摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for searching services, resources and/or functionalities in a network. <P>SOLUTION: The network includes a lot of nodes to which routable network addresses are assigned, and wherein the services, resources and/or functionalities which are to be searched, are specified by a source node (Q). A corresponding direction is specified within the network by at least one destination node (Z) and/or nodes near to the destination node (Z). A routing path is defined between the source node (Q) and the corresponding destination node (Z) by said direction. Only pre-configurable nodes near to the routing path between the source node (Q) and the destination node (Z) are included in the search. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI</p> |