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Method and system for selecting a host in a communications network

  • US 6,810,411 B1
  • Filed: 09/13/1999
  • Issued: 10/26/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of selecting a host for a client in a client-server network, the method comprising:

  • receiving a request to identify the host for the client;

    determining a future start of race (SOR) time at which a plurality of servers are to respond to the received request;

    sending a plurality of responses, each having an address representative of a respective host, from the plurality of servers at the future SOR time; and

    selecting the respective host address from the first arriving response of the plurality of responses.

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