Abstract: A system and method of binding a client with a server. Embodiments of the present invention allow a client to receive and maintain a set of “best-fit” server IP addresses. The best fit server IP addresses establish a hierarchy of server addresses that are used by a client to maintain a binding with a server without using the DNS. Communicating the set of best-fit server IP addresses to a specific client is accomplished using extensions to one or more network protocols already used to support client/server communications, thus minimizing the amount of code needed to support the additional information transfer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 26, 2005
Date of Patent:
March 9, 2010
Assignee:
i2 Telecom IP Holdings, Inc.
Inventors:
John M. Cooney, Awais Ali, Fabrizio Talucci, Charlie Zimmerman