Presentation of candidate domain name stacks in a user interface

• US 9,866,526 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2014
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kamdar, Tapan, Matsudaira, Garrett, Steinkuller, Stacy, Gupta, Nitin, Karcher, III, Edward J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kells, Asher
• Application Number:
  US14/504,200
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106725A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,196 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/302 Administrative registration, e.g. for domain names at internet corporation for assigned names and numbers [ICANN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/3025 Domain name generation or assignment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

A system and method for the generation and presentation of candidate domain names are presented. The method includes receiving, by at least one server communicatively coupled to a network, a request to access or purchase access to a software application, the request being received from a user. Keywords associated with at least one of the user, a website of the user, and a business of the user are generated and a candidate domain name relevant to the keywords is generated. A user interface is displayed including the candidate domain name. The user interface enables the user to register the candidate domain name. A plurality of candidate domain names may be generated and organized into carousels or stacks according to a common theme. The candidate domain names may be displayed on a user interface and arranged thereon according to a relevance score of the domain name bundles.

Claims

1. A method of displaying candidate domain names for registration by a user, the method comprising:

presenting, by a computer server in electronic communication with a computer network to a user via a user device in electronic communication with the computer network, a user interface;

the user interface comprising a plurality of concurrently displayed sets, each concurrently displayed set comprising one or more of the candidate domain names available for registration, the plurality of concurrently displayed sets comprising a first set of candidate domain names related to a characteristic of the user comprising a name of the user, a name of a business of the user, an address of the business, a location of the user, a location of the business, a purchase history of the user or an ownership of other domain names and a second set of candidate domain names, different from the first set of candidate domain names, related to input data specified by the user, and each set of candidate domain names being concurrently displayed as a domain tile in one or more domain tiles, each domain tile is associated with one of the candidate domain names of the set;

the user interface further comprising a selection mechanism to permit the selection of at least one of the candidate domain names available for registration from the first set, related to the characteristic of the user, to thereby enable the user to formulate a request to register the selected at least one of the candidate domain names from the first set; and

the user interface further comprising the selection mechanism to permit the selection of at least one of the candidate domain names available for registration from the second set, different from the first set, but concurrently displayed with the first set, related to input data specified by the user, to thereby enable the user to formulate a request to register the selected at least one of the candidate domain names from the second set.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more domain tiles of each set are stacked adjacently with each other.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein each set is further displayed as a stack comprising the domain tiles displayed below a header tile.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the header tile includes text identifying a theme of the corresponding set.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the domain tiles of each set are stacked vertically.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the domain tiles are stacked in rows and columns according to the width of the user interface as displayed on the user device.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the user interface enables the user to expand and collapse each of the stacks, one or more of the domain tiles of the corresponding set being shown when the stack is expanded, and all of the domain tiles of the corresponding set being hidden when the stack is collapsed.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the user interface enables the user to dismiss each of the sets by performing an action on the header tile of the set to be dismissed.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein each set comprises a theme corresponding to one or both of the input data and the user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein each candidate domain name is derived from one of the themes.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein each candidate domain name is further derived from the input data combined with one of multiple TLD extensions.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the theme of a set in the plurality of sets further corresponds to additional data including a price sensitivity of the user.

13. The method of claim 5, wherein the user interface enables the user to apply one or more filters in order to view certain of the sets on the user interface.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein each of the filters corresponds to one or more of the themes.

15. A method of displaying candidate domain names for registration by a user, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a computer server in electronic communication with a computer network, a web page comprising a user interface;

receiving, by the computer server from a user via a user device in electronic communication with the computer network, a user query for a domain name comprising input data; and

presenting, by the computer server to the user via the user device, the web page;

the user interface comprising a plurality of concurrently displayed sets, each concurrently displayed set comprising one or more candidate domain names available for registration, the plurality of concurrently displayed sets comprising a first set related to a characteristic of a website to be hosted at or accessible from the domain name and a second set, different from the first set, related to input data specified by the user, and each set being concurrently displayed as a domain tile in one or more domain tiles, each domain tile is associated with one of the candidate domain names of the set;

the user interface further comprising a selection mechanism to permit the selection of at least one of the candidate domain names from the first set related to the characteristic of the website to be hosted at or accessible from the domain name to thereby enable the user to formulate a request to register the selected at least one of the candidate domain names from the first set; and

the user interface further comprising the selection mechanism to permit the selection of at least one of the candidate domain names from the second set, different from the first set, but concurrently displayed with the first set, related to input data specified by the user to thereby enable the user to formulate a request to register the selected at least one of the candidate domain names from the second set.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein each set comprises a theme corresponding to the input data or a theme corresponding to the characteristic of the website to be hosted at or accessible from the domain name.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein each set is displayed as a stack comprising a header tile containing the theme, and the domain tiles of the set stacked adjacent to each other below the header tile.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the domain tiles are stacked vertically.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the domain tiles are stacked in columns and rows.