Patent ID: 6968389
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for qualifying requests in a network, comprising: a router operable to receive a domain name server query from an originator associated with a request for information, the router including a database defining a relationship between domain names and addresses, the router operable to determine whether the domain name of the domain name server query is indexed in the database, the domain name being qualified in response to the domain name being in the database; and a processor associated with the router, an address of the processor being indexed in the database, the router operable to provide the address of the processor to the originator in response to the domain name being qualified and indicating the address of the processor in the database, wherein content of the request is compared to a classification policy, and wherein a server is identified to process the request according to a processing policy in response to the request having a classification policy.