Patent ID: 7072982
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a registration request at a peer registrar, said registration request being received from a peer device through a networking environment; determining a unique identifier for the peer device, said unique identifier being unique within a realm of the peer registrar, said realm comprising the peer registrar, a plurality of RNS servers, and a plurality of additional peer devices, said unique identifier to be used to identify peer resources within the realm that are under the control of the peer device; determining a home RNS server for the peer device within the realm, said home RNS server to serve the peer device with locations of peer resources within the realm to enable the peer device to access the peer resources from respective ones of the plurality of additional peer devices; returning the unique identifier and a network location for the home RNS server to the peer device; registering a new RNS server to be added to the realm; and reassigning selected peer devices to be homed at the new RNS server.