Patent ID: 8972539
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling communication between clients on a network according to a predetermined naming convention with location-based hostnames, the network installed at a facility having a predetermined plurality of separate locations therein, the method comprising: providing a control server coupled to the network; receiving at the control server a request from a client device via the network, wherein the client device is located at a location within the facility, the location selected from the predetermined plurality of separate locations; determining, by the control server and at least according to information received with the request, a location identifier representing the location at which the client device is located; forming a hostname for the client device by the control server according to the location identifier and the predetermined naming convention; and configuring a domain name system (DNS) server coupled to the network so that the hostname resolves to an internet protocol (IP) address of the client device; whereby another client device on the network is thereby able to determine the hostname according to the location identifier and the predetermined naming convention, and to communicate with the client device at the location represented by the location identifier by sending messages to the hostname.