Patent ID: 7743093

Claim:
A system that facilitates standardized interaction between a user and one or more of a plurality of domain name registrars, comprising: one or more processors that execute the following computer executable components stored on a computer readable medium: a subscription component that automatically publishes to a client device when a service of interest is listed or when any service is listed for the first time; a purchasing component that uses a standardized message schema, wherein the schema operates between an end user machine and a domain name registrar, and wherein the schema is exchanged between the domain name registrar and a user machine, wherein the purchasing component: automatically queries at a domain name registrars using a the standardized message schema, to offer at least one plan for sale of a domain name, using one or more standardized messages of the standardized message schema that have the same structure for defining details of the at least one plan for sale of a domain name, independent of the domain name registrar queried, wherein the at least one plan contains terms of sale organized according the standardized schema, characterizes the terms of sale of the at least one plan according to the standardized schema, and displays the characterized terms of sale of the at least one plan using a standardized presentation format independent of the domain name registrar, by interpreting the terms of the sale according to the standardized schema; and a mapping component that, as part of the standardized message schema exchanged between the domain name registrar and the user machine, maps the domain name to a Domain Name Service (DNS) provider designated to manage inbound traffic to the domain name.