METHOD FOR MANAGING A SERVER LOAD

• US 20090138586A1
• Filed: 02/13/2007
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Brault, Sebastien, Maschio-Esposito, Eric, Lapeyronie, Serge
• Application Number:
  US12/280,606
• Publication Number:
  US 20090138586A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0896 Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1012 based on compliance of requirements or conditions with available server resources

Abstract

Method for managing the load of at least one server able to process the requests sent via a telecommunication network by a plurality of terminals. The method includes the steps of receiving by the server a request originating from a terminal, obtaining an estimation of the load of the server, dispatching to the terminal data intended to bring about the automatic resending by the terminal of the request at a later date, dependent on a forecast relating to the load of the server, the dispatching step being executed when the estimation value is above a threshold value.

Claims

1. A method for managing the load of at least one server able to process requests sent via a telecommunication network by a plurality of terminals, wherein said method comprises at least:

a step of the server receiving a request originating from a terminal,

a step of obtaining an estimation value of a load of the server,

a step of dispatching, to said terminal, data able to bring about an automatic resending, by said terminal and to said server, of said request at a later date, dependent on a forecast relating to the load of the server, said dispatching step being executed if said estimation value is above a threshold value.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, in which said data are intended to bring about a triggering of a timeout having a duration corresponding to an estimation of a standby timescale before the request is taken into account, said estimation being dependent on a forecast relating to the load of the server, said automatic resending taking place on expiry of said timeout.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, in which said data are intended to bring about a displaying on said terminal of said estimated standby timescale, said timeout being triggered on condition that said timescale is accepted by a user of the terminal.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, in which said data comprise a send telltale intended to be inserted into said request during its resending by said terminal.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, in which said data comprise an information data about a date of first receipt of said request, said information data being intended to be inserted into said request during its resending by said terminal.

6. The method according to claim 4, in which,

the server determines, on receipt of a request, whether it contains a send telltale,

the server processes the requests giving priority to those comprising a send telltale with respect to those not containing one.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, in which the server processes the resent requests comprising a send telltale in chronological order of receipt on the basis of said date information data.

8. A computer program comprising program code instructions for executing the steps of the method as claimed in claim 1 when said program is executed on a computer.

9. A processing server able to process requests sent via a telecommunication network by a plurality of terminals, wherein said processing server comprises:

means for receiving a request originating from a terminal,

means for obtaining an estimation value of a load of the server,

means for, when said estimation value is above a threshold value, dispatching to said terminal data intended to bring about an automatic resending, by said terminal and to said server, of said request at a later date, dependent on a forecast relating to the load of the server.

10. The server as claimed in claim 9, comprising,

means for determining, on receipt of a request, whether said request contains a send telltale,

means for processing the requests giving priority to those comprising a send telltale with respect to those not containing one.