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Arbitrating an appropriate back-end server to receive channels of a client session

  • US 20070061329A1
  • Filed: 11/10/2005
  • Published: 03/15/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. At a computer system including a load balancing service, a method for arbitrating an appropriate back-end server to receive channels of a client session, the method comprising:

  • an act of the load balancing service receiving an first arbitration order value from a first front-end server that received a first channel of the client session, the first arbitration order value representing an arbitration mechanism for a first back-end server that the first front-end server is promoting as the appropriate back-end server to receive channels of the client session, the first arbitration order being a first universally unique identifier;

    an act of the load balancing service receiving an second arbitration order value from a second front-end server that received a second channel of the client session, the second arbitration order value representing an arbitration mechanism for a second back-end server that the second front-end server is promoting as the appropriate back-end server to receive channels of the client session, the second arbitration order being a second universally unique identifier;

    an act of the load balancing service comparing the first arbitration order value to the second arbitration order value; and

    an act of the load balancing service selecting the first back-end server as the appropriate backend server to receive channels of the client session based on the results of the comparison by the load balancing service.

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