Dynamic burn rack monitor listener server
US6351769B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 4, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/50
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A dynamic listener server architecture in which a DUT broadcasts a network package onto a LAN and each of a set of listener servers connected to the LAN responds to the DUT broadcast with an individual packet containing its network address. The DUT receives these packets and uses the first one it receives as the primary listener server until a subsequent broadcast by the DUT when either the DUT is rebooted and assumes itself in an unknown LAN or when the connection to the selected listener server fails and it is now looking for another listener server on the same LAN. The network address of the selected listener server is cached by the DUT and used in repeated sessions.
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