Redirection techniques in a communication network
First Claim
1. A method of redirecting a client device to a network service in a communication network, wherein the communication network includes at least a first and a second service provisioning environment each capable of providing the network service, the first and second service provisioning environments being addressable under a common first domain name resolvable into a first network address of each service provisioning environment, the method comprising the following steps that are carried out in the first service provisioning environment:
- receiving a first client request at the first network address of the first service provisioning environment;
responding to the first client request with a redirection to a dedicated second domain name of the first service provisioning environment, the second domain name being resolvable into a second network address of the first service provisioning environment;
receiving a second client request at the second network address of the first service provisioning environment; and
initiating the establishment of a session with the requesting client device to provide the network service.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for redirecting a client device to a network service in a communication network is described. In one implementation, the communication network includes at least a first and a second service provisioning environment each capable of providing the network service. The service provisioning environments are addressable under a common first domain name that is resolvable into a dedicated first network address of each service provisioning environment. In accordance with an exemplary method, the following steps are carried out in the first service provisioning environment: receiving a first client request at a first network address of the first service provisioning environment, responding to the first client request with a redirection to a dedicated second domain name of the first service provisioning environment, the second domain name being resolvable into a second network address of the first service provisioning environment, receiving a second client request at the second network address, and initiating the establishment of a session with the requesting client device over the second network address to provide the network service.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of redirecting a client device to a network service in a communication network, wherein the communication network includes at least a first and a second service provisioning environment each capable of providing the network service, the first and second service provisioning environments being addressable under a common first domain name resolvable into a first network address of each service provisioning environment, the method comprising the following steps that are carried out in the first service provisioning environment:
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receiving a first client request at the first network address of the first service provisioning environment; responding to the first client request with a redirection to a dedicated second domain name of the first service provisioning environment, the second domain name being resolvable into a second network address of the first service provisioning environment; receiving a second client request at the second network address of the first service provisioning environment; and initiating the establishment of a session with the requesting client device to provide the network service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of redirecting a client device to a network service in a communication network, wherein the communication network includes at least a first and a second service provisioning environment each capable of providing the network service, the first and second service provisioning environments being addressable under a common first domain name resolvable into a first network address of each service provisioning environment, the method comprising the following steps that are carried out by the client device:
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transmitting a first client request to the first network address of the first service provisioning environment; receiving a redirection to a dedicated second domain name of the first service provisioning environment, the second domain name being resolvable into a second network address of the first service provisioning environment; obtaining the second network address of the first service provisioning environment; and transmitting a second client request to the second network address to establish a session within the first service provisioning environment for obtaining the network service. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A method of directing a client device to a network service in a communication network, wherein the communication network includes at least a first and a second service provisioning environment each capable of providing the network service, the first and second service provisioning environments being addressable under a common first domain name resolvable into a first network address of each service provisioning environment and each service provisioning environment being directly addressable under a dedicated second domain name resolvable into a second network address of the respective service provisioning environment, the method comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a domain name resolution mechanism associating the domain names and network addresses of the first and second service pro-visioning environments; and disabling a direction to the first or the second service provisioning environment by excluding the first network address of the corresponding service provisioning environment from domain name resolution. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A network device for redirecting a client device to a network service in a communication network, wherein the communication network includes at least a first and a second service provisioning environment each capable of providing the network service, the first and second service provisioning environments being addressable under a common first domain name resolvable into a first network address of each service provisioning environment, the network device operating on behalf of the first service provisioning environment and comprising:
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a first interface adapted to receive a first client request at the first network address of the first service provisioning environment; a responder adapted to respond to the first client request with a redirection to a dedicated second domain name of the first service provisioning environment, the second domain name being resolvable into a second network address of the first service provisioning environment; a second interface adapted to receive a second client request at the second network address of the first service provisioning environment; and a session initiator adapted to initiate the establishment of a session with the requesting client device to provide the network service.
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24. A system including a client device capable of being redirected to a network service in a communication network, wherein the communication network includes at least a first and a second service provisioning environment each capable of providing the network service, the first and second service provisioning environments being addressable under a common first domain name resolvable into a first network address of each service provisioning environment, the client device comprising:
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a transmitter adapted to transmit a first client request to the first network address of the first service provisioning environment; an interface adapted to receive a redirection to a dedicated second domain name of the first service provisioning environment, the second domain name being resolvable into a second network address of the first service provisioning environment; and an address fetcher adapted to obtain the second network address of the first service provisioning environment and to initiate transmission of a second client request to the second network address to establish a session within the first service provisioning environment for obtaining the network service. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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