Domain name searching with reputation rating

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9015263-B2
Application number	US-201314031978-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2013
Priority date	Oct 29, 2004
Publication date	Apr 21, 2015
Grant date	Apr 21, 2015

Abstract

A method includes calculating, by at least one server communicatively coupled to a network, a rating for a domain name. The rating is based in part on reputation data for the domain name. The method includes receiving, by the at least one server, a domain name query from a requester, and forming, by the at least one server, a listing of candidate domain names using the domain name query. An inclusion of the domain name into the listing of candidate domain names or an order placement of the domain name within the listing of candidate domain names is a function of the rating for the domain name. The method includes returning, by the at least one server, the listing of candidate domain names to the requester.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method, comprising the steps of:
calculating, by at least one server communicatively coupled to a network, a rating for a domain name for registration, wherein the rating is calculated based in part on reputation data for the domain name and the reputation data is accumulated by:
determining a length of time that the domain name has been registered;
determining an amount of spam, viruses, or phishinq email messages that originated from email accou…

Assignees

• Go Daddy Operating Co Llc

Inventors

• Styler Joseph
• Thayer Wayne

Classifications

• Y10S707/9994

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• G06F17/3097 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06Q10/107

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/90324 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L61/4511

  Electricity · mapped topic