System and method for a refreshable proxy pool in a communication services ...

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(12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.Z US 6,842,906 B1 Bowman-Amuah (45) Date of Patent: Jan. 11, 2005 (54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A 5,581,758 A 12/1996 Burnett et al. ............ .. 707/103 REFRESH ABLE PROXY p()()L [N A 5,606,664 A 2/1997 Brown et 61. 709/224 SERVICES PATTERNS 5,623,418 A 4/1997 Rostoker et al. .. .... .. 716/1 5,642,511 A 6/1997 Chow et al. .. 395/701 ENVIRONMENT 5,649,139 A 7/1997 Weinreb et al 707/202 ' . 5 5 (75) Inventor: Michel K. Bowman-Amuah, Colorado 2 fig: Sprlngs, C0 (U5) 5,677,997 A 10/1997 Talatik ....... .. 706/45 _ 5,680,602 A 10/1997 Bloem et al. 707/1 (73) Asslgneei Aeeelltllfe LLP, P919 Alto, CA (U5) 5,692,107 A 11/1997 SimOLldiS et 61. 706/12 _ _ 5,706,506 A 1/1998 Jensen et al. 707/103 ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 5,703,323 A 1/1993 (j01em6n ________ __ 395/785 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 5,710,901 A 1/1998 Stodghill et al. ......... .. 345/339 U'S'C' 154(b) by 0 dayS' (List continued on next page.) (21) Appl. No.: 09/386,239 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (22) Filed: Aug. 31, 1999 WO WO 99/08208 2/1999 ......... .. G06F/17/30 WO WO 99/44155 9/1999 (51) Int. Cl.7 ................................................ .. G06F 9/46 (52) U.S. c1. ...................... .. 719/330; 718/104; 718/105 QTHER PUBLICATIQNS Of Search ............................... .. Dayc-0 Statement Regarding Related App1jCa[jQnS_ 709/311, 313-318, 328; 707/100-104; 719/311-317, _ _ 328, 339; 718/1()()_1()3 Przmary Examzner—St. John Courtenay, III Assistant Examiner—Charles Emeka Anya (56) Rgfgrgncgs Cited (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (57) ABSTRACT 5,047,918 A 9/1991 Schwartz et al. ......... .. 707/203 5,133,075 A 7/1992 Risch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~ 707/201 A system and method are provided for interfacing a naming 5>187>787 A 2/1993 Skeen ct ‘*1 ~ 709/314 service and a client With the naming service alloWing access 2 Zibsin’ Int " """"" " to a plurality of different sets of services from a plurality of , , ra am e a . ~ 5,301,270 A 4/1994 Steinberg et 61. 345/326 globtdly addreSSa1t’1‘(71t1)nte€a°eSt'hAS a .1655“? Offthe Cfaglsé 573017320 A 4/1994 MCAHCC ct a1_ 395/650 proxies are genera e ase on e receive oca ions o. 573137636 A 5/1994 Noble et a1_ ______ __ 707/1 global addressable interfaces. The proxies are received in an 574147312 A 5/1995 Filip ct a1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 707/103 allocation queue Where the proxies are then allocated in a 5,434,978 A 7/1995 Dockter et al. ........... .. 709/230 proxy pool, Wherein an allocation thread runs on the allo5,437,038 A 7/ 1995 Silberbauer et al. ------ -- 395/700 cation queue and makes calls to the naming service and the 5,457,797 A 10/ 1995 Buttelwofth 91 411 ~~~~~ ~~ 709/302 allocation queue replenishes the proxy pool With the proxies. 5,463,686 A 10/1995 LebOLlIg6S ................ .. 379/220 Aeeess te the proxies in the proxy peel is allowed for 2 gllfch '_ """ identifying the location of one of the global addressable , , iramizu e a . ........ .. - - - ~ 574997371 A 3/1996 Henninger ct al_ __________ N 717/2 interfaces in response to a request received from the client. 5,560,005 A 9/1996 Hoover et al. .............. .. 707/10 _ 5,568,644 A 10/1996 Nelson et 61. ............ .. 395/741 15 Claims, 123 Drawing Sheets

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