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Managing links between processor-based systems

  • US 7,013,349 B2
  • Filed: 04/25/2005
  • Issued: 03/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising:

  • automatically sending a discovery message, by a first node on a network, to a second node on a network;

    enabling access to the second node if a response to the discovery message is received; and

    automatically checking a link to the second node to make sure that the second node is still accessible to the first node,wherein the first node on the network comprises a host-based processor system running a plurality of client applications, and wherein the second node on the network provides at least one application service accessible to the first node when the first and second node are linked, and wherein each of the at least one application service corresponds to one of the plurality of client applications running on the host processor.

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