Patent ID: 8650282

Claim:
A method for discovering clients associated with a local domain name server, comprising: providing an internet protocol address of a cache server in response to receiving a first address request from the local domain name server for the internet protocol address of the cache server; receiving address request information from an authoritative domain name server, wherein the address request information is associated with a tracking address provided by the authoritative domain name server to the local domain name server in response to a second address request from the local domain name server for the internet protocol address of the cache server, wherein the tracking address is provided to the local domain name server in response to a predefined request interval, wherein the predefined request interval indicates a rate at which the tracking address is provided to the local domain server per a given quantity of address requests; receiving content request information associated with a content request sent to the tracking address; determining client information associated with a client system based on the address request information and the content request information, wherein the client information is determined by utilizing instructions stored in memory and executed by a processor; and associating the client system with the local domain name server based upon the tracking address.