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US 2003/0225670 A1Published application
Auction style distribution of domain names
OwnerGeorge J. DeCarlo IIIinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides for the auction style distribution of domain names. Specifically, the present invention provides both methods and systems adapted to monitor domain name registries and/or other resources for imminently available domain names. These domain names are then made available for auction to potential registrants. The auction may take place over a network such as the Internet.
Claims21
A method for distributing domain names to users comprising:
- monitoring for imminently available domain names;
- offering one of the imminently available domain names to users in an auction;
- determining a highest bidder for the offered domain name;
- attempting to obtain the offered domain name;
- and
- transferring the offered domain name to the highest bidder, if it is obtained.
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A system for distributing domain names to users comprising:
- a network;
- and
- a domain name registration provider including:
- a notification routine including:
- code for monitoring the availability of domain names via the network;
- a database maintaining a list of imminently available domain names;
- and
- a user interface and associated code for allowing a user to search the domain name registration system database via the network;
- an auction routine including:
- a user interface and associated code for allowing a user to bid on any of the domain names in the domain name registration system database via the network;
- a resolve bidding subroutine including code for determining the highest bidder;
- and
- an acquisition routine including code for sending a plurality of add commands to a registry via the network, wherein each successive add command is sent without waiting for a response to a prior command.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.