Patent ID: 6108703
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A distributed hosting framework operative in a computer network in which users of client machines connect to a content provider server, the framework comprising:a routine for modifying at least one embedded object URL of a web page to include a hostname pretended to a domain name and path;a set of content servers, distinct from the content provider server, for hosting at least some of the embedded objects of web pages that are normally hosted by the content provider server;at least one first level name server that provides a first level domain name service (DNS) resolution; andat least one second level name server that provides a second level domain name service (DNS) resolution;wherein in response to requests for the web page, generated by the client machines the web page including the modified embedded object URL is served from the content provider server and the embedded object identified by the modified embedded object URL is served from a given one of the content servers as identified by the first level and second level name servers.