An application gateway including application service programming positioned at a user premises can provide voice controlled and managed services to a user and one or more endpoint devices associated with the application gateway. The application gateway can be controlled remotely by the application service provider through a service management center and configured to execute an application service provided from the application service provider. The application gateway can execute the application service at the user premises upon voice command by a user and independent of application services executing on the application service provider's network. An application service logic manager can communicate with an application service enforcement manager to verify that the request conforms with the policy and usage rules associated with the application service in order to authorize execution of the application service on the application gateway, either directly or through endpoint devices.

An application gateway including application service programming positioned at a user premises can provide voice controlled and managed services to a user and one or more endpoint devices associated with the application gateway. The application gateway can be controlled remotely by the application service provider through a service management center and configured to execute an application service provided from the application service provider. The application gateway can execute the application service at the user premises upon voice command by a user and independent of application services executing on the application service provider's network. An application service logic manager can communicate with an application service enforcement manager to verify that the request conforms with the policy and usage rules associated with the application service in order to authorize execution of the application service on the application gateway, either directly or through endpoint devices.

Embodiments of the present invention include a method for providing a secure domain name system (DNS) for machine to machine communications. In one embodiment, the method includes storing policy information for machine to machine communications in a global DNS registry database server. The method further includes communicating the policy information for machine to machine communications from the global DNS registry database server to a machine DNS registry server located in an Internet service provider (ISP) network, wherein a control signaling gateway located in the ISP network is configured to utilize the policy information for machine to machine communications to allow only registered controllers associated with a machine to communicate with the machine.

A network address assigned a shared designation by a first client computer is received, in a first data format, automatically, at a host computer from the first client computer. The network address is categorized and published. Publishing the network address includes converting the network address into a second data format, receiving, at the host computer, a subscription request from a second client computer, and sending the network address to the second client computer in response to receiving the subscription request.

Aspects of the embodiments are directed to receiving an address resolution protocol (ARP) request message from a requesting virtual machine, the ARP request message comprising a request for a destination address for a destination virtual machine, wherein the destination address comprises one or both of a destination hardware address or a destination media access control address; augmenting the ARP request message with a network service header (NSH), the NSH identifying an ARP service function; and forwarding the augmented ARP request to the ARP service function.

A communication apparatus that transmits data outside via different communication interfaces performs operations, including setting an interface correspondence between a domain name identifying a domain and a communication interface for use with an external apparatus belonging to the domain, generating, from the set interface correspondence, a setting indicating a Domain Name System (DNS) server correspondence between the domain name and the DNS server to which name resolution for a host name of the external apparatus is to be transferred, and activating a DNS cache server that operates from the generated setting. A DNS client requested for the host name resolution by an application of the communication apparatus transmits a name resolution request to the DNS cache server. Based on the received host name, the DNS cache server determines an external DNS server to which the name resolution is requested, and requests the determined external DNS server for the name resolution.

A communication apparatus that transmits data outside via different communication interfaces performs operations, including setting an interface correspondence between a domain name identifying a domain and a communication interface for use with an external apparatus belonging to the domain, generating, from the set interface correspondence, a setting indicating a Domain Name System (DNS) server correspondence between the domain name and the DNS server to which name resolution for a host name of the external apparatus is to be transferred, and activating a DNS cache server that operates from the generated setting. A DNS client requested for the host name resolution by an application of the communication apparatus transmits a name resolution request to the DNS cache server. Based on the received host name, the DNS cache server determines an external DNS server to which the name resolution is requested, and requests the determined external DNS server for the name resolution.

A domain management system that manages domain names, network addresses, and other aspects of a computing network domain is provided. The domain management system obtains domain data, such as domain name system (“DNS”) records, from any number of network-accessible providers of the domain data, such as DNS servers. The domain management system can store, transform, and synchronize the domain data among the network-accessible providers, even if the network-accessible providers do not all use or recognize the same format and/or content of domain data.

A domain management system that manages domain names, network addresses, and other aspects of a computing network domain is provided. The domain management system obtains domain data, such as domain name system (“DNS”) records, from any number of network-accessible providers of the domain data, such as DNS servers. The domain management system can store, transform, and synchronize the domain data among the network-accessible providers, even if the network-accessible providers do not all use or recognize the same format and/or content of domain data.

Described herein are methods and systems for improved domain name resolution/routing. Routing data associated with domain names (e.g., websites) may be cached by a Domain Name System (DNS) based on historical domain name queries. The historical domain name queries may be analyzed to determine a ranking (e.g., popularity) for the domain names at multiple time intervals throughout a day, week, etc. Routing data for the highest ranked domain names during one or more time intervals may be cached for a period(s) of time corresponding to the one or more time intervals (e.g., times during which those domain names are most popular).