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Process for selecting an authoritative name server

  • US 8,799,518 B2
  • Filed: 04/04/2012
  • Issued: 08/05/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for obtaining data from a plurality of servers associated with service providers, comprising:

  • choosing, by one or more processors, a first server associated with a first service provider, based on a first measurement associated with the first server;

    requesting first data from the first server;

    determining that the first server is unresponsive;

    choosing, by the one or more processors and based on the determination that the first server is unresponsive, a second server based on a second measurement associated with the second server, the second server being associated with a second service provider different from the first service provider; and

    requesting the first data from the second server.

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