Method and system for communicating between clients in a computer network
AssigneeWeb.com, Inc.
InventorJames A. McKeeth
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Abstract
A method and system for communicating among clients in a client-server computer network. The method and system allow a client to identify another client using a first identifier, such as a domain name of the other client. It is not necessary for the client to identify the other client with its network address, such as the Internet protocol (IP) address of the other client. The system comprises a server that updates a domain name system (DNS) server with the most recent IP address of the other client. In the event that the other client is off-line, the client may be connected to a Web page of the other client to leave and retrieve messages.
Claims28
A method of communication between a first client and a second client in a client-server network, the method performed by a computer and comprising:
- identifying the second client with a first identifier corresponding to the second client;
- determining, based on the first identifier corresponding to the second client, a second identifier corresponding to the second client;
- establishing, based on the second identifier corresponding to the second client, a communication link between the first client and the second client if the second client is connected to the network;
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- establishing, based on the second identifier corresponding to the second client, a communication link between the first client and an interactive file associated with the second client if the second client is disconnected from the network.
A system for communicating among a plurality of clients in a client-server network, the system comprising:
- a first client that is configured to communicate with a second client via the network, the second client establishing communication with the first client by identifying the first client with a first identifier of the first client, wherein the first client is allocated an interactive file;
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- at least one server in communication with the first client, the server being configured to identify the first client by a second identifier of the first client, and further configured to direct the second client to the first client when the first client is on-line and direct the second client to the interactive file when the first client is off-line.
A system for communicating between a first client and a second client in a client-server network, the system comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor configured by executable instructions retrieved from the memory to identify the second client with a first identifier corresponding to the second client;
- determine, based on the first identifier corresponding to the second client, a second identifier corresponding to the second client;
- establish, based on the second identifier corresponding to the second client, a communication link between the first client and the second client if the second client is connected to the network;
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- establish, based on the second identifier corresponding to the second client, a communication link between the first client and an interactive file associated with the second client if the second client is disconnected from the network.
A method of communication between a first client and a second client in a client-server computer network, the method performed by a computer and comprising:
- accepting a request for communication with the first client via the network based, at least in part, on identifying the second client by an identifier that is equivalent to a network address of the second client;
- establishing, based on the network address of the second client, a communication link between the first client and the second client if the second client is connected to the network;
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- establishing, based on the network address of the second client, a communication link between the first client and an interactive file associated with the second client if the second client is disconnected from the network.
A method of communication between a first client and a second client in a client-server computer network, the method performed by a computer and comprising:
- receiving from the second client a request for connecting to the network;
- communicating a network address of the second client to a server, which is configured to store the network address with an identifier of the second client;
- establishing, based on receiving the identifier of the second client from the first client, a communication link between the first client and second client if the second client is connected to the network;
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- establishing, based on receiving the identifier of the second client from the first client, a communication link between the first client and an interactive file associated with the second client if the second client is disconnected from the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.