Patent ID: 7130878

Claim:
A proxy domain name registration system comprising: (a) a registrar installation including: (i) means for receiving domain name registration requests from customers, (ii) means for communicating a registration request to a registry including a domain name and domain owner personal contact information, (iii) means for communicating a domain name and personal contact information to a proxy domain owner, and (iv) means for storing domain owner contact information, (b) a proxy installation including: (i) means for receiving and storing personal contact information communicated to the proxy installation by the registrar installation, and (ii) means for communicating proxy personal contact information to the registrar, (c) said registrar installation being responsive to the communication of personal contact information by the proxy installation to: (i) submit a registration request and the proxy personal contact information from the proxy installation to a registry, and (ii) store the proxy contact information in said means for storing domain owner contact information.