A scalable method and architecture for efficiently locating desired resources within a network containing a plurality of server nodes, each of which hosts or otherwise provides access to a subset of a global resource set. In one aspect of the invention, each of the server nodes are assigned membership...http://www.google.com.tw/patents/US7177867?utm_source=gb-gplus-share專利 US7177867 - Method and apparatus for providing scalable resource discovery