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US 8,301,743 B2Granted
Enhanced domain name generation and registration
AssigneeGo Daddy Operating Company, LLC
InventorsNathan Curran, Justin Jilg
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Abstract
Methods of the present inventions allow for generating and providing an enhanced domain name. An exemplary method may comprise providing an enhanced domain to a second party. The enhanced domain may comprise a domain name, a web space automatically enabled and associated with the domain name, and at least one application automatically enabled and associated with the domain name.
Claims38
A method, comprising:
- the step of registering an enhanced domain name to a registrant, said enhanced domain name comprising:
- a domain name;
- a web space comprising a hosting service comprising at least one server computer having an IP address,
- a bandwidth allotment, and a storage allotment,
- said web space being automatically enabled and associated with said domain name upon registering said enhanced domain name by adding said IP address to a DNS A-record for said domain name;
- and
- at least one application automatically enabled and associated with said domain name upon registering said enhanced domain name by installing said at least one application on said at least one server computer having said IP address,
- wherein said at least one application comprises server-side software providing interactive functionality to a website resolving from said domain name.
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A method, comprising the steps of:
- a) identifying a domain name from a pool of available domain names;
- b) associating at least one hosting service comprising at least one server computer having an IP address, a bandwidth allotment, and a storage allotment with said domain name by adding said IP address to a DNS A-record for said domain name;
- c) associating at least one application with said domain name by installing said at least one application on said at least one server computer having said IP address;
- d) enabling the functionality of said at least one hosting service, said bandwidth allotment, and said storage allotment;
- e) enabling the functionality of said at least one application;
- and
- f) providing a second party with an enhanced domain name comprising said domain name, said at least one hosting service, said bandwidth allotment, said storage allotment, and said at least one application, wherein said at least one application comprises server-side software providing interactive functionality to a website resolving from said domain name
- wherein steps b) through e) are accomplished automatically upon registration of said domain name without said registrant's further participation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.