Patent ID: 8060579

Claim:
A method of translating a name of a web server into an IP address, wherein the Web server is one of a plurality of web servers associated with a web service provider and wherein each of the web servers runs a regional or general website of the web service provider, the method comprising: storing an IP address of a web server together with the geographic region its services are specific to in memory of a domain name system (DNS) server; receiving a user request for accessing a first web server associated with the web service provider at the DNS server, wherein the user request includes identity information of the web service provider; obtaining the user's geographic location at the DNS server; and searching with the identity information of the web service provider and the user's geographic location in the memory of the DNS server to determine an IP address of a web server which is associated with the web service provider and runs a regional website providing services specific to the user's geographic location.