Network Solutions, LLC Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140330674 | Certified offer service for domain names - A method for purchasing a domain name registration. A user conducts a search to determine if a domain name is available. If it is already registered, the user can make an anonymous offer through a third party to the present registrant to purchase the domain name registration. The offer is certified by the third party by verifying that a financial instrument provided by the user has available funds that are at least sufficient to pay the offer amount for the domain name. | 11-06-2014 |
20130104229 | Private Domain Name Registration - A service for protecting the privacy of domain name registrants while preserving the registrant's ability to directly change the registration information or transfer the registration. A whois record is created that reflects the registrant's actual identity but contains contact information that is entirely associated with a privacy service. | 04-25-2013 |
20090254545 | Method and System for Scoring Domain Names - Methods and systems for scoring domain names are provided. A domain name may be scored based on a set of criteria, and a sub-score assigned to each criteria. The sub-scores may be used to generate a domain name score and identify ways of increasing the score of the domain name. A domain name score may provide an indication of the value or usefulness of the domain name. | 10-08-2009 |
20090094379 | Apparatus and Method for Web Forwarding - An apparatus and method for forwarding a web address to another web address is presented. A web forwarder receives a request destined to a first web address including at least a domain name. The web forwarder then determines a forwarding uniform resource locator (URL) that corresponds to the domain name and redirects the request to a second web address that corresponds to the forwarding URL. | 04-09-2009 |