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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1998
Kenneth Lynn Crocker, Issaquah, WA (US);
Wei Jiang, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gurdeep Singh Pall, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bernard D. Aboba, Bellevue, WA (US);
Narendra C. Gidwani, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kenneth Lynn Crocker, Issaquah, WA (US);
Wei Jiang, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gurdeep Singh Pall, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bernard D. Aboba, Bellevue, WA (US);
Narendra C. Gidwani, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for maintaining network information. The system resides in a network comprising a plurality of sub-networks in communication with one another over a communications backbone. Each sub-network has a router for use in performing communications with other sub-networks. A directory service is linked to the communications backbone and includes a database. The database stores router attribute information that is published by each of the routers. Using a query engine associated with the directory service, meaningful information can be gathered from the database as a function of specified router attribute information.