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Independent Inventor Granted Key Domain Name Registration Patent Ohio Inventor develops brand management technology enabling registration of similar identifiers across multiple naming systems. Cleveland, OH (PRWEB) June 1, 2005 -- As domain name registration providers are becoming more competitive, an independent inventor from Ohio has been advancing the state of the art and filing dozens of patent applications since 1999 regarding his discoveries and technologies. Yesterday the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 6,901,436 (the '436 patent) to Eric Schneider, the Ohio inventor, for a METHOD, PRODUCT, AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE AVAILABILITY OF SIMILAR IDENTIFIERS AND REGISTERING THESE IDENTIFIERS ACROSS MULTIPLE NAMING SYSTEMS making it the seventh patent of a growing portfolio of Internet-related patents received by Mr. Schneider. A landmark search engine patent was secured by Mr. Schneider two weeks earlier. According to Schneider, "The increase in the number of separate registerable naming systems having identifiers such as domain names, internationalized or multilingual domain names, fictitious domain names including top level domain aliases, trademarks, custom telephone numbers, vanity license plates, Internet keywords, screen names, usernames, reseller/affiliate names, and so forth poses a growing problem for businesses and individuals with regard to managing their brand identities. The '436 patent changes this by specifying tools to assist users with their brand identity by enabling the simultaneous registration of similar identifiers across two or more separate naming systems through a single interface." Another aspect of the '436 patent specifies automatically generating identifiers that are available for registration in response to logging into a user account, where the generated identifiers correspond to an account username and/or any associated user account information. According to Michael DeAloia, Senior Executive for Technology Development, the City of Cleveland, "With Mr. Schneider's technology one can order a telephone number or vanity plate and a matching domain name at the same time. It is encouraging to see that innovation is alive and well in Cleveland." "We are currently pursuing licensing opportunities and all other available legal remedies regarding the patent portfolio," said Schneider. "The issuance of the '436 patent is an occasion for name registration providers to learn more about how this technology can help their business and their customers." Publications from companies such as IBM, Microsoft, Lucent, Sprint, Unisys, Hitachi, NEC, Napster, Roxio, Interland, Register.com, SnapNames, Weddingchannel.com, Yodlee.com, AirClic, Metro One Telecommunications, Sharewave, Search Mechanics and others have cited Schneider's patents. Contact: Nominet nobbles Oz fraudsters Domain name scammers will have to pay up Dinah Greek, Computeract!ve The .uk internet domain name registry has now obtained an Australian Federal Court order to freeze the assets and bank accounts of Bradley Norrish and Chesley Rafferty, the individuals behind the UK Internet Registry scam. The order prevents the defendants from moving their assets out of Australia or transferring them to third parties to avoid judgment. Nominet began the case in June 2004 after it discovered that data mining had been used to harvest the names and addresses of .uk domain name holders held in its Whois database. This database is commonly used by internet users to check who is the registrant of a domain name. The sheer scale of these assaults subsequently forced Nominet to suspend its Whois system for the only time in its six-year history. The attacks captured details of many .uk domain name holders and resulted in 50,000 registrants receiving misleading notices from a company calling itself UK Internet Registry regarding their domain name registrations. Australian high court judge, Justice French found that Mr Norrish had authorised copyright infringement and was involved in misleading or deceptive conduct. "It lies beyond the limits of credulity to suppose that Mr Norrish ... had no idea of [what was going on]," he said. He went on to describe the notices sent by UK Internet Registry as "nothing less than deceitful". The next step in the case is a hearing to determine the level of damages that the defendants must pay to Nominet for breaching copyright of the .uk WHOIS database. Verisign retains .net registry Correspondents in San Francisco The decision was expected after VeriSign in March got a tentative nod for the continued operation of the .net registry, which has provided VeriSign with about $US20 million ($26 million) annually in revenue. VeriSign's current agreement for .net was scheduled to expire on June 30. Under VeriSign's new contract, which takes effect in July, the company will charge $US4.25 annually for a new .net registry from $US6 previously. The .net registry is a relatively small part of total internet domain registrations, accounting for 7 per cent of all domain name registration. The .com registry accounts or 47 per cent of all domain name registrations, according to the company. VeriSign retains the rights to the .com registry until 2007 when it will have to renew that contract, which provides the company with about $US200 million annually in revenue. Analysts have generally believed that losing the .net registry would have been more of a "headline" risk than a big revenue or profit problem to VeriSign. VeriSign took over the .net registry in 2000 after it bought Network Solutions, which had been running the domain. VeriSign, through a spokesman, said it was pleased with ICANN's decision and would continue to make investments in operating internet domains. The company has said it will add high-powered computer servers that deliver up web pages to users' browsers over the next two years to meet increased internet use in emerging markets such as Brazil, India and eastern and central Europe. VeriSign, which posted about $US1.2 billion in revenues in 2004, is also a top provider of ringtones, and processes millions of e-commerce transactions every day for thousands of businesses who effectively outsource their online payment systems to VeriSign. DropListPro.com Launches Smart Search for Expired Domains DropListPro.com, an expired domain search engine, has released a new and improved design and all new features, which include a search wizard, smart search, and many more. (PRWEB) June 17, 2005 -- While there are more than 20,000 domains being registered each day, most people don't realize that there are also just as many expiring. After a domain expires it may be up to three months before it becomes available. www.DropListPro.com shows when these domains will be coming back on the market and how to acquire them. To increase the speed of finding quality domains, a smart search has been contrived. When activated, the search engine will not only search for the keyword used, but also the most relevant related terms. For example, if the user searches for "loans," the search engine will return all domains containing loan, lend, debt, credit, borrow, or mortgage. The smart search also works for common industry specific words or acronyms like "seo," which will also return results containing searchengine, optimize, or pagerank. "I have to say that I find DropListPro.com, as it is currently, the best I have seen overall," says current customer Kelly Pitts. The staff at DropListPro.com understands that everyone may not be as computer savvy as industry professionals. Taking that into consideration, a search wizard has been developed. The wizard is a step-by-step guide through the process of using DropListPro's search engine. As the user progresses through the wizard, the search filter is dynamically filled-out after each simple question. ''For average users, DropListPro.com simplifies process of finding expired domains,'' says sedo.com. Other features have been added as well, such as searching by exact drop date, excluding words from the results, and the ability to search by multiple keywords. This will facilitate the ability for average users and industry professionals to acquire a decent domain without the need of thousands of dollars. A demo of an expired domain name search engine can be found at (http://www.droplistpro.com/demo.php). For additional information or to schedule an interview, contact Chris Richmond at (702) 281-1828 or via email at (http://www.droplistpro.com/contact.php).
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