System and Method for Obtaining Content from a Content Delivery Network
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorSunil Maloo
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Abstract
A method receives from a first server a first domain name system (DNS) request including a first internet protocol (IP) address of the first server, and a second IP address received by the first server from a first system. The method also maps a correlation between the first IP address and the second IP address, and receives from the first server a second DNS request. In response to receiving the second DNS request, the method responds to the first server with a third IP address of a second server, wherein the third IP address is chosen based upon the second IP address.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving from a first server a first domain name system (DNS) request including a first internet protocol (IP) address of the first server, and a second IP address received by the first server from a first system;
- mapping a correlation between the first IP address and the second IP address;
- receiving from the first server a second DNS request;
- and
- in response to receiving the second DNS request, responding to the first server with a third IP address of a second server, wherein the third IP address is chosen based upon the second IP address.
A computer readable medium including instructions for carrying out a method, the method comprising:
- receiving from a first server a first domain name system (DNS) request including a first internet protocol (IP) address of the first server, and a second IP address received by the first server from a first system;
- mapping a correlation between the first IP address and the second IP address;
- receiving from the first server a second DNS request:
- and
- in response to receiving the second DNS request, responding to the first server with a third IP address of a second server, wherein the third IP address is chosen based upon the second IP address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.