Method and system for dispatching client sessions within a cluster of servers connected to the world wide web
US6779017B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1029
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Load balancing of client transactions, for the duration of a client session, in a Web site is implemented by a cluster of servers. An initial request in each client session is sent to the site load balancer, thus, greatly enhancing the capability of the site to accept new session requests. All subsequent requests from a client are forwarded directly to the server first selected so that the sessions cannot be later broken by the load balancer.
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