Patent ID: 11871214
Assignee: AERIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method for automated traffic flow control using domain name for one or more devices enabled for connectivity comprises:
receiving device information for the one or more devices;
receiving domain name information for one or more domain names that the one or more devices are allowed to access, denied access or a combination thereof;
associating each of the one or more domain names with one or more internet protocol (IP) addresses;
associating each of the one or more devices with a service profile specifying one or more domains that are allowed or disallowed for that device;
monitoring each of the one or more domains for change in the one or more IP addresses for that domain, wherein monitoring each of the one or more domains for change in the one or more IP addresses for that domain includes determining if there has been a change in the one or more IP addresses associated with that domain name using domain name system (DNS) look up and automatically updating the one or more IP addresses in the service profile for the one or more devices; and
updating the one or more IP address of the domain name if any change in the IP addresses for that domain is found,
wherein:
a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) notifies a policy and charging rule enforcement function (PCEF) of the change in the service profile for the one or more devices in the PCRF,
a traffic control function (TCF) policy and charging control (PCC) database notifies a traffic control function (TCF) packet processor of the change in the service profile for the one or more devices in the TCF packet processor, or
a firewall controller notifies the firewall of the change in the service profile for the one or more devices in the firewall processor, when there is a change to the IP addresses of the domain name in the database.