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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2008
Charles D. Bauman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Scott A. Piper, Bothell, WA (US);
Gregory Pruett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Carlos Santana, Durham, NC (US);
Charles D. Bauman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Scott A. Piper, Bothell, WA (US);
Gregory Pruett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Carlos Santana, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for directing a client to a preferred service instance. At creation of a service instance, the service binding attribute of the created instance is extended to include assigned domains and associated priorities. There are then two phases to directing a client to the preferred service instance. The first phase is compilation of a list of domains and priorities for the service in response to a query. Upon completion of the first phase, a second phase is executed to determine a preferred service for the client by comparing fully qualified domain name entries and assigned priority entries.