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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2024
Kigen (Uk) Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Jerry Chun-Pai Jun, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Kigen (UK) Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A polling apparatus comprises message issuing circuitry configured to issue at least one polling message over a network to a polled device. Polling filtering circuitry is responsive to a polling trigger requesting that the message issuing circuitry issues a given polling message to determine whether an active domain name system (DNS) server belongs to a set of one or more polling permitted DNS servers. In response to determining that the active DNS server does not belong to the set of polling permitted DNS servers, the polling filtering circuitry is configured to prohibit the message issuing circuitry from issuing the given polling message.