Social website domain registration announcement and search engine feed

• US 8,312,364 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2009
• Issued: 11/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rowe, Tiffany, Hayes, Sean, Dolan, Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Ries, Laurie
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mills, Frank D
• Application Number:
  US12/561,408
• Publication Number:
  US 20110066930A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,153 Days
• Field of Search: 715/205
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Systems and methods of the present invention provide for publishing an announcement of a registered domain name and a link to an associated website on a social networking website. A control panel for the registered domain name and associated website may be displayed on a client.

Claims

1. A system, comprising one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network and running:

A) one or more domain name registration modules configured to register one or more domain names; and

B) one or more announcement modules configured to;

i) generate a website content comprising;

a) an announcement of a registration of one of said one or more domain names to a registrant; and

b) a hyperlink to a website resolving from said one of said one or more domain names;

ii) receive from said registrant, via a client computer communicatively coupled to a network;

a) one or more authentication credentials for accessing an account for said registrant on a social networking website; and

b) a delay period after which to publish said website content on a web page for said account for said registrant on said social networking website; and

iii) responsive to an expiration of said delay period;

a) authenticate to, with said one or more authentication credentials, via a social networking application programming interface, said account for said registrant on said social networking website; and

b) publish said website content to said social networking website via said social networking application programming interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said announcement module is further configured to detect:

i) a plurality of general website traffic to said website;

ii) a plurality of website traffic generated by said hyperlink;

iii) a plurality of pay per click or click through traffic generated by one or more server redirects from said hyperlink; and

iv) one or more changes to an amount of web pages in said website.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said announcement module is further configured to:

i) responsive to a detected change to said amount of web pages in said website, automatically publish on said web page, during said delay period and via said social networking application programming interface, one or more announcements of one or more website updates or developments; and

ii) responsive to a detected increase in said website traffic generated by said hyperlink, automatically publish said website content to said social networking website via said social networking application programming interface.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said one or more server computers are configured to receive a plurality of control panel information from a control panel on said client computer, said plurality of control panel information being used by said one or more servers to:

i) manage said one or more domain names and one or more hosted websites;

ii) grant permission to publish said website content;

iii) access and configure said social networking application programming interface;

iv) identify a selection by said registrant to;

a) immediately generate traffic for a parked web page via said hyperlink; and

b) immediately publish one or more website content files for said website and an announcement of a finished hosted website;

v) identify a preference by said registrant to receive an electronic notice of said expiration of said delay period;

vi) a preference by said registrant to receive notice, prior to said website content being published, that said website content will be published; and

vii) receive notice that said registrant will publish one or more announcements of one or more updates or one or more new developments to said website during said delay period.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said social networking application programming interface:

i) comprises a software interface provided by said social networking website to support function calls or requests for services made of said social networking website by one or more computer programs on said one or more server computers or said client computer;

ii) is accessed via said one or more authentication credentials;

iii) receives, from said client computer, said plurality of control panel information; and

iv) is synchronized with said plurality of control panel information.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said account comprises a user account for a social networking service comprising any combination of:

i) one or more social networking software applications; and

ii) one or more widgets, each of said one or more widgets comprising a portable software code incorporated into one or more web pages without recompiling said portable software code.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said website content is further published on a registrar web page for a registrar of said one of said one or more domain names.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said website comprises a parked web page, said parked web page comprising a single web page configured to:

i) resolve from said one of said one or more domain names;

ii) display one or more advertising listings and links;

iii) pay said registrant of said one of said one or more domain names based on how many of said one or more advertising listings and links have been visited or clicked;

iv) reserve said one of said one or more domain names for future development without associating said one of said one or more domain names with a hosted website or one or more email services; and

v) display information that said hosted website is not yet completed.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said announcement module is further configured to transmit to said client computer, for display on a control panel, one or more products recommended to increase, via said hyperlink, a monitored metric for traffic to said website.

10. A system, comprising one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network and running:

A) one or more domain name registration modules configured to register one or more domain names; and

B) one or more announcement modules configured to;

i) generate a website content for a search engine feed result comprising;

a) an announcement of a registration of one of said one or more domain names to a registrant; and

b) a hyperlink to a website resolving from said one of said one or more domain names;

ii) receive from said registrant, via a client computer communicatively coupled to a network;

a) one or more authentication credentials for accessing an account for said registrant on a social networking website; and

b) a delay period after which to make said website content for said search engine feed result available to one or more users via a web page for said account for said registrant on said social networking website; and

iii) responsive to an expiration of said delay period;

a) authenticate to, with said one or more authentication credentials, via a social networking application programming interface, said account for said registrant on said social networking website; and

b) make said website content for said search engine feed result available, via said social networking application programming interface, to said social networking website.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said announcement module is further configured to detect:

i) a plurality of general website traffic to said website;

ii) a plurality of website traffic generated by said hyperlink;

iii) a plurality of pay per click or click through traffic generated by one or more server redirects from said hyperlink; and

iv) one or more changes to an amount of web pages in said website.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said announcement module is further configured to:

i) responsive to a detected change to said amount of web pages in said website, automatically publish on said web page, during said delay period and via said social networking application programming interface, one or more announcements of one or more website updates or developments; and

ii) responsive to a detected increase in said website traffic generated by said hyperlink, automatically make said website content for said search engine feed result available, via said social networking application programming interface, to said social networking website.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein said one or more server computers are configured to receive a plurality of control panel information from a control panel on said client computer, said plurality of control panel information being used by said one or more servers to:

i) manage said one or more domain names and one or more hosted websites;

ii) grant permission to publish said website content;

iii) access and configure said social networking application programming interface;

iv) identify a selection by said registrant to;

a) immediately generate traffic for a parked web page via said hyperlink; and

b) immediately publish one or more website content files for said website and an announcement of a finished hosted website;

v) identify a preference by said registrant to receive an electronic notice of said expiration of said delay period;

vi) a preference by said registrant to receive notice, prior to said website content being published, that said website content will be published; and

vii) receive notice that said registrant will publish one or more announcements of one or more updates or one or more new developments to said website during said delay period.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said social networking application programming interface:

i) comprises a software interface provided by said social networking website to support function calls or requests for services made of said social networking website by one or more computer programs on said one or more server computers or said client computer;

ii) is accessed via said one or more authentication credentials;

iii) receives, from said client computer, said plurality of control panel information; and

iv) is synchronized with said plurality of control panel information.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein said account comprises a user account for a social networking service comprising any combination of:

i) one or more social networking software applications; and

ii) one or more widgets, each of said one or more widgets comprising a portable software code incorporated into one or more web pages without recompiling said portable software code.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein said website content is further published on a registrar web page for a registrar of said one of said one or more domain names.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein said website comprises a parked web page, said parked web page comprising a single web page configured to:

i) resolve from said one of said one or more domain names;

ii) display one or more advertising listings and links;

iii) pay said registrant of said one of said one or more domain names based on how many of said one or more advertising listings and links have been visited or clicked;

iv) reserve said one of said one or more domain names for future development without associating said one of said one or more domain names with a hosted website or one or more email services; and

v) display information that said hosted website is not yet completed.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein said announcement module is further configured to transmit to said client computer, for display on a control panel, one or more products recommended to increase, via said hyperlink, a monitored metric for traffic to said website.