REVERSE-PROXYING METHOD AND SERVER/CLIENT SYSTEM USING THE SAME

• US 20140006829A1
• Filed: 12/28/2011
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute (Government of South Korea)
• Original Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute (Government of South Korea)
• Inventors: Lee, Sang Hak, Yun, Jung Mee
• Application Number:
  US14/004,071
• Publication Number:
  US 20140006829A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/323
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3209 Monitoring remote activity, e.g. over telephone lines or network connections
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3234 Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5094 where the allocation takes into account power or heat criteria power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A reverse-proxying method and a server/client system using the same are provided. The reverse-proxying method includes: providing, by a server, a service to a client; and, when the server enters a standby mode, providing, by a reverse-proxying server connected to the server, some services of the server on behalf of the server. Accordingly, the client receives the service without interruption and energy efficiency of the whole system is improved.

Claims

1. A reverse-proxying method comprising:

providing, by a server, a service to a client; and

when the server enters a standby mode, providing, by a reverse-proxying server connected to the server, some services of the server on behalf of the server.

2. The reverse-proxying method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the providing the services on behalf of the server comprises, when the reverse-proxying server is able to provide a service requested by the client on behalf of the server, providing, by the reverse-proxying server, the service requested by the client to the client.

3. The reverse-proxying method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the providing the services on behalf of the server comprises:

when the reverse-proxying server is not able to provide the service requested by the client on behalf of the server, requesting, by the reverse-proxying server, the server to wake up; and

providing, by the server which wakes up according to the wakeup request from the reverse-proxying server, the service requested by the client to the client.

4. The reverse-proxying method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising, when the server wakes up, stopping, by the reverse-proxying server, providing some services of the server on behalf of the server.

5. The reverse-proxying method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server enters the standby mode when there is no request from the client for a predetermined time.

6. The reverse-proxying method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the some services are services of high frequency from among services requested by the client.

7. The reverse-proxying method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising obtaining and storing, by the reverse-proxying server, contents of some services of the server.

8. A server system comprising:

a server configured to provide a service to a client; and

a reverse-proxying server connected to the server and configured to provide some services of the server on behalf of the server when the server enters a standby mode.