US 12,388,903 B2
Provisioning applications with mobile network provided DNS settings
Maria Luisa Mas Rosique, Tres Cantos (ES); Magnus Olsson, London (GB); Magnus Hallenstål, Täby (SE); and Jan Backman, Kärna (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/288,605
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed May 2, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/054045
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/229938, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/182,692, filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0388638 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/34 (2013.01) [H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 67/51 (2022.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a User Equipment, UE, which supports an Edge Application Server, EAS, discovery procedure, the method comprising:
at an Operating System, OS, of the UE, the OS having a first Domain Name System, DNS, setting provided by a mobile network and a second DNS setting that is a user defined preference for DNS resolution:
receiving a request for the first DNS setting from an application client of an application via an Application Programming Interface, API, of the OS;
obtaining the first DNS setting; and
sending the first DNS setting to the application client via the API, responsive to the request; and
at the application of the UE, for EAS discovery:
sending the request for the first DNS setting from the application client of the application to the OS via the API of the OS; and
receiving the first DNS setting from the OS via the API of the OS; and
resolving a Fully Qualified Domain Name, FQDN, of the application using the first DNS setting.