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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2008
Arne Josefsberg, Medina, WA (US);
John D Dunagan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark D. Scheibel, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alastair Wolman, Seattle, WA (US);
Arne Josefsberg, Medina, WA (US);
John D Dunagan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark D. Scheibel, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alastair Wolman, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary architecture is for an Internet Location Coordinate enhanced Domain Name System (DNS). An exemplary method includes requesting information for a plurality of servers associated with a network domain name of a Domain Name System (DNS) where the information includes information based in part on packets transmitted by each of the plurality of servers to a plurality of network beacons; receiving the requested information from a name server associated with the Domain Name System (DNS); and, based in part on the received information, selecting an optimal server for the network domain name. Other methods, devices and systems are also disclosed.