US 12,069,023 B2
Domain name system services for variable-length address networks
Yingzhen Qu, Plano, TX (US); Haoyu Song, Plano, TX (US); Michael McBride, Plano, TX (US); and James N. Guichard, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/991,247.
Application 17/991,247 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/031765, filed on May 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/028,363, filed on May 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0083671 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04L 61/4517 (2022.01); H04L 61/4523 (2022.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 61/4511 (2022.05) [H04L 61/4517 (2022.05); H04L 61/4523 (2022.05); H04L 61/5007 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Domain Name System (DNS) server comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions; and
a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the DNS server to:
receive a registration request comprising a domain name, a local address, and a scope, the registration request requests registration of the domain name, the scope defines domains that can access a website, and the scope further defines the domains by autonomous system (AS) numbers;
assign an address to the domain name based on the local address and the scope;
generate a registration response comprising the address; and
transmit the registration response towards an endpoint.