Patent ID: 8521851

Claim:
A system for processing resource requests comprising: a DNS nameserver component associated with an application broker, wherein the DNS nameserver component receives a DNS query from a client computing device, wherein the DNS query corresponds to a requested resource associated with a first resource identifier including application information regarding the requested resource, wherein the application broker manages content processing on behalf of a content provider, wherein the first resource identifier further includes information identifying the application broker, and wherein the DNS nameserver component includes one or more computing devices and is operable to: parse the first resource identifier so as to obtain the application information regarding the requested resource; obtain a second resource identifier based at least in part on a portion of the application information parsed from the first resource identifier, wherein the second resource identifier resolves to one of: a domain of a network computing provider selected as a function of a location associated with the client computing device if a ratio of data received by an application for processing the requested resource to data delivered out of the application exceeds a first threshold, wherein the network computing provider is different from the application broker; a domain of a network computing provider selected as a function of a location associated with the client computing device if a ratio of a measure of resource utilization to data received by the application from a source exceeds a second threshold, wherein the network computing provider is different from the application broker; and a domain of a network computing provider selected as a function of a location associated with a storage component maintaining the requested resource if a ratio of a measure of resource utilization to data received by the application from a source fails to exceed a third threshold, wherein the network computing provider is different from the application broker; and transmit the second resource identifier to the client computing device.