US 12,255,870 B2
Domain name system for data discovery
Michael McBride, Santa Clara, CA (US); Yingzhen Qu, Santa Clara, CA (US); and James Neil Guichard, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/314,434.
Application 18/314,434 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/055433, filed on Oct. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/111,416, filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0283587 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/1008 (2022.01); H04L 67/1023 (2022.01); H04L 101/618 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 61/4511 (2022.05) [H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04L 63/0281 (2013.01); H04L 67/1008 (2013.01); H04L 67/1023 (2013.01); H04L 2101/618 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented in a domain name system (DNS) server, the method comprising:
receiving a DNS request containing a host name and a resource record specifying data;
resolving an internet protocol (IP) address based on the host name;
resolving a server address of a resource server containing the data specified in the resource record; and
transmitting a DNS response including the IP address and the server address, wherein the resource record includes:
an option code field set to a value specifying a type of the resource record,
an option length field set to a value specifying a length of the resource record, and
an option data field containing the data specified in the DNS request.