Patent ID: 8176172
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering an integrated web hosting and content distribution service which affords a predetermined service operational performance level to an individual client, comprising: receiving a domain name server request from an access device through a local domain name server; receiving signals from a monitoring system directly monitoring operational performance parameters of a web host, and a first content distribution network under the operational control of a primary service provider, the monitoring system determining detailed capacity and health statistics of the first content distribution network, the monitoring system receiving aggregate capacity and health statistics from a monitoring system local to a second content distribution network not under the operational control of the primary service provider; and sending a record to the local domain name server based on the domain name server request, the record indicating whether the web host is capable of meeting a predetermined service operational performance level and in response to a performance value below a predetermined operational performance level threshold, the record including an IP address of the web host.