Dynamic client side name suggestion service

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9323859-B2
Application number	US-201213626061-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2012
Priority date	Sep 30, 2011
Publication date	Apr 26, 2016
Grant date	Apr 26, 2016

Abstract

A method for providing Internet domain name suggestions includes parsing a web page; obtaining at least one keyword from the parsing, generating a first query from the at least one keyword; and determining, based at least on the first query, if at least one name suggestion is available. The method also includes, if at least one name suggestion is available, generating at least one domain name suggestion based at least on the first query and displaying the at least one domain name suggestion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, performed by a processor, for providing Internet domain name suggestions, comprising:
opening a web page on a browser in response to a user selection of a link, wherein the web pace includes visible content;
automatically parsing the web page;
obtaining at least one keyword from the parsing;
generating a first query from the at least one keyword;
generating a plurality of domain name suggestions based at least on the first query;
determining a plurality of domain traffic scores for the plurality of domain name suggestions;
providing ranked domain name suggestions that includes one or more of the plurality of domain name suggestions ranked based on the plurality of domain traffic scores associated with the plurality of domain name suggestions;
displaying one or more of the ranked domain name suggestions;
receiving a user-highlighted portion of the visible content of the web page displayed during the parsing;
refining the first query with one or more keywords derived from the user-highlighted portion of the visible content to generate a second query, wherein the user-highlighted portion of the visible content comprises at least one of a title of the web page, text in the web page, an image in the web page, or an advertisement in the web page;
generating one or more domain name suggestions based on the second query; and
providing the one or more domain name suggestions.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
ranking contents returned in response to the first query based on occurrence of a keyword to generate ranked contents; and
generating the at least one domain name suggestion based on the ranked contents.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising submitting at least the first query to an Internet domain name suggestion service for generating the at least one domain name suggestion.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one keyword includes content from at least one of a title of the web page, a paragraph of the web page, a header tag of the web page, metadata of the web page, text, a video, an image, audio, ads, or other content from the web page.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating the at least one domain name suggestion automatically.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating the at least one domain name suggestion in real-time.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating the at least one domain name suggestion manually.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising using at least one of a geographical location, contents of a search history, an IP address, or other relevant information to generate the at least one domain name suggestion.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
if at least one name suggestion is not available:
providing a notification that no domain name suggestion is available.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing a domain name suggestion application separate from the web page, wherein the domain name suggestion application performs the parsing, the obtaining, the generating the first query, the determining, the refining, and the generating the one or more domain name suggestions, and wherein the providing further comprises providing the one or more domain name suggestions in the web page.

11. A system for providing Internet domain name suggestions comprising:
a processor; and
a memory containing instructions, that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform a method comprising:
opening a web page on a browser in response to a user selection of a link, wherein the web page includes visible content;
automatically parsing the web page;
obtaining at least one keyword from the parsing;
generating a first query from the at least one keyword;
generating a plurality of domain name suggestions based at least on the first query;
determining a plurality of domain traffic scores for the plurality of domain name suggestions;
providing ranked domain name suggestions that includes one or more of the plurality of domain name suggestions ranked based on the plurality of domain traffic scores associated with the plurality of domain name suggestions;
displaying the ranked domain name suggestions;
receiving a user-highlighted portion of the visible content of the web page displayed during the parsing;
refining the first query with one or more keywords derived from the user-highlighted portion of the visible content to generate a second query, wherein the user-highlighted portion of the visible content comprises at least one of a title of the web page, text in the web page, an image in the web page, or an advertisement in the web page;
generating one or more domain name suggestions based on the second query; and
providing the one or more domain name suggestions.

12. The system of claim 11 , the method further comprising:
ranking contents returned in response to the first query based on occurrence of a keyword to generate ranked contents; and
generating the at least one domain name suggestion based on the ranked contents.

13. The system of claim 11 , the method further comprising submitting at least the first query to an Internet domain name suggestion service for generating the at least one domain name suggestion.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one keyword includes content from at least one of a title of the web page, a paragraph of the web page, a header tag of the web page, metadata of the web page, text, a video, an image, audio, ads, or other content from the web page.

15. The system of claim 11 , the method further comprising generating the at least one domain name suggestion automatically.

16. The system of claim 11 , the method further comprising generating the at least one domain name suggestion in real-time.

17. The system of claim 11 , the method further comprising generating the at least one domain name suggestion manually.

18. The system of claim 11 , the method further comprising using at least one of a geographical location, contents of a search history, an IP address, or other relevant information to generate the at least one domain name suggestion.

19. The system of claim 11 , the method further comprising:
if at least one name suggestion is not available:
providing a notification that no domain name suggestion is available.

20. The system of claim 11 , the method further comprising:
providing a domain name suggestion application separate from the web page, wherein the domain name suggestion application performs the parsing, the obtaining, the generating the first query, the determining, the refining, and the generating the one or more domain name suggestions, and wherein the providing further comprises providing the one or more domain name suggestions in the web page.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, performs a method, the method comprising:
opening a web page on a browser in response to a user selection of a link, wherein the web page includes visible content;
automatically parsing the web page;
obtaining at least one keyword from the parsing;
generating a first query from the at least one keyword;
generating a plurality of domain name suggestions based at least on the first query;
determining a plurality of domain traffic scores for the plurality of domain name suggestions;
providing ranked domain name suggestions that includes one or more of the plurality of domai

Assignees

• Schonfeld Daniel
• Ibrahimbegovic Jasenko
• Verisign Inc

Inventors

• Schonfeld Daniel
• Ibrahimbegovic Jasenko

Classifications

• G06F16/958 Primary

  Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking · CPC title

• G06F17/3089 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic