Patent ID: 8126916

Claim:
A computer system comprising: a client machine with a processor and memory; a service binding attribute of a service connection point to store data of a service, said data including adaptive domain data for domains served by a service instance and adaptive priority data associated with said domains, said data to indicate a quality of a match of an associated service instance to said domain data; said client machine to query a directory of assigned domain and priority data to each service binding attribute to search for all instances of said service; in response to said query, said client machine to receive a list of domain data associated with said priority data for each service instance; and a client manager adapted to scan said list to find a match for said client to a preferred service instance, including a determination of said preferred service instance for said client based upon a comparison of domain data entry in said list with a domain data assignment to said client, and a comparison of a priority entry in said list with a priority assignment to said client responsive to a comparison of said domain data entries resulting in maintenance of a current client assignment.