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Non-delegable client requests to servers storing local information only

  • US 6,970,932 B1
  • Filed: 12/14/1999
  • Issued: 11/29/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method for an on-line server responsive to a client, the method comprisingreceiving a request from the client, the server being chosen from a list of servers, the list being maintained by the client;

  • determining whether the server is inappropriate to fulfill the request based on the client being a non-delegable client that does not understand a delegation of the request to another server; and

    if the server determines that the server is inappropriate to fulfill the request, sending an error message to the client, the error message identifying the server as being off-line, even though the server is on-line, such that the error message is a false error message, to enable the client to send the request to a next server on the list of servers.

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