Publication number: 20220353233
Abstract: An identifier, for example, an identifier of a domain and/or a host of the domain (e.g., a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), etc.), such as a service management device (e.g., a server, a web server, a computing device, a web host device, a webpage, etc.), may be modified (e.g., hashed, encrypted, etc.) by a network device (e.g., a server, a domain name system (DNS) server, a DNS over hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) server/gateway (DoH server), DNS over Transport Layer Security (TLS) server/gateway (DoT server), a network management device, a computing device, etc.), sent to a user device (e.g., a client device, a smart device, a mobile device, a content output device, a computing device, a web browser, a search engine, etc.), and reused by the user device to request a service (e.g., a web service, a webpage, a file, content, a content item, etc.).
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 29, 2021
Publication date:
November 3, 2022
Inventors:
Charles Helfinstine, Yiu Lee, Thomas Modayil Jacob