Web service system and method
US11323508B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 22, 2009 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/125
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for providing a web service on a network of addressable nodes, said web service comprising a plurality of discrete, individually-addressable microservices, said system comprising: (a) at least one load balancer configured for routing a request from a node for a microservice to one of a plurality of virtual addresses, each virtual address corresponding to a unique microservice, and (b) one or more physical nodes associated with each virtual address, each physical node comprising one or more microservices, each microservice comprising a microservice-specific module for executing a particular function, said microservice-specific module linked to an interface for communicating over said network, each microservice being one of a plurality of individually-addressable microservices constituting a web service.
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