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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
James M. Zombek, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Richard K. Sobchak, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Rudy G. Bonefas, Bel Air, MD (US);
Aether Systems, Inc., Owings Mills, MD (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product for providing discovery services for servers during a startup sequence can include powering on a server in a domain; creating a listener socket for the server to accept coupling requests from other servers; registering server information for the server with a database; searching the database for other registered servers in the domain; establishing a couple to each of the other registered servers in the domain; and verifying validity of the couple to each of the other registered servers including performing a handshake. The server information registered with the database can include an IP address; a listener port; a domain; a version number; or a server type. Establishing can include: sending a couple message from a coupling server of the other registered servers; receiving the couple message by another server of the other registered servers; verifying a version number of the couple message; verifying that the couple message sent and received is a valid couple message; replying with a reply message to the couple message; or verifying that the reply message contains a valid version number and server type. Alternatively, establishing can further include closing the couple if the version numbers are not valid; closing the couple if the server type is not valid; or closing the couple if the reply message is not received within a predetermined amount of time. The method can also include registering a server identifier (ID), a service type, or a message type supported by the server. The server can be a back end server (BES); a proxy gateway (PG); a message router (MR); or an HTTP Proxy BES.