Patent ID: 7984163
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method that optimizes communication between one or more remote clients and a Domain Name Server (DNS), wherein at least a portion of the communication is conducted over a long fat network (LFN) that has a first end in communication with a remote manipulator and a second end in communication with a central operator zone that is operable, via a local manipulator, to bridge said second end to an Internet Protocol (IP) network, the method comprising the actions of: at the remote client: at the central operator zone: wherein associating, at the remote client, the domain name to the first packet having a data payload saves the transmission of the DNS request over the LFN; and wherein associating, at the local manipulator, the real domain IP address to the first packet saves the transmission of the DNS response over the LFN.