System and method for determining a preferred service in a network
US6292832A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1038
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for selecting a service in a network, such as the Internet. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a user, such as a network administrator, may configure the system and method of the present invention to determine a "best" service based on a user configured metric. Examples of user configured metrics include director response protocol (DRP) external metrics, DRP internal metrics, DRP server metrics, DRP multi-exit discriminator (MED), and DRP round trip time (RTT). Metric information is herein meant to include any criteria used to select a "best" service. Examples of metric information include portion, random, and administrative costs, as well as DRP external metrics, DRP internal metrics, DRP server, DRP MED, and DRP RTT. The service associated with the best metric information is then selected as a resolution for the requested host name.
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