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Fictitious Domain Name Method, System, Product, and Apparatus

  • US 20120278467A1
  • Filed: 06/29/2012
  • Published: 11/01/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a Domain Name System (DNS) server comprising a processing device configured to resolve a DNS query based on a predetermined syntax;

    wherein the DNS query includes a domain name having a highest level domain (HLD);

    wherein the DNS server is configured to use a root zone file having at least one resource record to facilitate the resolution of the DNS query in response to determining that the HLD is a top level domain alias (TLDA) that is not an HLD registered in the DNS server, and that the DNS query cannot be resolved in accordance with a set of registered domain names; and

    wherein said resource record includes an Internet Protocol (IP) address and said IP address corresponds to a network resource configured to determine which namespace provider of a plurality of namespace providers is configured to process said domain name having said TLDA.

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