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Load balancing system, method, and apparatus

US11122116B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2019
Grant dateSep 14, 2021
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/24
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A load balancing system, method, and apparatus, where the method includes: receiving, by a load balancing device, a first message from a client that is used to request to establish a first Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection; sending the first message to a server; receiving a second message from the client that is used to request to establish a second TCP connection; and determining, based on a token of the server included in the second message, that a destination device of the second message is the server, and sending the second message to the server, in order to establish the second TCP connection between the client and the server.

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