| CPC G06F 16/9566 (2019.01) | 2 Claims |

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1. A system for returning information relating to a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN), comprising:
a server computer including at least one processor and a memory, the memory storing a generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) registry database adapted to contain one or more second-level domains, each of the one or more second-level domains including the GTIN, and
wherein the at least one processor is configured to enforce at least one rule which restricts registrants in the of a respective gTLD to a limited number of entities, the respective gTLD being a single registrant gTLD;
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control operations of the single registrant gTLD under license from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN);
wherein the system is configured to operate within a Domain Name System (DNS) network environment and to resolve the GTIN on the Internet by returning the information as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in a form based on the GTIN and the single registrant gTLD; and
wherein the single registrant gTLD is .gtin.
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