Patent ID: 6687746
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for enabling internet access to content located by a domain name, the domain name including a user-selected subdomain label that is not associated with an IP address in a zone file of any higher-level domain, the method comprising:operating a host having an IP address specified by an internet-class resource record for a domain name server, in that the resource record associates the host IP address to a host domain name in a zone file of the domain name server, and wherein the host domain name comprises (a) a subdomain labeled with a designated wildcard character of a domain name system and (b) at least one: higher-level domain name; configuring a content address according to a content storage system of the host independently of the domain name system, the content address comprising a user-selected label, wherein the user-selected label comprises at least one character that is not the designated wildcard character; storing content in the content storage system, the content addressed by the content address; receiving a domain name configured in accordance with the domain name system, the domain name comprising the host domain name with the user-selected label substituted for the designated wildcard character; determining the content address from the user-selected label; retrieving the content from the content storage system using the content address; and serving the content.