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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BALANCING LOAD DISTRIBUTION ON A WIDE AREA NETWORK

  • US 20010049741A1
  • Filed: 12/13/1999
  • Published: 12/06/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/1999
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Method for balancing the load on a plurality of servers that provide access to resources associated with a domain name, comprising:

  • (a) receiving a request for access to resources associated with the domain name;

    (b) determining the load for each of a plurality of servers that provide access to resources associated with the domain name and selecting one of the plurality of servers to provide the access, the selection of the server being based on a determination for optimally balancing the load on the plurality of servers; and

    (c) resolving an Internet protocol (ip) address of the selected server so that the accessing of resources associated with the domain name at the resolved ip address of the selected server will cause the load to be optimally balanced on the plurality of servers on a network.

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