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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
Nathan F. Raciborski, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael M. Gordon, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Nils H. Mccarthy, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Brad B. Harvell, Chandler, AZ (US);
Nathan F. Raciborski, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael M. Gordon, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Nils H. McCarthy, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Brad B. Harvell, Chandler, AZ (US);
Limelight Networks, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
A domain name service (DNS) resolver for returning Internet protocol (IP) addresses is provided in some embodiments of the invention. The DNS resolver includes a connection with an Internet application or device, wherein the connection receives domain name resolution requests that originates outside of the Internet. The DNS resolver also includes a direct DNS resolver that processes domain name resolutions without referring to the Internet after receiving a domain name resolution request and a recursing DNS resolver, wherein IP addresses are found by querying one or more DNS servers on the Internet after receiving domain name resolution requests. The DNS resolver includes an address store having a predetermined list of domain names and corresponding IP addresses that are specified from a point remote to the DNS resolver. The DNS resolver process the domain name resolutions for the predetermined list of domain names differently than other domain name resolutions.