Patent ID: 8849849

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for establishing a generic top level domain, comprising: receiving, at a first computer system, domain data associated with the generic top level domain; associating, with the domain data, a network address corresponding to a second computer system; provisioning the generic top level domain, wherein the provisioning comprises: transmitting the domain data to the second computer system, whereby the second computer system initiates a registration data lookup service for the generic top level domain using the domain data; and initiating assignment of the network address as an authoritative network address for the generic top level domain, wherein the authoritative network address comprises at least one of an authoritative port and an authoritative internet protocol (IP) address of the second computer system; and storing, in one or more registry databases, the domain data and the network address that was associated, wherein a registration data lookup query for the generic top level domain is received by the second computer system and the second computer system rejects the registration data lookup query based on a determination that the registration data lookup query is received via a network address that does not match the authoritative network address for the generic top level domain.