Patent for Geo Domain tool — GoDaddy gets

First patent related to system for generating geo domain names is granted.

Back in 2009 GoDaddy released a geo domain tool that allowed you to find domain names specific to a location, e.g. AustinAllergists.com.

Last year I noted that GoDaddy filed three patent applications related to the tool.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has now granted a patent to GoDaddy covering the technology.

U.S. patent 8,489,746 is titled “Systems for suggesting domain names from a geographic location data”. It was originally filed as “Suggesting Domain Names from a GPS Location”.

You can view the patent here (pdf).

Inventors listed on the patent include Adam Dicker, owner of DNForum and a former GoDaddy employee, Paul Nicks, current Director of Product Development for GoDaddy, and Robert Bacus.

Of the other two patents filed in conjunction with this one, one is facing a final rejection notice and the other is still pending.

The Geo Domain tool is still online at geo.godaddy.com.