Patents by Inventor Paul E. Nicks

Paul E. Nicks has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150058177
    Abstract: A request is received from a requester by at least one server communicatively coupled to a network. The request is used to identify a plurality of candidate domain names. For each one of the plurality of candidate domain names, a determination is made as to whether the candidate domain name is registered. When the candidate domain name is registered, the candidate domain name is displayed in a result listing on a domain registration website hosted by the at least one server in response to the request, and a first user interface enabling the requester to submit an offer to purchase the candidate domain name is displayed. When the candidate domain name is not registered, the candidate domain name is displayed in the result listing on the domain registration website in response to the request, and a second user interface enabling the requester to purchase the candidate domain name is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. McLaughlin, Stacy Steinkuller, Paul E. Nicks, Richard Merdinger
  • Publication number: 20150058176
    Abstract: A request is received from a requester by at least one server communicatively coupled to a network. The request is used to identify a plurality of candidate domain names. For each one of the plurality of candidate domain names, a determination is made as to whether the candidate domain name is registered. When the candidate domain name is registered, the candidate domain name is displayed in a result listing on a domain registration website hosted by the at least one server in response to the request, and a first user interface enabling the requester to submit an offer to purchase the candidate domain name is displayed. When the candidate domain name is not registered, the candidate domain name is displayed in the result listing on the domain registration website in response to the request, and a second user interface enabling the requester to purchase the candidate domain name is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. McLaughlin, Stacy Steinkuller, Paul E. Nicks, Richard Merdinger
  • Publication number: 20150058167
    Abstract: A system and method are presented. A domain name registration website is provided by at least one server communicatively coupled to a network. The domain name registration website including a user interface. A query being entered by a requester into the user interface of the domain registration website is monitored. When the query being entered by the requester matches a predefined pattern, the query is used to identify a plurality of candidate domain names, and the candidate domain names are displayed for selection by the requester on the domain name registration website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. McLaughlin, Stacy Steinkuller, Paul E. Nicks, Richard Merdinger