CPC H04L 61/4511 (2022.05) [H04L 47/70 (2013.01); H04L 61/30 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/60 (2022.05); H04L 61/301 (2013.01); H04L 67/1021 (2013.01); H04L 2101/30 (2022.05); H04L 2101/604 (2022.05)] | 10 Claims |
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 the host name additionally includes a function of a path indicative of the resource.
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