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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2004
Kevin T. Damour, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lingan Satkunanathan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Theodore H. Roberts, Iii, Sammamish, WA (US);
Leszek Mazur, Bellevue, WA (US);
Neil S. Fishman, Bothell, WA (US);
Scott A. Manchester, Redmond, WA (US);
Kevin T. Damour, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lingan Satkunanathan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Theodore H. Roberts, III, Sammamish, WA (US);
Leszek Mazur, Bellevue, WA (US);
Neil S. Fishman, Bothell, WA (US);
Scott A. Manchester, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methodologies that facilitate purchase and/or transfer of a domain name and access of users to the internet by using a well defined protocol to interact with a plurality of domain name registrars via employing a purchasing component and a mapping component. Once a user has identified a domain name, the purchasing component can automatically query the provider(s) for terms of the service plan to obtain such domain name. The mapping component can then point to a DNS provider designated to host such domain name, to manage in-bound traffic. The subject invention can also be implemented in web services based hosted solutions directory, for example by designation of a trusted on-line registry that registers a plurality of service providers to supply services to clients, with a secure communication between the clients and the trusted on-line registry for selection of a service provider.