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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2001
Applicants:
Gilles Bellaton, St. Martin d'Heres, FR;
Sylvain Duloutre, Fontaine, FR;
Mark C. Smith, Saline, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gilles Bellaton, St. Martin d'Heres, FR;
Sylvain Duloutre, Fontaine, FR;
Mark C. Smith, Saline, MI (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of entry distribution includes receiving requests by a chaining backend from an original client, forwarding requests from the chaining backend to a one of a plurality of remote servers, and returning results from the one of the plurality of remote servers to the original client. The chaining backend is a type of database plug-in that acts as a multiplexer including a directory information tree that provides the hierarchy of the plurality of remote servers.