US 12,261,754 B2
Synthetic resource records
Brent Anthony Piller Bryan, Mountain View, CA (US); Jonathan Mack, Seattle, WA (US); and Roberto Ramalho Fischer, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/583,273.
Application 18/583,273 is a continuation of application No. 17/412,911, filed on Aug. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,916,766, issued on Feb. 27, 2024.
Application 17/412,911 is a continuation of application No. 16/812,579, filed on Mar. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,115,299, issued on Sep. 7, 2021.
Application 16/812,579 is a continuation of application No. 15/831,657, filed on Dec. 5, 2017, granted, now 10,594,575, issued on Mar. 17, 2020.
Application 15/831,657 is a continuation of application No. 14/585,744, filed on Dec. 30, 2014, granted, now 9,948,527, issued on Apr. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/016,445, filed on Jun. 24, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0195713 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 43/04 (2022.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01)
CPC H04L 43/04 (2013.01) [G06F 16/23 (2019.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, from an authorized administrator, information specifying an update to a configuration of a web application associated with an Internet domain, the update including a change to a name or address;
automatically updating, with one or more processors and based on the received information, a logical group of resource records or zone files associated with the web application and disposed in a synthetic resource record for the web application,
wherein the synthetic resource record further comprises dependent resource records that correspond to the logical group of resource records or zone files and domain name system (DNS) information for the Internet domain or a subdomain, and
wherein the automatically updating comprises updating mappings between names and addresses; and
sending the specified update to a DNS server.