Patent ID: 7257631

Claim:
A method of providing user directed management of domain names, comprising: receiving in a domain management application a request to identify a plurality of domain names associated with a registrant, the domain management application communicating with a client computer at least in part over the Internet; causing display on the client computer a domain management function select screen listing the plurality of domain names and listing one or more selectable domain management functions, wherein user selection of one selectable domain management function generates a request to the domain management application; receiving in the domain management application a first request specifying at least a first component of a first zone file for a first domain name of the plurality of domain names, the domain management application responsively causing display of information corresponding to at least the first component of the first zone file on a client computer without causing display of at least a second component of the first zone file; receiving in the domain management application a second request specifying at least the first component of the first zone file for the first domain name, the domain management application extracting information from the second request and changing the first component of the first zone file in response to the information extracted from the second request to provide an updated first zone file; and updating at least an authoritative name server of a domain name system to include the updated first zone file.