Patent ID: 7730187

Claim:
A content delivery network (CDN) for providing content objects, the CDN comprising: a CDN connection with a terminal device; a second domain name service (DNS) system of the CDN, wherein: a first request to resolve a first domain name is received by the second DNS system at a second location, the first domain name is associated with a first content object, a second request to resolve a second domain name is received by the second DNS system at the second location, the second domain name is associated with a second content object, the first and second requests are relayed with the terminal device, the terminal device receives Internet access from an access network, the access network comprises a first DNS system that functions in a recursing DNS mode, the first content object is realized in a first location of the terminal device, the second location is different from the first location, the second DNS system operates in a recursing DNS mode to retrieve a first IP address corresponding to the first domain name, and the first IP address for the first domain name is returned from the second DNS system to the terminal device to fulfill the first request; an IP address store for holding authoritative Internet protocol (IP) addresses, wherein: the second DNS system operates in an authoritative DNS mode to retrieve a second IP address from the IP address store, and the second IP address for the second domain name is returned from the second DNS system to the terminal device to fulfill the second request, a content store of the CDN in the second location, wherein at least one of the first or second content object is stored with the content store.