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Cybersquatter patrol

US7756987B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 2007
Grant dateJul 13, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 17, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2101/30
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An exemplary method includes providing a typographically erroneous domain name, tracing the domain name where tracing includes entering the domain name as part of a URL and recording one or more subsequent URLs, identifying a domain parking service for the domain name based at least in part on information in one of the recorded URLs, determining client identification information in at least one of the recorded URLs where the client identification information identifies a customer of the domain parking service and blocking one or more domain names based at least in part on the client identification information. Other exemplary technologies are also disclosed.

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