Messaging forwarding system and method
US10608970B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1004
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A messaging system having a cluster of receiving applications for handling received messages, and a cluster of messaging engines for receiving messages from one or more message sources and forwarding the received messages to one of the receiving applications is provided. Each messaging engine is operable to transmit load balancing information, the load balancing information comprising an indication of the current loading on the messaging engine. The receiving applications are instructed to establish a connection to receive messages from a particular messaging engine within the cluster based on the load balancing information. Accordingly, applications are able to receive messages in such a way that the messages do not build up unprocessed on a particular messaging engine for too long, and such that messages are routed to messaging engines where messages are being consumed, and so that the receiving applications receive messages from every messaging engine where messages are arriving.
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