option to book the domain name including an option to reserve the domain name and an option to register the domain name, and receive a domain name reservation request from the customer; and a plurality of reservation servers, coupled to the network, the load balancing server and a reservation database, each of the plurality of reservation servers adaptively configured to; receive the domain name reservation request forwarded from one of the plurality of registration servers, prompt the customer for a username and a password, present a domain name reservation form to the customer in response to receipt of the username and the password from the customer, present a cost summary, a request for payment and a legal agreement to the customer in response to receipt of a completed domain name reservation form from the customer, and reserve the domain name in response to receipt of payment information and an acceptance of the legal agreement from the customer. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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