Patent ID: 8526405

Claim:
A method of providing mobile content over a network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request for content at a first domain name system (DNS) server; determining whether a device type of a device, from which the request originates, is a mobile device type or a fixed device type; and, when the device, from which the request originates, is a mobile device; providing a network address of a server hosting content formatted for the mobile device type, thereby causing provision to the mobile device of content configured for display on the mobile device, wherein subsequent to the receiving of the request for content at the first DNS server, the method further comprises instructing the device, from which the request originates, to redirect the request to a second DNS server in the network to perform the providing of the network address of the server hosting content formatted for the mobile device type, the instructing performed by the first DNS server after processing of the request on the first DNS server is completed, and wherein subsequent to the receiving of the request for content at the first DNS server, the method further comprises processing the request using the first DNS server to obtain a network address of a server hosting content formatted for the fixed device type to cause provisioning to the device of content not configured for display on the mobile device, when the first DNS server is not authorized to redirect requests for content to the second DNS server.