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DATA DISTRIBUTION USING DNS

  • US 20090177798A1
  • Filed: 01/05/2009
  • Published: 07/09/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for distributing data, comprising:

  • selecting for transmission to a client a plurality of data items from a data set;

    encapsulating the selected data items in multiple CNAME-type resource records, each such resource record containing an artificial domain name comprising one or more of the data items;

    arranging the resource records in a linked list, in which the artificial domain name contained in at least one of the resource records serves as a key for another of the resource records; and

    uploading the linked list of the resource records to a Domain Name System (DNS) server for delivery to the client in response to a single DNS request submitted by the client.

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