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Cross-protocol communication in domain name systems

US8966122B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

OpenDNS, Inc. · US

Inventors

Noah Treuhaft · Oakland, US
Douglas Tabacco · Novato, US
Michael Damm · Rödermark, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 16, 2012
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 30, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2101/30
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for processing domain name system requests in accordance with subscriber information are provided. A request for domain name information can be correlated with subscriber information using a subscriber identifier to resolve the domain name information at a domain name system (DNS) nameserver. The subscriber identifier and/or subscriber information may be transmitted from a DNS nameserver to a webserver using the domain name information provided in response to the subscriber's DNS queries. The subscriber identifier and/or information may be used in delivering a landing page or in facilitating proxying of resource requests for the requested domain.

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