Homeaway.com, Inc.

Snapnames. Com, Inc.

Blake Biesecker

Kerry Kelley

Len Albert Bayles

Raymond King

Social graphs using shared personal data are described, including techniques for capturing data from a social data source, determining one or more connections associated with an item using the data, and creating a social graph using the one or more connections, the social graph comprising the one or more connections associated with the item. Embodiments of the invention also include techniques for updating social graphs.

Social graphs using shared personal data

Embodiments of the present invention reliably effect successive registrations of a domain name through implementing a backorder system () integrated with the registry () maintaining the current registration for the domain name. Because the backorder system () is directly integrated with the registry (), a successful new registration can be achieved following the lapse of the current registration. The registry can employ modified registration control logic and new and modified registry commands (). These modifications to the standard registration system enable a registry () to limit successive registrations of the domain name to an entity, such as a registrar (), that employs the backorder service ().

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Blake Biesecker