Patent ID: 6678726
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a message queuing system, a method for a message queuing computer to automatically determine a message queuing address thereof, the method comprising the steps of:identifying a change in network configuration indicative of a move to a new location in the message queuing system; broadcasting a request for topology information concerning said new location in the message queuing system; determining whether a reply to the broadcast request is received; if a reply to the broadcast request is received, extracting from the reply said topology information including a message queuing address for the message queuing computer; if a reply to the broadcast request is not received within a pre-selected period after broadcasting the request, retrieving an identification of a pre-selected server of the message queuing system and sending a datagram to the pre-selected server requesting topology information concerning said new location of the message queuing computer; determining whether a response to the datagram is received; and if a response to the datagram is received, obtaining from said response the topology information including a message queuing address for the message queuing computer.