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Accessing distributed services in a network

  • US 8,423,670 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2006
  • Issued: 04/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • for a set of multiple servers in which each server (a) provides a service having an identifier, (b) has a network address that differs from the network addresses of the other servers in the set, and (c) has a network address that is the same as the network address of a co-located resolution mechanism that maps the identifier that is received from a client requesting the service to that network address, the identifier received from the client not necessarily containing the network address of the server,where a list of the network addresses of the resolution mechanisms is obtained by operation of a resolution protocol supported by those resolution mechanisms;

    operating the resolution mechanisms to enable a client to choose one of the servers as being currently operational and/or accessible to provide the service to the client, without the client needing to first access the chosen server to make that determination.

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