Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Domain name resolution resource allocation
- Patent Title (中): 域名解析资源分配
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Application No.: US12726840Application Date: 2010-03-18
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Publication No.: US08195837B2Publication Date: 2012-06-05
- Inventor: Nils H. McCarthy , Brad B. Harvell , Lee A. Stafford , Gary S. Baldus , Michael M. Gordon
- Applicant: Nils H. McCarthy , Brad B. Harvell , Lee A. Stafford , Gary S. Baldus , Michael M. Gordon
- Applicant Address: US AZ Tempe
- Assignee: Limelight Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Limelight Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Tempe
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16

Abstract:
A content delivery network (CDN) for delivering content over the Internet is disclosed in one embodiment. The CDN is configured to deliver content for others and includes a domain resolution service (DNS) server, caching servers and an Internet interface. The DNS server receives a first domain resolution request and produces a first DNS solution, and receives a second domain resolution request and produces a second DNS solution. The first and second domain resolution requests correspond to a same domain. The caching servers correspond to a plurality of addresses. The interface receives domain resolution requests, which include the first and second domain resolution requests, and transmits DNS solutions, which include the first and second DNS solutions. The first DNS solution comprises a first plurality of addresses corresponding to at least a first subset of the plurality of caching servers, and the second DNS solution comprises a second plurality of addresses corresponding to at least a second subset of the plurality of caching servers. The first DNS solution is different from the second DNS solution in that the second subset includes an address for a caching server not in the first subset. The second subset is chosen to generally match a processing power of the first subset.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100299439A1 DOMAIN NAME RESOLUTION RESOURCE ALLOCATION Public/Granted day:2010-11-25
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