Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Request routing utilizing client location information
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Application No.: US13620915Application Date: 2012-09-15
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Publication No.: US08458360B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: David R. Richardson , John Cormie , Imran S. Patel , Benjamin W. S. Redman , Richard Sheehan
- Applicant: David R. Richardson , John Cormie , Imran S. Patel , Benjamin W. S. Redman , Richard Sheehan
- Applicant Address: US NV Reno
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Reno
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173

Abstract:
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for request routing based on client location information are provided. A content delivery network service provider receives a DNS query from a client computing device. The DNS query corresponds to a resource identifier for requested content from the client computing device. The content delivery network service provider transmits an alternative resource identifier in response to the client computing device DNS query. The alternative resource identifier is selected as a function of client location information. The client location information is obtained from information corresponding to a mapping of at least partial IP addresses to known locations. The client computing device then issues a second DNS query to the same content delivery network service provider. The content delivery network service provider can then either resolve the second DNS query or transmit another alternative resource identifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130013808A1 REQUEST ROUTING UTILIZING CLIENT LOCATION INFORMATION Public/Granted day:2013-01-10
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