Method for registering a domain name and signing up with a search website using a computer network service provider on behalf of a user, and a modem

A method for registering a domain name and signing up with a search website using a computer network service provider on behalf of a user, said method comprising the following steps:

• (a) enabling the computer network service provider to establish a database, which stores identity identification information agreed upon with the user;
• (b) enabling the computer network service provider to receive a message from the user, the message containing identity identification information and domain name application data;
• (c) enabling the computer network service provider to authenticate whether the identity identification information contained in the message has been stored in the database;
• (d) upon successful authentication, enabling the computer network service provider to apply for registration of the domain name;
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• (e) enabling the computer network service provider to sign up with at least one search website using the domain name that was successfully registered.

A modem comprising:

• a server module containing identity identification information, said server module including
• a local-area network interface adapted to be coupled to a computer for receiving domain name application data therefrom,
• a storage unit storing web page data to be browsed by other network devices using a successfully registered domain name thereof, and
• a control unit for appending the domain name application data to the identity identification information for forming a message;
• and
• a processing module for transmitting the message to a computer network service provider via a wide-area network.

A method for registering a domain name using a computer network service provider on behalf of a user, the user having purchased a product or service, said method comprising the following steps:

• (a) enabling the computer network service provider to establish a database, which has identity identification information of the product or service stored therein;
• (b) enabling the computer network service provider to receive a message from the user, the message containing identity identification information and domain name application data;
• (c) enabling the computer network service provider to authenticate whether the identity identification information in the message has been stored in the database;
• and
• (d) upon successful authentication, enabling the computer network service provider to apply for registration of the domain name.