Patent ID: 7472160
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: G06Q,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for Internet domain name management comprising: (a) a domain name registry system for administering the allocation of Internet domain names within a specific domain; the registry system including domain name registration records stored in a database as part of the Internet shared registration system; (b) a domain name registrar system authorized to communicate directly with the registry system via an electronic communications channel using a predetermined transmission protocol, for maintaining and updating registration information for domain names hosted by the registrar; (c) a domain name acquisition system, the acquisition system comprising at least one computer that executes a web site front end that receives requests from customers wanting to register selected domain names that are already registered to another entity, the acquisition system further maintaining a customer database for storing information associated with each customer who makes a request to register a selected domain name; the acquisition system further implementing a communications interface for electronic communication with the registrar system using a predetermined protocol; and the acquisition system further executing an event decoder software routine arranged in communication with the registrar system and or the registry system for monitoring communications between the registrar system and the registry system; the domain name acquisition system further including means for: taking a predetermined action as soon as practicable after a predetermined event is detected in the monitored communications; wherein the predetermined event is a delete command from the registrar to delete one of the selected domain names stored in the customer database; and the predetermined action is re-allocating the selected domain name to the corresponding customer who requested the registration by sending an instruction from the domain name acquisition system to the registrar via the electronic communications interface; wherein the instruction is sent to the registrar before actual deletion of the specific domain name from the registry, so that the domain name does not become available to the public for a new registration.