Automated Domain Name Registration Service

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Solution Overview

Problem

Obtaining a domain name that ensures high traffic and accurately represents a network resource is challenging due to the scarcity of recognizable or intuitive domain names, leading to frustration in the domain name selection process.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for automatically registering domain names by identifying candidates from various sources, such as popular lists, search terms, and user-generated content, using a domain name registration service that filters and analyzes candidates for availability and desirability, and then registering and storing them for use or sale.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual domain name selection is used, then domain name owners can carefully choose names, but the process becomes frustrating and time-consuming due to scarcity of recognizable names

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedomain name suitabilityVSAvoiddomain name selection time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating domain name candidates from multiple sources (search terms, popular lists, user-generated content) before the user needs to select one. This pre-generation and filtering process eliminates the need for users to manually search through available names, resolving the contradiction between achieving suitable domain names and spending excessive time on selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If automatic domain name registration is implemented, then the selection process is simplified and speed increased, but the ability to ensure high traffic and accuracy may be reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedomain name registration speedVSAvoiddomain name suitability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms by analyzing multiple data sources including search terms, popular lists, and user-generated content to evaluate domain name candidates. This feedback loop ensures that automatically generated names meet quality standards and are likely to attract traffic, resolving the contradiction between automation speed and name suitability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-service by automatically generating, filtering, and registering domain name candidates without requiring manual intervention. The automated process analyzes multiple sources and makes registration decisions based on predefined criteria, maintaining both high productivity and name quality through self-directed operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Measurement precision

If multiple domain name sources are analyzed, then more suitable candidates are found, but the complexity of the registration system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedomain name suitabilityVSAvoidregistration system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies universality by designing a multi-functional registration service that handles multiple data sources (search terms, popular lists, user-generated content) through a single integrated platform. This universal approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems, resolving the contradiction between analyzing multiple sources and increasing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9531581B1Method and system for identifying and automatically registering domain names
Publication Date: 2016.12.27 AMAZON TECH INC
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AI summary

A domain name registration service is described that identifies a domain name source, identifies domain name candidates from the domain name source, and automatically registers any available candidates as domain names. A domain name source may be any source of information from which a set of alphanumeric (and possibly non-ASCII) characters can be acquired. Once candidate domain names have been registered by the domain name service, they may be used by the registrant or offered to third parties. Since such uses may generate revenue for the registrant, such uses may be referred to as “monetization” of the automatically registered domain names.