Method and apparatus for providing scalable resource discovery
US7177867B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 12, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99939
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A scalable method and architecture for efficiently locating desired resources within a network containing a plurality of server nodes, each of which hosts or otherwise provides access to a subset of a global resource set. In one aspect of the invention, each of the server nodes are assigned membership in at least two sets, an “announce” set and a “request” set.
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