Systems, Apparatus and Method for Hosting and Assigning Domain Names on a Wide Area Network

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a host computing device, a content request comprising a requested address, wherein the requested address comprises:
• a host name corresponding to the host computing device, and
• a content label;
• determining a content address corresponding to the content label, wherein the content address provides a location of corresponding content;
• and
• providing a directive to retrieve the corresponding content from the content address in response to the content request.

A computer-readable storage device having computer program logic recorded thereon, execution of which, by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a content request comprising a requested address, wherein the requested address comprises:
• a host name corresponding to a host computing device, and
• a content label;
• determining a content address corresponding to the content label, wherein the content address provides a location of corresponding content;
• and
• providing a directive to retrieve the corresponding content from the content address in response to the content request.

A system comprising:

• a memory configured to store instructions comprising:
• instructions to receive a content request comprising a requested address, wherein the requested address comprises:
• a host name corresponding to a host computing device, and
• a content label,
• instructions to determine a content address corresponding to the content label, wherein the content address provides a location of corresponding content, and
• instructions to provide a directive to retrieve the corresponding content from the content address in response to the content request;
• and
• one or more processors configured to process the instructions.

A system comprising:

• a host computing device comprising a scheduler, the scheduler configured to receive a content request comprising a requested address, wherein the requested address comprises:
• a host name corresponding to the host computing device, and
• a content label;
• and
• a redirector configured to determine a content address corresponding to the content label, wherein the content address provides a location of corresponding content, and to provide a directive to retrieve the corresponding content from the content address in response to the content request.