Patent ID: 6751646
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for implementing a name service having load balancing features, the method comprising:(a) creating a name service, the name service being compliant with CORBA CosNaming Specification and being arranged to store information; (b) creating a data store within the name service to store the information; (c) creating a data store interface within the name service to interact with the data store to store and retrieve the stored information; (d) creating a load balancing index within the data store interface; (e) using name overloading to create names containing a load balancing name identifier in the name component of the names which may be used for referencing in the load balancing index where the load balancing identifier is a subset of the name component of the names; (f) storing names containing a loud balancing identifier in the load balancing index in a form which may be referenced by the load balancing identifiers or the respective names.