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Voting mechanism for session invalidation processing in an application server cluster

US7610373B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 27, 2004
Grant dateOct 27, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 16, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/14
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Under the present invention, there is provided a voting mechanism for assigning an application server of an application server cluster the task of invalidating all sessions containing listeners in the cluster for a web application. A method for session invalidation processing comprises assigning a vote to a web application upon launch of the web application in an application server of the application server cluster, broadcasting the vote to other application servers of the application server cluster, receiving a vote for the web application from each of the other application servers in the application server cluster in which the web application has been launched, and assigning invalidation processing to the application server containing the web application having the highest vote. The votes are dynamically updated upon the removal or addition of an application server from/to the application server cluster.

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