INTELLIGENT SERVER ROUTING
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for routing requests to one of a plurality of redundant servers, wherein the plurality of redundant servers provides services over a communications network, said method comprising:
- ranking the plurality of redundant servers periodically in a random order and otherwise according to ranking information including server performance information and server response information;
receiving a request via the communications network;
selecting a highest ranked redundant server from the plurality of redundant servers for the request;
routing the request to the highest ranked redundant server.
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Abstract
The present application relates to methods and systems for intelligently routing requests to one of a plurality of redundant servers. The methods and systems route the requests to a most highly ranked redundant server. The redundant servers are dynamically rank according to ranking information, wherein the ranking information may include server performance information, server response information, next step performance information, next step response information, historic information and other like information. Next step response information and next step performance information corresponds to information pertaining to servers the plurality of redundant servers depend upon. The methods and systems may further randomly re-rank the plurality of redundant servers. The methods and systems may further re-route unprocessed requests meeting non-performance criteria.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for routing requests to one of a plurality of redundant servers, wherein the plurality of redundant servers provides services over a communications network, said method comprising:
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ranking the plurality of redundant servers periodically in a random order and otherwise according to ranking information including server performance information and server response information; receiving a request via the communications network; selecting a highest ranked redundant server from the plurality of redundant servers for the request; routing the request to the highest ranked redundant server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An intelligent server router for routing requests to one of a plurality of redundant servers, wherein the plurality of redundant servers provides services over a communications network, said system comprising:
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an intelligent server selection engine provisioned to rank the plurality of redundant servers periodically in a random order and otherwise rank the plurality of redundant servers according to ranking information, wherein the ranking information includes server performance information and server response information, wherein the intelligent server selection engine further selects a highest ranked redundant server from the plurality of redundant servers according to the ranking of the plurality of redundant servers; and a routing engine provisioned to receive the requests and route each of the requests to one of the plurality of redundant servers, wherein the one of the plurality of redundant servers is a highest ranked redundant server selected by the intelligent server selection engine. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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