Patent ID: 9509596
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a user communication device, the method comprising: maintaining a domain name system bypass data structure on the user communication device, wherein the domain name system bypass data structure comprises network addresses for content nodes of a content delivery network, the content nodes configured to cache content from at least one origin server for a user application on the user communication device, and wherein the network addresses are prioritized based on accessibility factors for the network addresses tested at least partially on the user communication device; receiving a user instruction requesting new content within the user application of the user communication device; in response to the user instruction, processing at least the domain name system bypass data structure on the user communication device to identify a network address in the network addresses for retrieving the new content; and requesting the new content from a content node using the network address.