Patent ID: 7356534

Claim:
A method of notifying a user of the activation of a domain, comprising: receiving a domain change request from a requesting entity; logging information obtained from the domain change request; monitoring a change implementation entity to determine when a domain specified in the domain change request has become active with the change, by a monitoring entity, wherein the monitoring sends a domain name system (DNS) request to the chance implementation entity and receives a reply back from the change implementation entity that reflects whether the domain is active or not, wherein the reply provides an address of a domain name server in the domain name system, wherein a determination of whether the domain is active or not is made by comparing the address specified in the reply with a stored undated name server address, and wherein the domain is determined to be active when the address specified in the reply matches the stored undated name server address; and sending a notification that the domain is active to a recipient entity when the domain has been determined to become active, wherein the sending of the notification comprises sending an electronic mail message to the recipient entity from the monitoring entity.