Patent ID: 8606938
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for provisioning a client device to access a service provided by a services network having a plurality of service end points associated with a plurality of geographically distinct data centers, the method comprising, in response to a request from the client device to access the service, provisioning the client device with a plurality of domain name system (DNS) service records that are simultaneously stored by the client device, each of a first subset of the DNS service records corresponding to a unicast destination address, each unicast destination address being associated with one or more of the service end points in only a single one of the data centers, and each of a second subset of the DNS service records corresponding to an anycast destination address, each anycast destination address being simultaneously associated with one or more of the service end points in at least two of the data centers, and wherein the first subset of DNS service records is higher priority than the second subset of DNS service records.