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[John Berryhill]

United States Patent  	 6,980,990
Fellman 	December 27, 2005

Internet domain name registration system

This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No.
60/168,368, filed Dec. 1, 1999.

Independent claims:


1. A method of displaying information on the availability of multiple names
for registration as domain names, the method comprising:

displaying a query results table showing, for each of multiple names
specified by a user, the availability of multiple domain names for
registration, wherein each domain name is derived from one of the user
specified multiple names combined with one of multiple TLD extensions; and

for each of the multiple domain names available for registration, providing
a selection mechanism within the query results table to permit the selection
of a plurality of available domain names for registration, to thereby enable
the user to formulate a request to register the plurality of available
domain names using the query results table.

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6. A method of checking domain name registration availability, the method
comprising:

displaying a view allowing a user to specify a name to be queried for
availability as a Second Level Domain (SLD) in a domain name registry
database;

receiving from the user the name to be queried for availability as the SLD;

looking up an availability status of the name in combination with each of
multiple Top Level Domain (TLD) extensions not specified by the user; and

displaying query results for the name in a table showing the availability of
the name as a SLD in conjunction with each TLD extension;

wherein the table is displayed within a web form that permits the user to
select multiple domain names from the table and to submit, from said web
form, a request to register the multiple domain names, such that multiple
domain names are registered in response to a single request from the user.
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8. A method of facilitating availability checking and registration of domain
names, the method comprising:

providing an electronic form for allowing a user to specify a plurality of
names to be checked for availability in a domain name registry database;

receiving a set of names specified by the user from the form, the set of
names comprising a plurality of names to be checked;

querying a registry database to check an availability of each of the
plurality of names with each of a plurality of Top Level Domain (TLD)
extensions; and

generating and returning to the user a query results display which includes
a table showing the availability of each name in conjunction with each of
the plurality of TLD extensions, wherein the table is presented in
conjunction with a user option to select multiple available name-TLD
extension combinations ("domain names") to formulate a registration request,
whereby the user can formulate a single request to register a plurality of
domain names.
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15. A method of checking the availability of domain names for registration,
the method comprising:

providing a web form allowing a user to specify multiple names to be queried
for availability such that the user need not specify associated Top Level
Domain (TLD) extensions;

receiving a submission comprising multiple names entered by the user into
the web form;

in response to the submission, checking registration availability of each of
the multiple names in combination with each of multiple Top Level Domain
(TLD) extensions, to thereby check registration availability of multiple
domain names; and

generating and returning to the user a query results page which includes a
table indicating the availability of each name in conjunction with each TLD
extension, wherein the table is displayed in conjunction with a selection
mechanism for allowing the user to select multiple available domain names
for registration to formulate a registration request, such that the user can
request registration of multiple domain names with a single registration
request.


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24. A system for allowing a user to query a database to determine the
availability of multiple names for domain name registration, the system
comprising:

a web page adapted for user entry and submission of a set of names to be
checked for domain name registration availability, wherein the web page
allows a user to submit multiple names at a time; and

a server which is responsive to submission from the web page of a set of
multiple names by at least (a) determining registration availability of each
of the names in combination with each of a set of multiple Top Level Domain
(TLD) extensions, such that the user need not specify the TLD extensions,
and (b) generating a query results display indicating, for each combination
of a name and a TLD extension, whether the combination is available for
registration, wherein the query results display provides a user option to
generate a request to register a plurality of the combinations that are
available, such that the user requests registration of multiple domain names
in a single request.




John B. Berryhill, Ph.d. esq.
4 West Front St.
Media, PA 19063
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john at johnberryhill.com