Patent ID: 9628583
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving a request at a server, to register an identifier for creating a new account for a multi-site service based, at least in part, on a prompt from a user's equipment, wherein the multi-site service is supported by a plurality of server nodes and wherein the plurality of server nodes includes the server; determining a home site for the identifier based, at least in part, on a hash of the identifier, wherein the home site is a server node included among the plurality of server nodes and wherein the home site is responsible for registering the identifier to create the new account for the user's equipment within the multi-site service; determining whether the server is the home site for the identifier based on the hash; and causing, at least in part, processing of the request based, at least in part, on the determination, wherein the identifier is entered by a user at the prompt.