Patent ID: 8103780

Claim:
A client computing system having Internet service provided by an Internet service provider, the Internet service provider having a domain name system server, the client computing device comprising a processor operable to: receive a prompt from a content delivery network to download a list of domain names that are associated with the content delivery network, the content delivery network having a content delivery network domain name system server; provide a reply to the prompt: download the list of domain names from the content delivery network in response to the reply; originate a first domain name system request including a first domain name; determine whether the first domain name is in the list of domain names; if the first domain name is not in the list, direct the first domain name system request to the Internet service provider domain name system server; and if the first domain name is in the list: direct the first domain name system request to the content delivery network domain name system server; receive a first reply that includes an Internet protocol address from the content delivery network domain name system server; and in response to receiving the first reply, direct a first content request to the Internet protocol address.