Re: [registrars] Recently Issued

["Marcus Faure" <faure@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's great. At least that is more elaborate than the Amazon-1Click-patent.
Do I have to stop serving US customers now?

Yours,
Marcus


> 
> United States Patent  	 6,980,990
> Fellman 	December 27, 2005
> 
> Internet domain name registration system
> 
> This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No.
> 60/168,368, filed Dec. 1, 1999.
> 
> Independent claims:
> 
> 
> 1. A method of displaying information on the availability of multiple names
> for registration as domain names, the method comprising:
> 
> displaying a query results table showing, for each of multiple names
> specified by a user, the availability of multiple domain names for
> registration, wherein each domain name is derived from one of the user
> specified multiple names combined with one of multiple TLD extensions; and
> 
> for each of the multiple domain names available for registration, providing
> a selection mechanism within the query results table to permit the selection
> of a plurality of available domain names for registration, to thereby enable
> the user to formulate a request to register the plurality of available
> domain names using the query results table.
> 
> ------------
> 6. A method of checking domain name registration availability, the method
> comprising:
> 
> displaying a view allowing a user to specify a name to be queried for
> availability as a Second Level Domain (SLD) in a domain name registry
> database;
> 
> receiving from the user the name to be queried for availability as the SLD;
> 
> looking up an availability status of the name in combination with each of
> multiple Top Level Domain (TLD) extensions not specified by the user; and
> 
> displaying query results for the name in a table showing the availability of
> the name as a SLD in conjunction with each TLD extension;
> 
> wherein the table is displayed within a web form that permits the user to
> select multiple domain names from the table and to submit, from said web
> form, a request to register the multiple domain names, such that multiple
> domain names are registered in response to a single request from the user.
> --------------
> 
> 
> 8. A method of facilitating availability checking and registration of domain
> names, the method comprising:
> 
> providing an electronic form for allowing a user to specify a plurality of
> names to be checked for availability in a domain name registry database;
> 
> receiving a set of names specified by the user from the form, the set of
> names comprising a plurality of names to be checked;
> 
> querying a registry database to check an availability of each of the
> plurality of names with each of a plurality of Top Level Domain (TLD)
> extensions; and
> 
> generating and returning to the user a query results display which includes
> a table showing the availability of each name in conjunction with each of
> the plurality of TLD extensions, wherein the table is presented in
> conjunction with a user option to select multiple available name-TLD
> extension combinations ("domain names") to formulate a registration request,
> whereby the user can formulate a single request to register a plurality of
> domain names.
> ----------
> 
> 15. A method of checking the availability of domain names for registration,
> the method comprising:
> 
> providing a web form allowing a user to specify multiple names to be queried
> for availability such that the user need not specify associated Top Level
> Domain (TLD) extensions;
> 
> receiving a submission comprising multiple names entered by the user into
> the web form;
> 
> in response to the submission, checking registration availability of each of
> the multiple names in combination with each of multiple Top Level Domain
> (TLD) extensions, to thereby check registration availability of multiple
> domain names; and
> 
> generating and returning to the user a query results page which includes a
> table indicating the availability of each name in conjunction with each TLD
> extension, wherein the table is displayed in conjunction with a selection
> mechanism for allowing the user to select multiple available domain names
> for registration to formulate a registration request, such that the user can
> request registration of multiple domain names with a single registration
> request.
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> 24. A system for allowing a user to query a database to determine the
> availability of multiple names for domain name registration, the system
> comprising:
> 
> a web page adapted for user entry and submission of a set of names to be
> checked for domain name registration availability, wherein the web page
> allows a user to submit multiple names at a time; and
> 
> a server which is responsive to submission from the web page of a set of
> multiple names by at least (a) determining registration availability of each
> of the names in combination with each of a set of multiple Top Level Domain
> (TLD) extensions, such that the user need not specify the TLD extensions,
> and (b) generating a query results display indicating, for each combination
> of a name and a TLD extension, whether the combination is available for
> registration, wherein the query results display provides a user option to
> generate a request to register a plurality of the combinations that are
> available, such that the user requests registration of multiple domain names
> in a single request.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> John B. Berryhill, Ph.d. esq.
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