Patent ID: 11968166
Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. A client device, comprising:
a network communications interface;
a display;
a processor; and
a memory storing a web browser application configured to be executed by the processor; wherein,
the web browser application, when executed by the processor, is configured to,
receive, from a user, a domain name corresponding to a web page;
transmit a domain name system (DNS) query including the domain name via the network communications interface;
receive, via the network communications interface and in response to the DNS query, the IP address of the web page;
transmit a request for the web page via the network communications interface, the request including the IP address of the web page;
receive, via the network communications interface and in response to the request for the web page, a content and format of the web page, the content of the web page including a set of IP addresses corresponding to at least one of text, images, or hyperlinks referenced by the web page, the set of IP addresses received instead of, and in replacement of, a set of domain names corresponding to at least one of the text, the images, or the hyperlinks referenced by the web page; and
cause the display to display the content of the web page according to the format of the web page.