Patent ID: 7020602

Claim:
A method of registering a domain name, comprising: receiving from a registrant a request for registration of a native language domain name, said native language domain name including at least one non-alphanumeric character; converting each of said at least one non-alphanumeric character to a corresponding alphanumeric character to produce a converted alphanumeric domain name; and registering said converted alphanumeric domain name with an authorized alphanumeric domain name registrar, said authorized alphanumeric domain name registrar being one of one or more registrar that maintain a database of domain names usable in the Internet so as to ensure there are no duplicative domain name assignments, wherein said step of registering comprises adding an entry in a domain name server database, said added entry defining unique correspondence relationship between said converted alphanumeric domain name and an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a web site of said registrant.