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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2008
Applicants:
Gopala Krishna Reddy Kakivaya, Sammamish, WA (US);
LU Xun, Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventors:
Gopala Krishna Reddy Kakivaya, Sammamish, WA (US);
Lu Xun, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods that provide for joining a node to a federation. A link component facilitates joining such node thru three phases of join, introduce and advise. A plurality of messages and replies are exchanged between nodes in form of introduce, advise, and response messages. Such messages contain the sending node's full neighborhood.