GoDaddy applies for a patent for vanity phone number

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Patent applications discuss using domain, website and Whois information to generate vanity numbers.

GoDaddy has filed two patent applications related to vanity telephone numbers.

Patent application numbers 15/990163 (pdf) and 15/990169 (pdf) describe methods of finding relevant vanity numbers for people based on factors such as their domain name, Whois information or website content.

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