EP0892530A2
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Method for wide area network service location
Assignee: Nokia of America Corp
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Filing: 1998-07-07
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-07-07
Abstract
Abstract A method for a client to locate a particular service from a service provider on wide area computer networks. The method includes multicasting of an advertisement from a service provider, which advertisement is detected by a Service Broker and in turn multicast into the wide area computer network. A client queries the network when seeking a particular service and receives in turn the address of the Broker and a Server to obtain the service desired.
Inventors
- 👤 Jonathan David Rosenberg
- 👤 Bernhard Suter
- 👤 Henning Gunther Schulzrinne
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 14:12
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/02; H04L12/16; H04L12/18; H04L12/1854; H04L61/00; H04L12/1886; H04L61/45
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A method for locating services in a wide area internet network,
comprising the steps of: receiving a communication from a Server X desiring to provide a service
A to a client connected to the internet, periodically multicasting an advertisement for service A from Server X
to a multicast group G 1 , storing, in a Broker Y's database, the advertisement for service A
multicast by Server X, processing a request from client C to Broker Y for a Server providing
service A, and providing from Broker Y to client C an address for Server X to obtain
Service A.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
A method for locating services in a wide area internet network in
accordance with Claim 1, further including the steps of: periodically multicasting from Broker Y an advertisement for Service
Service-A-Broker to multicast group G 2, storing, in a Directory Agent Z's database, the advertisement multicast
by Broker Y, processing a communication from client C who is seeking a Server for
service A, and relaying said communication to Directory Agent Z, initiating a database search by Directory Agent Z for providers of
Service Service-A-Broker locating Broker Y in response to said database search, and returning an address for Broker Y to client C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method for locating services in a wide area intemet network in
accordance with Claim 2, wherein said locating step further includes the steps of: querying Broker Y on behalf of client C, and returning an address for
Server X, provided by Broker Y, directly to client C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method for locating services in a wide area internet network in
accordance with Claim 1, further including the steps of: registering, with a Notary, an advertisement generated by a Server, providing, by the Notary, authentication for the Servers it represents,
and multicasting, by the Notary, the advertisements for the Servers
registered with the Notary.
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