Hipcricket, Inc.

I2telecom IP Holdings, Inc.

Upland Software, Inc.

Upland Software Iii, LLC

Awais Ali

John M Cooney

Fabrizio Talucci

Charlie Zimmerman

Systems and methods to bind a client with a server are provided. A particular method includes establishing a connection between a server and a client. A list of best-fit server IP addresses is received at the client via the connection. A determination is made whether the server is identified in the list of best-fit server IP addresses. When the server is not identified in the list of best-fit server IP addresses, the connection to the server is terminated.

System and method of binding a client to a server

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.

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Awais Ali