Patent ID: 7096228
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for administering a plurality of data records on a computer network, each data record of the plurality of data records comprising information associated with a name of a plurality of names, the computer network comprising a plurality of servers, the method comprising: providing, to each of a subset of the plurality of servers, a copy of a data record of the plurality of data records; organizing the servers of the subset into a tree for disseminating updates to the data record, wherein one of the servers of the subset maintains a master copy of the data record and acts as the root of the tree, wherein the tree comprises a plurality of edges, each edge defining an update path between a pair of servers of the subset, the update path being usable to transmit an update of the data record from one server of the pair of servers to the other server of the pair of servers; determining whether a first server of the subset is receiving an excessive number of requests for information from the data record; based on the determining step: