US 12,323,481 B2
Network address resolution
Christopher Newton, Westlake Village, CA (US)
Assigned to Sandpiper CDN, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Sandpiper CDN, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/598,631.
Application 18/598,631 is a continuation of application No. 18/132,055, filed on Apr. 7, 2023, granted, now 11,929,978.
Application 18/132,055 is a continuation of application No. 17/687,361, filed on Mar. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,627,108, issued on Apr. 11, 2023.
Application 17/687,361 is a continuation of application No. 16/923,788, filed on Jul. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,277,374, issued on Mar. 15, 2022.
Application 16/923,788 is a continuation of application No. 16/538,355, filed on Aug. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,715,481, issued on Jul. 14, 2020.
Application 16/538,355 is a continuation of application No. 14/986,035, filed on Dec. 31, 2015, granted, now 10,382,385, issued on Aug. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/126,277, filed on Feb. 27, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0214347 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 47/70 (2022.01); H04L 61/30 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04L 67/60 (2022.01); H04L 61/301 (2022.01); H04L 67/1021 (2022.01); H04L 101/30 (2022.01); H04L 101/604 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/02 (2013.01) [H04L 47/70 (2013.01); H04L 61/30 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); 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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.