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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPATCHING RECEIVED SESSIONS BETWEEN A PLURATLITY OF INSTANCES OF AN APPLICATION USING THE SAME IP PORT

  • US 20160308921A1
  • Filed: 06/27/2016
  • Published: 10/20/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of load balancing a plurality of instances of processes supporting one or more conferences over a network comprising:

  • instantiating a load balancing module on a processing unit;

    instantiating one or more instances of a protocol stack on the processing unit in response to a request from the load balancing module;

    receiving at the processing unit data packets over a network from a plurality of endpoints;

    selecting an instance from the one or more instances of the protocol stack to process each received data packet, the selected instance corresponding to an endpoint from the plurality of endpoints;

    associating, by the load balancing module, the endpoint with the selected instance during a conference;

    transferring the received data packets toward the associated instance independently of the load balancing module;

    receiving data packets unassociated with an instance of the protocol stack;

    instantiating, at the request of the load balancing module, a new instance of the protocol stack, the new instance associated with an endpoint; and

    passing the unassociated data packets to the new instance.

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