System and method for facilitating distribution of limited resources having an add grace period

Abstract

A method for distributing a domain name to one of a plurality of registrars, in communication with a drop zone server, the method executing stored instructions by a computer processor to: recognize a delete command of the domain name; determine if the delete command is inside or outside of an Add Grace Period (AGP), the AGP defined as a period of time post registration of the domain name by a registrar; if the delete command is inside of the AGP, then send the domain name to the drop zone server in a path that bypasses a delete queue for subsequent purchase by said one of the plurality of registrars; or if the delete command is outside of the AGP, then send the domain to the delete queue.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A server for distributing a domain name to one of a plurality of registrars, the server in communication with a drop zone server, the server having stored instructions for execution by a computer processor to:
 recognize a delete command of the domain name;   determine if the delete command is inside or outside of an Add Grace Period (AGP), the AGP defined as a period of time post registration of the domain name by a registrar;   if the delete command is inside of the AGP, then send the domain name to the drop zone server in a path that bypasses a delete queue for subsequent purchase by said one of the plurality of registrars; or   if the delete command is outside of the AGP, then send the domain to the delete queue.   
     
     
         2 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein a time stamp ID of the delete command is compared to a create time ID of the domain name in order to implement said determine. 
     
     
         3 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the AGP has a start point and an end point, the end point being before a defined expiry data of the domain name, the start point being associated with a create time ID of the domain name. 
     
     
         4 . The server of  claim 1  further comprising generating a publication to include the domain name as available for an upcoming drop zone session and sending the publication to the plurality of registrars. 
     
     
         5 . The server of  claim 1  further comprising identifying the domain name at an end of the delete queue and sending the domain name to the drop zone server. 
     
     
         6 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the delete command is one of a plurality of different types of delete commands. 
     
     
         7 . The server of  claim 6 , wherein the delete command is a pre AGP delete command or a post AGP delete command. 
     
     
         8 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the delete command is generated by the registrar. 
     
     
         9 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the delete command is generated by the server. 
     
     
         10 . The server of  claim 1 , wherein the path is one of a pair of paths for sending the domain name to the drop zone server. 
     
     
         11 . A method for distributing a domain name to one of a plurality of registrars, in communication with a drop zone server, the method executing stored instructions by a computer processor to:
 recognize a delete command of the domain name;   determine if the delete command is inside or outside of an Add Grace Period (AGP), the AGP defined as a period of time post registration of the domain name by a registrar;   if the delete command is inside of the AGP, then send the domain name to the drop zone server in a path that bypasses a delete queue for subsequent purchase by said one of the plurality of registrars; or   if the delete command is outside of the AGP, then send the domain to the delete queue.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein a time stamp ID of the delete command is compared to a create time ID of the domain name in order to implement said determine. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the AGP has a start point and an end point, the end point being before a defined expiry data of the domain name, the start point being associated with a create time ID of the domain name. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11  further comprising generating a publication to include the domain name as available for an upcoming drop zone session and sending the publication to the plurality of registrars. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11  further comprising identifying the domain name at an end of the delete queue and sending the domain name to the drop zone server. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the delete command is one of a plurality of different types of delete commands. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the delete command is a pre AGP delete command or a post AGP delete command. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the delete command is generated by the registrar. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the delete command is generated by a server other than the registrar. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the path is one of a pair of paths for sending the domain name to the drop zone server.