Patent ID: 11909715
Assignee: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory, operatively connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform a set of operations, the set of operations comprising:
receiving a request to resolve a hostname of a content distribution network (CDN), the request comprising a source Internet Protocol (IP) address of a requestor;
determining an edge server of the CDN, wherein the edge server is associated with an IP address subnet;
generating, based on the IP address subnet of the edge server, a response IP address comprising requestor information, the requestor information comprising an indication of the source IP address of the requestor; and
providing a response to the request to resolve the hostname, wherein a payload of the response comprises the generated response IP address.