System and method for qualifying requests in a network
US6968389B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 17, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/5029
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An information service provider network includes a content gateway to process requests for information from a client terminal. The content gateway includes a router for receiving a domain name server query from an originator associated with a request for information. The router including a database defining a relationship between domain names and addresses associated with accelerated servicing of requests. The router determines whether the domain name of the domain name server query is indexed in the database. The domain name is qualified in response to the domain name being in the database. If qualified, the router sends an address to the originator of the query corresponding in the database to the domain name. The address is to a processor associated with the router that performs accelerated services on the request.
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