METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION AMONG INDEPENDENT PROCESSING CENTERS
First Claim
1. In a processing system comprising a first processing center and one or more second processing centers remote from the first processing center, a method of assigning a processing request, comprising the steps of:
- determining, at a traffic distribution controller a capacity of each of the processing centers to process the processing request;
receiving a processing request in the first processing center; and
assigning the processing request to at least one of the second processing centers according to the determined current capacity of each of the processing centers;
wherein the processing request is addressed to a first global address and the step of assigning the processing request comprises the step of readdressing the processing request from the first global address to a second global address of one of the second processing centers.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for assigning processing requests is disclosed. The method is typically used in a processing system comprising a first processing center and one or more second processing centers remote from the first processing center, a. A method of assigning a processing request may comprise the steps of: determining at a traffic distribution controller a capacity of each of the processing centers to process the processing request, accepting a processing request in the first processing center, and assigning the processing request to at least one of the second processing centers according to the determined current capacity of each of the processing centers. The processing request is initially addressed to a first global address of the first processing center, then the processing request is readdressed to a second global address of one of the second processing centers.
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25 Claims
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1. In a processing system comprising a first processing center and one or more second processing centers remote from the first processing center, a method of assigning a processing request, comprising the steps of:
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determining, at a traffic distribution controller a capacity of each of the processing centers to process the processing request; receiving a processing request in the first processing center; and assigning the processing request to at least one of the second processing centers according to the determined current capacity of each of the processing centers; wherein the processing request is addressed to a first global address and the step of assigning the processing request comprises the step of readdressing the processing request from the first global address to a second global address of one of the second processing centers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A processing system comprising:
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a first processing center, for accepting a processing request; one or more second processing centers remote from the first processing center; a traffic distribution controller, disposed external to the one or more second processing centers, for determining, a capacity of each of the processing centers to process the processing request and for assigning the processing request to at least one of the second processing centers according to the determined current capacity of each of the processing centers; wherein the processing request is addressed to a first global address and the traffic distribution controller assigns the processing request by readdressing the request from the first global address to a second global address of one of the second processing centers. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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