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System and method for unique naming of resources in networked environments

  • US 7,533,141 B2
  • Filed: 01/24/2003
  • Issued: 05/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a plurality of host machines coupled to a network, wherein each of the plurality of host machines is configured to;

    generate a process identifier for a process running on the host machine, wherein the process identifier uniquely identifies the process among current processes running on the host machine;

    obtain a current time from a time source; and

    combine a host address of the host machine that uniquely identifies the host machine on the network, the process identifier of the process, and the current time to generate a network resource identifier for the process;

    wherein the host address is a combination of a gateway address and a machine address of the host machine;

    wherein the network resource identifier uniquely identifies the process on the host machine and on the network.

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