A service is disclosed that discovers information about the logical networks to which a computer is connected and provides that information to applications. The information is keyed to names constructed by the service. There is a mapping between the names and the logical networks. Applications may rely...http://www.google.fr/patents/US20020032780?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US20020032780 - Systems and methods for uniquely and persistently identifying networks
Systems and methods for uniquely and persistently identifying networks
Numéro de demande: 09/840,569 Numéro de publication: US 2002/0032780 A1 Date de dépôt: 23 avr. 2001 Brevet délivré: US7000012 ( Date de délivrance 14 févr. 2006)
Correlate each network name with the physical interface(s) through which the network is accessible and with the APIs of the transport protocols supported by the network.
Inform applications of network connection information, on request and as the information changes.
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