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Multilingual domain name resolution

  • US 8,521,845 B2
  • Filed: 08/03/2010
  • Issued: 08/27/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of resolving a registered multilingual domain name, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a primary name server, a request to resolve the registered multilingual domain name that is identified by a sequence of numeric values, wherein the request that was received from a Web browser of a user is based on a specified URL that contains the domain name;

    determining that the primary name server is unable to identify, in a zone data file of the primary name server, an IP address associated with the sequence of numeric values;

    selecting a default IP address in response to a failure to identify an associated IP address, the default IP address corresponding to a multilingual domain name server that is able to resolve requests for domain names in multiple languages;

    determining appropriate response information for the multilingual domain name; and

    providing an indication of the appropriate response information to the Web browser of the user in response to the request.

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