US Patent 8423670 Accessing distributed services in a network

Patent 8423670 was granted and assigned to Corporation for National Research Initiatives on April, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Corporation for National Research Initiatives

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

8423670

Date of Patent

April 16, 2013

Patent Application Number

11340231

Date Filed

January 25, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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Wing F Chan

Patent abstract

A set of multiple servers in which each server (a) provides a service having a name or other identifier, and for which each server (b) has a network address that differs from the network addresses of the other servers in the set, and (c) is co-located with a resolution mechanism that maps a name or other identifier of the service that is received from a client to a network address that is local to the resolution mechanism. The resolution mechanisms are operated to enable a client to choose one of the servers as being currently operational and/or accessible to provide the service to the client, and to so choose the server without the client needing to first access the chosen server.