Communications system providing load balancing based upon connectivity disruptions and related methods
US8549078B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communications system may include a plurality of target servers and a plurality of source servers connected to the Internet via respective different portions thereof. The source servers may be for establishing connections to desired target servers via the Internet, and they may also be subject to connectivity disruptions. Further, the source servers may generate connectivity disruption information for respective target servers. The communications system may further include a dispatcher for collecting the connectivity disruption information from the source servers, and for distributing jobs to the source servers based upon a respective target server associated with each job and the connectivity disruption information for the respective target server.
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