Patent ID: 6889248
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A server network comprising: a global master server; a local master server coupled to the global master server via a first network and synchronized thereto, wherein the local master server is automatically configurable as a slave server with respect to the global master server based on an interface between the local master server and the global master server; and one or more slave servers coupled to the local master server via a second network to perform manufacturing tasks to facilitate building products, the global master, local master, and slave servers being programmed the same, the one or more slave servers automatically configurable as one or more slave servers with respect to the local master server based on an interface between the local master server and each of the one or more slave servers, and the local master server being automatically configurable as a master server with respect to the one or more slave servers based on the interface between the local master server and each of the one or more slave servers, wherein the interface is for signaling to each associated server of its relative position in the network without further signaling for server configuration.