Resolving a host expression to an internet protocol address

• US 10,007,726 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Roskind, James Anthony, Bentzel, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Edward
• Application Number:
  US14/042,375
• Publication Number:
  US 20140281032A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,730 Days
• Field of Search: 709245, 709201, 709202, 709203, 709217, 709218, 709219, 709220, 709221, 709225
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/58 Caching of addresses or names

Abstract

Systems and methods for resolving a request associated with a host expression to an Internet Protocol (IP) address are provided. In some aspects, a request for content from a content server is transmitted from a client computing device. The request is associated with a host expression of the content server. A message including the requested content and an indication of an Internet Protocol (IP) address set of a DNS resolution of the host expression of the content server is received in response to the request. The requested content includes text or an image. The IP address set of the DNS resolution of the host expression of the content server is stored in a local memory of the client computing device. The IP address set is stored for resolution of future requests associated with the host expression of the content server locally at the client computing device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for receiving a domain name service (DNS) resolution for a content server, the method comprising:

transmitting, from a client computing device, a request for content from a content server, the request being associated with a particular Internet Protocol (IP) address based on a default DNS lookup server resolving a host expression of the content server;

receiving, in response to the request, a message comprising the requested content and an indication of a particular IP address set of a DNS resolution of the host expression of the content server, wherein the requested content comprises text or an image associated with a display for a webpage, and the response to the request was received after the content server determined that the particular IP address was not included in the particular IP address set; and

storing, in a local memory of the client computing device, the particular IP address set of the DNS resolution of the host expression of the content server, the particular IP address set being stored, locally at the client computing device, for resolution of future requests associated with the host expression of the content server without accessing the default DNS lookup server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the host expression of the content server comprises a host name of the content server.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein storing, in the local memory of the client computing device, the particular IP address set of the DNS resolution of the host expression of the content server comprises:

storing, in one or more data structures within a web browser, the particular IP address set of the DNS resolution of the host expression of the content server.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more data structures are prebuilt into the web browser.

5. The method of claim 3, one or more data structures are updated during an update of the web browser.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

verifying, prior to storing the particular IP address set of the DNS resolution of the host expression of the content server, that a top layer domain (TLD) of a sender of the received message matches the host expression of the content server.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the message comprises a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) message, wherein a header of the HTTP message comprises the indication of the particular IP address set of the DNS resolution of the host expression of the content server, and wherein a body of the HTTP message comprises the requested content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the message comprises a SPDY message.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, from the client computing device, a subsequent request for respective content from a second content server, the subsequent request being associated with a second Internet Protocol (IP) address based on a second default DNS lookup server resolving a host expression of the second content server; and

receiving, in response to the subsequent request, a subsequent message comprising the respective content, wherein the second content server determines that the second IP address is included in a third IP address set for accessing the second content server by the client computing device.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for receiving a domain name service (DNS) resolution for a content server, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

transmitting, from a client computing device, a request for content from a content server, the request being associated with a particular Internet Protocol (IP) address based on a default DNS lookup server resolving a host expression of the content server, the content from the content server comprising text or an image associated with a display for a webpage;

receiving, in response to the request, a message indicating a particular IP address set of a DNS resolution of the host expression of the content server, the message being provided in conjunction with the requested content, wherein the response to the request was received after the content server determined that the particular IP address was not in the particular IP address set; and

storing, in a local memory of the client computing device, the particular IP address set of the DNS resolution of the host expression of the content server, the particular IP address set being stored for resolution of future requests associated with the host expression of the content server locally at the client computing device without accessing the default DNS lookup server.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises instructions, which when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform further operations comprising:

verifying that the client computing device has a secure connection with the content server, wherein storing the particular IP address set is in response to verifying that the client computing device has the secure connection with the content server.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the secure connection comprises one of a secure socket layer (SSL) connection, a hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) connection, or a SPDY connection.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprises instructions, which when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform further operations comprising:

verifying that the content server and the DNS resolution are associated with a common domain, wherein storing the particular IP address set is in response to verifying that the content server and the DNS resolution are associated with the common domain.

14. A system for providing for resolving a request associated with a host expression to an Internet Protocol (IP) address, the system comprising:

one or more device processors; and

a memory comprising instructions which, when executed by the one or more device processors, cause the one or more device processors to perform operations comprising;

storing, at a content server, a first IP address set of a domain name service (DNS) resolution of a host expression of the content server;

receiving, at the content server, a request for content of the content server, the request being generated on a client computing device, the request being associated with a DNS resolution from a default DNS lookup server and corresponding to a second IP address, the content of the content server comprising text or an image associated with a display for a webpage;

determining that the second IP address is not in the first IP address set; and

providing, to the client computing device, in response to the request and determining that the second IP address is not in the first IP address set, a message indicating the first IP address set of the DNS resolution of the host expression of the content server, the message being provided for resolution of future requests associated with the host expression of the content server locally at the client computing device without accessing the default DNS lookup server, the message being provided in conjunction with the requested content.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the second IP address comprises an IP address of the default DNS lookup server, and wherein the request is routed from the client computing device to the content server in conjunction with a DNS lookup at the default DNS lookup server.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the second IP address is not an IP address of the content server, and wherein the second IP address is not an IP address of a DNS resolver.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the second IP address comprises an IP address for the content server stored on the client computing device.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the message comprises a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) header indicating the first IP address set of the DNS resolution of the host expression of the content server.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the message comprises a SPDY message, the SPDY message comprising the first IP address set of the DNS resolution of the host expression of the content server.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the host expression of the content server comprises a host name of the content server.