Patent ID: 11888811
Assignee: IDENTITY DIGITAL INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-readable memory storing instructions configured to, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:
receiving a DNS lookup request comprising at least a portion of an embedded message in a question portion of the DNS lookup request, the embedded message being distinct from a query domain of the DNS lookup request:
determining a parsing algorithm corresponding to the embedded message from among multiple parsing algorithms using an identifier associated with the embedded message;
applying the parsing algorithm to the question portion of the DNS lookup request to extract at least the portion of the embedded message; and
wherein the embedded message comprises instructions specifying:
when a response should be sent; or that the response should be sent to another device upon receiving a request from the other device.