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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2005
Ravi T. Rao, Redmond, WA (US);
Tomer Weisberg, Bellevue, WA (US);
Noah Horton, Sammamish, WA (US);
Christian Huitema, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Sandeep K. Singhal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ravi T. Rao, Redmond, WA (US);
Tomer Weisberg, Bellevue, WA (US);
Noah Horton, Sammamish, WA (US);
Christian Huitema, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Sandeep K. Singhal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method of discovering a community relay node within a network community wherein the community relay node is operatively coupled to an access-protected client and adapted to facilitate communication between the access-protected client and a requesting client, includes receiving a request message from a requesting client relating to a request for a community relay node, associating the request message with a serverless name resolution protocol name, selecting a community relay node from among a list of community relay nodes based on the serverless name resolution protocol name, wherein the list of community relay nodes comprises at least one internet protocol address associated with a community relay node, and returning an internet protocol address of the selected community relay node to the requesting client.