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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2011
Robert E. Seastrom, Leesburg, VA (US);
Chris R. Roosenraad, Herndon, VA (US);
David Trout, Aldie, VA (US);
Wesley E. George, Iv, Manassas, VA (US);
Robert E. Seastrom, Leesburg, VA (US);
Chris R. Roosenraad, Herndon, VA (US);
David Trout, Aldie, VA (US);
Wesley E. George, IV, Manassas, VA (US);
TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for resolving a DNS request using metadata. An intelligent name server receives a request to resolve a domain name via a network. The intelligent name server acquires at least one metadata element about the source of the request. The domain name request is transformed into a CNAME request that includes the at least one metadata element and the domain name to be resolved. The CNAME request is sent to a metadata aware DNS server for resolution. The metadata aware DNS server maps the domain name to one or more network addresses stored in a look-up table. The included metadata is used to select a 'best' host address to include in a response.