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METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING OF PROCESSING RESOURCES

  • US 20140101226A1
  • Filed: 10/08/2012
  • Published: 04/10/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for a load balancer to manage allocation of a plurality of processing resources to perform server-related processing tasks requested by client applications over a network, the method comprising:

  • electronically receiving registration requests from at least some of the plurality of processing resources;

    registering each processing resource from which a registration request was received to produce registered processing resources;

    receiving, from each registered processing resource, information relating to utilization of the registered processing resource to collectively produce utilization information;

    receiving a request to perform a server-related processing task from a client application over the network; and

    responsive to the request to perform the server-related processing task, allocating at least one of the registered processing resources to perform the server-related processing task based on the utilization information.

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