Relevant email ads for domain name advertiser

• US 7,917,389 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2005
• Issued: 03/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company LLC (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Go Daddy Group Incorporated (GoDaddy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mooney, Luke
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss; John G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hamilton; M
• Application Number:
  US10/907,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20050165896A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,174 Days
• Field of Search: 709/245, 709/206, 709/223, 709/229, 709/220, 709/226, 709/219, 707/3, 707/102, 705/14, 705/14.4
• US Class Current: 705/14.4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0256 User search
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

Systems and methods of the present invention allow for providing suggested domain names in connection to email messages. An email message is sent from a sender to a recipient. A domain name module generates suggested domain names based on the properties of the email message (e.g. content and headers) and/or based on the properties of a network connection utilized to view the email message (e.g. user'"'"'s geographical location). Suggested domain names are embedded into the email message or displayed in proximity to the email message. A user viewing the email message may notice an appealing domain name among the suggested domain names. Then the user may register, purchase, or backorder it. The invention may be used as a marketing technique for registration, sale, or resale of the domain names.

Claims

1. A method, comprising the steps of:

receiving, by a device, an email message from a sender, wherein said email message is addressed to a receiver,

extracting, by said device, a registered original domain name from said email message, analyzing, by said device, registration information of said registered original domain name,

generating, by said device, one or more suggested domain names based on said registration information of said registered original domain name, wherein said one or more suggested domain names differ from said registered original domain name, thus providing one or more alternative domain names to said registered original domain name, and

displaying, by said device, one or more links to said one or more suggested domain names within an email message or in proximity to said email message, wherein said one or more links reference a webpage configured for registration, purchase, or backorder of said one or more suggested domain names.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of:

transferring said email message from a sender'"'"'s computer to a receiver'"'"'s computer.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of:

registering said one or more suggested domain names.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of:

purchasing said one or more suggested domain names.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising a step of:

backordering said one or more suggested domain names.

6. A method, comprising the steps of:

receiving, by a device, an email message from a sender, wherein said email message is addressed to a receiver,

extracting, by said device, a registered original domain name from a sender'"'"'s email address, analyzing, by said device, registration information of said registered original domain name,

generating, by said device, one or more suggested domain names based on said registration information of said registered original domain name, wherein said one or more suggested domain names differ from said registered original domain name, thus providing one or more alternative domain names to said registered original domain name, and

displaying, by said device, one or more links to said one or more suggested domain names within an email message or in proximity to said email message, wherein said one or more links reference a webpage configured for registration, purchase, or backorder of said one or more suggested domain names.

7. A method, comprising the steps of:

receiving, by a device, an email message from a sender, wherein said email message is addressed to a receiver,

extracting, by said device, a registered original domain name from a receiver'"'"'s email address,

analyzing, by said device, registration information of said registered original domain name, generating, by said device, one or more suggested domain names based on said registration information of said registered original domain name, wherein said one or more suggested domain names differ from said registered original domain name, thus providing one or more alternative domain names to said registered original domain name, and

displaying, by said device, one or more links to said one or more suggested domain names within an email message or in proximity to said email message, wherein said one or more links reference a webpage configured for registration, purchase, or backorder of said one or more suggested domain names.