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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Geoffrey L. Baskwill, Almonte, CA;
Assignee:
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/0843 (2013.01);
Abstract
System and method of application configuration using DNS-based service discovery, the method including: determining a network domain of a user; retrieving PTR, SRV and TXT records from a DNS server associated with the network domain; enumerating service instances based upon the retrieved PTR, SRV and TXT records; receiving a selection of a service instance from the user; constructing a service instance URL from the selected service instance; attempting to retrieve a settings file by use of the service instance URL; and applying configuration settings from the retrieved settings file.