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System, method and program for enabling a client to reconnect to a same server in a network of computer systems after the server has moved to a different network address

  • US 6,247,055 B1
  • Filed: 07/02/1998
  • Issued: 06/12/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for re-establishing a connection from a client to a given server member in a network of computer systems where a first connection to the given server member was lost, and after the first connection, the given server member was relocated to a different network address, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at the client from the given server member, during the first connection, a unique identifier assigned to the given server member;

    sending a first message, from the client, to any active server member in the network of computer systems, to receive back the different network address associated with the unique identifier that matches the unique identifier received during the first connection; and

    sending a second message, from the client, to the different network address to re-establish the connection from the client to the given server member.

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