Tag Archives: patent

Tue 24th November 2015
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Verisign gets obvious for evaluating typeability of domain names - Patent describes ways to score domain names based on how easy it is to type them on different keyboards. Verisign’s patent describes a way to figure out how challenging it is to type a domain name on different keyboard types.The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,195,316 to Verisign for “Evaluating typeability of domain names.” The patent describes a way of taking different inputs, namely the layout/type of keyboard, and then figuring out how easy it is to type a particular ... read more ...
Fri 6th November 2015
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GoDaddy obvious app describes mobile domain name send system - A faster, more secure way to transfer domain names for in-person transactions? Picture this: you’re at NamesCon in January when you strike a deal with a fellow domainer to sell a domain name to them. You both pull out your phones, activate an app, keep the phones near each other, and then click a few buttons to instantly transfer the domain name to them. That’s the basic idea of a patent application (pdf) by GoDaddy that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published yesterday. The application ... read more ...
Tue 7th July 2015
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Verisign gets Domain Name Stockpiling patent - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,075,886 (pdf) to Verisign for “Systems and methods for detecting the stockpiling of domain names.” We’ll call it domaindar for short. The patent explains ways that a registry can determine what a domain name registrar is doing with domain names after they expire. Are they deleting them or keeping them for themselves (i.e., stockpiling.)? To discover what registrars are doing with the domains, Verisign proposes checking site information ... read more ...
Tue 10th June 2014
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GoDaddy gets obvious for “Domain name steal protection” - Patent is mostly about whois proxy email services. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 8,751,685 (pdf) to GoDaddy for “Domain name hijack protection”. The patent, applied for in 2010, is actually a divisional patent of an application I wrote about in 2008. The earlier patent application hasn’t been granted yet. The majority of the patent is about whois proxy services (e.g. DomainsByProxy) rather than domain theft prevent; It’s a ... read more ...
Thu 20th January 2011
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VeriSign Devises Way to Sell More Expiring Domain Names - System would discount price of domain names until a buyer is found. VeriSign has devised a system to sell more dropping domain names by discounting their price over time. Details of the idea are in a patent application the company filed in 2009 that was just published today. U.S. patent application number 12/504396 (pdf) for “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SALE OF DOMAIN NAMES” describes a way that a domain name registry can discount the price of domain names within ... read more ...
Wed 1st September 2010
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Cost-Per-Action Search Engine Patent Headed to Auction Block - Patent could potentially target Google and Microsoft. A U.S. patent directed at cost-per-action advertising on search engines as well as cash-back search is headed to the auction block. Sunnyvale, California based AnchorFree Inc. has enlisted ICAP Ocean Tomo to auction off U.S. patent number 7,647,305 (pdf) at its November 11 intellectual property auction in Napa, California. The patent covers two main things. First, it covers charging search ad customers based on ... read more ...
Tue 16th March 2010
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Yahoo Gets Patent for Behavioral Ad Targeting - Search company granted patent for delivering ads based on user profile and behavioral information. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent 7,680,786 (pdf) to Yahoo! today for “Optimization of targeted advertisements based on user profile information”. The invention covers using both behavioral and user profile information in combination with traditional keyword and event driven factors to deliver targeted ads. For example, a user might enter a ... read more ...
Tue 6th January 2009
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Google Files Patent for Unified Address Bar/Search Box - Company files patent for allowing searches to be conducted in the address bar. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has filed for a patent to allow users to enter either search terms and domain names into a search box (such as an address bar), and having the computer figure out if the search term was meant to be a specific domain name or web site. Patent application 20090006389 was filed last year and just published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this month. The abstract ... read more ...
Wed 14th May 2008
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Frank Schilling’s Defensive Patent - Legendary domainer’s patent-pending system could fend off ISP redirects. On April 24, 2006, domain name portfolio owner Frank Schilling filed a patent application for “Generic top-level domain re-routing system” with the help of attorney John Berryhill. This patent, if granted, could end up being very important to the domain name industry. Patent application 20060265516 describes a system for redirecting typos of domain names, such as a typo of the .com portion ... read more ...
Tue 26th February 2008
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GoDaddy Files Patent for Filtering Ads on Trademark Domains - Technology could be crucial to registrars and parking companies. GoDaddy has filed a patent for a technology that would filter ads from domain names containing trademarks. Patent application #20080033822 reads: invention allow for filtering online advertisements containing third-party trademarks. In an example embodiment, a webpage host may host a webpage that resolves from a domain name. A check trademark service may parse the domain name into a keyword that an ... read more ...