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Naming service for networked digital data processing system

CA 1312385 C · Owner: Digital Equipment Corporation · Inventors: Oran, David R.

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A naming service for use in a network which includes a plurality of client nodes and server nodes interconnected by a communications link. Each of the client nodes includes a clerk for transmitting service request messages to initiate selected operations. At least one of said server nodes includes a nameserver which includes a transaction agent, a database which contains a plurality of entries each containing attributes relating to an object, such as the location of related entries in any other nameservers an update, transfer portion and a control portion. The transaction agent receives service request messages from the clerk. In response to a service request message received by the …

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  • Granted January 5, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 5, 2010.
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FiledSeptember 7, 1988
GrantedJanuary 5, 1993
Term endedJanuary 5, 2010
Patent numberCA 1312385 C
Classification (IPC)G06F15/16 +2 more

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19891992199519982001200420072010Application filedSep 7, 1988Patent grantedJan 5, 1993Term endedJan 5, 2010

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