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SELF-MANAGED DISTRIBUTED MEDIATION NETWORKS

  • US 20080016198A1
  • Filed: 06/12/2007
  • Published: 01/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A distributed mediation network, comprising:

  • a plurality of types of network module, including;

    local points of presence (LPP) modules for receiving and transmitting network traffic between the mediation network and client programs;

    mediator (M) modules for hosting mediation tasks;

    mediator router (MR) modules for analyzing the content of incoming messages, each MR module routing the incoming messages to a predetermined mediation task in dependence upon said content; and

    , transmission proxy (TP) modules for forwarding messages to at least one of said LPP modules, wherein each of the MR, M and TP modules are adapted such that all paths for network traffic therethrough are non-reciprocal; and

    , an autonomic control plane for managing the distribution of network traffic amongst the modules.

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