Mapping meaningful hostnames
US8583774B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 29, 2011 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/45
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A set of interacting devices within a cluster environment may use a secondary naming system to assign and transfer friendly names between devices within the cluster. The cluster may be operated inside, outside, or partially within a cloud computing environment. The secondary naming system may maintain a hosts file within the addressable memory of each member of the cluster, where the hosts file may updated and changes propagated to every member of the cluster so that each member maintains an identical hosts file.
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