Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Network address resolution
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Application No.: US17687361Application Date: 2022-03-04
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Publication No.: US11627108B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Christopher Newton
- Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Broomfield
- Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Broomfield
- Main IPC: H04L61/4511
- IPC: H04L61/4511 ; H04L67/02 ; H04L67/60 ; H04L47/70 ; H04L61/30 ; H04L67/1021 ; H04L61/301 ; H04L101/30 ; H04L101/604

Abstract:
A content delivery method including the operations of receiving a uniform resource locator resolution request at an authoritative name server for a domain where the uniform resource resolution request is received based, at least in part, on a host name of the uniform resource resolution request where the host name is uniquely related to a resource associated with the uniform resource resolution request. The method further including the operation of tracking a popularity of the resource based on the host name uniquely related to the resource and providing a location within a network capable of delivering the resource where the provided location is based on the popularity of the resource.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220191166A1 NETWORK ADDRESS RESOLUTION Public/Granted day:2022-06-16
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