Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Internet location coordinate enhanced domain name system
- Patent Title (中): 互联网位置坐标增强域名系统
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Application No.: US12041583Application Date: 2008-03-03
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Publication No.: US07991879B2Publication Date: 2011-08-02
- Inventor: Arne Josefsberg , John D Dunagan , Mark D. Scheibel , Alastair Wolman
- Applicant: Arne Josefsberg , John D Dunagan , Mark D. Scheibel , Alastair Wolman
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173

Abstract:
An exemplary architecture is for an Internet Location Coordinate enhanced Domain Name System (DNS). An exemplary method includes requesting information for a plurality of servers associated with a network domain name of a Domain Name System (DNS) where the information includes information based in part on packets transmitted by each of the plurality of servers to a plurality of network beacons; receiving the requested information from a name server associated with the Domain Name System (DNS); and, based in part on the received information, selecting an optimal server for the network domain name. Other methods, devices and systems are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090222581A1 INTERNET LOCATION COORDINATE ENHANCED DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2009-09-03
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