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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2005
Weiqing Tu, Redmond, WA (US);
William B. Lees, Redmond, WA (US);
Billy J. Fuller, Woodinville, WA (US);
Nathan D. Muggli, Seattle, WA (US);
Weiqing Tu, Redmond, WA (US);
William B. Lees, Redmond, WA (US);
Billy J. Fuller, Woodinville, WA (US);
Nathan D. Muggli, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Registering a client with a distributed service. A method may be practiced, for example, in a network computing environment including a client at a local site and a number of distributed services at a number of remote sites. The method includes pinging one or more distributed services at one or more remote sites. A message is received from a distributed service from among the one or more distributed services. The message specifies an optimal remote site. The method further includes registering with a distributed service at the optimal remote site.