Patent ID: 11902241
Assignee: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A method for generating a pre-localized hostname, the method comprising:
receiving a pre-localization request comprising pre-localization information, wherein the pre-localization information comprises an indication of computing functionality associated with a content distribution network (CDN);
generating, based on the pre-localization information, a pre-localized hostname associated with an edge server of the CDN that is responsible for the computing functionality, wherein generating the pre-localized hostname comprises:
generating a hash based on the particular content; and
identifying the edge server according to a hashing algorithm; and

providing, in response to the pre-localization request, the pre-localized hostname to direct a client computing device to the edge server of the CDN.