Network address resolution
AssigneeLevel 3 Communications, LLC
InventorsChristopher Newton, William R. Power
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Abstract
A content delivery network with at least one first content server bound to a first domain associated with a first characteristic (e.g., popular) associated with content servable from the content delivery network. The content delivery network includes at least one second content server bound to a second domain associated with a second characteristic (e.g., unpopular) associated with content servable from the content delivery network. At least one processing device including computer executable instructions for receiving a request to provide an embedded resource including either a first host name associated with the first domain or a second host name associated with the second domain.
Claims19
A content delivery method comprising:
- receiving a content request for content at a content server bound to a domain, the domain associated with a characteristic of the content, the content request being associated with a host name associated with the characteristic of the content and assigned at an origin of the content;
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- serving the content.
A content delivery network comprising:
- at least one first content server bound to a first domain associated with a first characteristic associated with content servable from the content delivery network;
- at least one second content server bound to a second domain associated with a second characteristic associated with content servable from the content delivery network;
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- at least one processing device including computer executable instructions for receiving a request to provide an embedded resource including either a first host name associated with the first domain or a second host name associated with the second domain.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor device in communication with a tangible computer readable medium including computer executable instructions for:
- receiving an association of a resource to at least one of a first characteristic or a second characteristic of the resource;
- assigning the resource to a first domain associated with the first characteristic when the resource is indicated as having the first characteristic, the first domain bound with at least one first content server of a content delivery network and from which a connection may be made to obtain the resource;
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- assigning the resource to a second domain associated with the second characteristic when the resource is indicated as having the second characteristic, the second domain bound with at least one second content server of a content delivery network and from which a connection may be made to obtain the resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.