US Patent:
20080270203, Oct 30, 2008
Inventors:
Robert Holmes - New York NY, US
Kanchan Mhatre - Coopersburg PA, US
Vincenzo A. D'Angelo - Ridgewood NY, US
Mark Y. Flegg - Clinton NJ, US
Assignee:
Corporation Service Company - Wilmington DE
International Classification:
G06Q 99/00
Abstract:
Assessment of risk to a specified name that represents at least one of a brand name, a domain name, a trademark, a service mark or a business entity name, includes acquiring data relating to the specified name, and quantifying risks to the specified name in the event a third-party has obtained, or were to obtain, a registration to the same name or a variant of the name. Risk scores are associated with the potential and actual registrations. An interactive display showing the risk scores is provided. Monitoring domain names and parsing domain names also are disclosed.