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Method for wide area network service location
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In this paper, 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, which is then forwarded to the server.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.read more
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