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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Jicheol Moon, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/911 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/733 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/829 (2013.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/28 (2013.01); H04L 67/2814 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04L 45/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for allocating a server to a terminal are provided. The method includes receiving an Internet protocol (IP) packet with a domain name system (DNS) query from a terminal, including terminal location information in the IP packet, transmitting the IP packet to a DNS server, receiving, from the DNS server, a response IP packet location information of a proximity server, the proximity server being located within a certain distance from the terminal, and transmitting the response IP packet to the terminal.