IP Library Granted Patent US 11,277,374
Granted Patent B2
US 11,277,374 · App. 16/923,788 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Network address resolution

Inventor: Christopher Newton (Westlake Village, CA)
Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
H04L61/1511H04L47/70H04L61/30H04L61/303H04L67/02H04L67/32H04L61/301H04L61/6004H04L67/1021
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Patent No.
US 11,277,374
App. No.
16/923,788
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (29)

1. 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, wherein

a checksum is prepended to a domain name for the domain.

2. The content delivery method of claim 1 , wherein the node is an edge server within a content delivery network.

3. The content delivery method of claim 1 , wherein the host name additionally includes a function of the path.

4. The content delivery method of claim 1 further comprising:

validating that the host name matches the path and resource based on the checksum.

5. The content delivery method of claim 1 , wherein the host name is unique to at least part of the path and the resource.

6. The content delivery method of claim 1 , wherein the host name is unique to a combination of the path and resource.

7. 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, wherein

the checksum is prepended to a domain name for the domain.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the node is an edge server within a content delivery network.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the host name additionally includes a function of the path.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , the computer executable instructions further for validating that the host name matches the path and resource based on the checksum.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the host name is unique to at least part of the path and the resource.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the host name is unique to at least part of the path and the resource.

13. 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, wherein

the checksum is prepended to a domain name for the domain.

14. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the host name is unique to at least part of the path and the resource.

15. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the host name is unique to at least part of the path and the resource.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2024
From: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
To: SANDPIPER CDN, LLC
Reel/Frame 068256/0091 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2020
From: NEWTON, CHRISTOPHER
To: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 053175/0425 →