Patent ID: 7689671

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of accessing a network resource, said method comprising: sending, from a client computer system, a first domain name resolution request to a Domain Name System (DNS) server, wherein the first domain name resolution request includes a first domain name and requests multiple IP addresses; receiving, from the DNS server, a first multiple IP address response that corresponds to the first domain name resolution request, the first multiple IP address response including a plurality of IP addresses that each correspond to the first domain name included in the first domain name resolution request; selecting, at the client computer system, one of the plurality of IP addresses; sending, from the client computer system, a request to a server corresponding to the selected IP address; receiving responsive data from the server and displaying the responsive data on a display screen accessible from the client computer system; sending, from the client computer system, a second domain name resolution request to the DNS server, the second domain name resolution request requesting multiple IP addresses and including a second domain name; receiving, from the DNS server, a second multiple IP address response that corresponds to the second domain name resolution request, the second multiple IP address response including a single IP address that corresponds to the second domain name included in the second domain name resolution request; and automatically requesting data from a second server that corresponds to the single IP address in response to receiving the single IP address at the client computer system.