Network address resolution
AssigneeLevel 3 Communications, LLC
InventorChristopher Newton
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Abstract
A content delivery method including the operations of receiving a uniform resource locator resolution request at an authoritative name server for a domain where the uniform resource resolution request is received based, at least in part, on a host name of the uniform resource resolution request where the host name is uniquely related to a resource associated with the uniform resource resolution request. The method further including the operation of tracking a popularity of the resource based on the host name uniquely related to the resource and providing a location within a network capable of delivering the resource where the provided location is based on the popularity of the resource.
Claims15
A content delivery method comprising:
- receiving a uniform resource locator resolution request at a name server for a domain, the uniform resource locator resolution request received based, at least in part, on a host name of the uniform resource locator resolution request, the host name related to a resource associated with the uniform resource resolution request;
- tracking, at the name server, a popularity of the resource by determining a number of times the host name related to the resource is requested, wherein the host name includes an index uniquely related to the resource;
- and
- providing a node within a network capable of delivering the resource, the provided node based on the popularity of the resource.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processing device in communication with a non-transitory computer readable media including computer executable instructions for:
- receiving a uniform resource locator resolution request at a name server for a domain, the uniform resource locator resolution request received based, at least in part, on a host name of the uniform resource locator resolution request, the host name related to a resource associated with the uniform resource resolution request;
- tracking, at the name server, a popularity of the resource by determining a number of times the host name related to the resource is requested, wherein the host name includes an index uniquely related to the resource;
- and
- providing a node within a network capable of delivering the resource, the provided node based on the popularity of the resource.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a uniform resource locator resolution request at a name server for a domain, the uniform resource locator resolution request received based, at least in part, on a host name of the uniform resource locator resolution request, the host name related to a resource associated with the uniform resource resolution request;
- tracking, at the name server, a popularity of the resource by determining a number of times the host name related to the resource is requested, wherein the host name includes an index uniquely related to the resource;
- and
- providing a node within a network capable of delivering the resource, the provided node based on the popularity of the resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.