Method and system for wide area network load balancing
US6671259B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1038
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method of load balancing a network having a plurality of client systems and servers. The load balancing system and method distributes requests from the client systems to different servers on a wide area network by selecting the most optimal server for a specific client request. The client request for a server is received from a client system and the destination point of the client request is resolved in part by a load balancing server selector. The client request is sent to a load balancing server based on the resolved destination point and one server out of a subset of the plurality of servers is selected based on a predetermined criteria, such as network traffic congestion or server load, and a conduit to the client system and the selected server for transmission of the client request is provided.
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