Parked webpage domain name suggestions

• US 7,921,035 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2005
• Issued: 04/05/2011
• 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: Adelman, Warren
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss; John G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hamilton; Matthew
• Application Number:
  US10/907,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20050172031A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,181 Days
• Field of Search: 709/245, 709/206, 709/223, 709/229, 709/200, 709/220, 709/202, 709/224, 709/219, 705/1, 705/26, 705/14, 705/14.4, 707/3, 707/102
• US Class Current: 705/14.4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/3015 Name registration, generation or assignment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers

Abstract

Systems and methods of the present invention allow for providing suggested domain names on parked webpages. A parked webpage is placed on a website associated with an original domain name. A domain name module generates suggested domain names based on the properties of the original domain name (e.g. WHOIS records). Suggested domain names are displayed on the parked webpage. A user may visit the parked webpage with the intention to check if the original domain name is available for registration. The original domain name is already registered, but the user 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:

analyzing, by a device, registration information of a registered original domain name, wherein said registered original domain name is associated with a parked webpage,

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 on said parked webpage, wherein said one or more links reference a second webpage configured for registration, purchase, or backorder of said one or more suggested domain names.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said parked webpage is a “

for sale”

webpage.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said parked webpage is a “

coming soon”

webpage.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said parked webpage is an “

under construction”

webpage.

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

registering said original domain name.

6. A method, comprising the steps of:

analyzing, by a device, registration information of a registered original domain name, wherein said registered original domain name is associated with a parked webpage,

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, an advertisement on said parked webpage, wherein said advertisement comprises one or more links to said one or more suggested domain names, wherein said one or more links reference a second webpage configured for registration, purchase, or backorder of said one or more suggested domain names.