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Method of redirecting a client service session to a second application server without interrupting the session by forwarding service-specific information to the second server

  • US 5,951,694 A
  • Filed: 02/03/1997
  • Issued: 09/14/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a client-server network in which multiple application servers independently run the same service application to provide like services to end users, a method of redirecting a client service session from a first application server to a second application server without terminating the client service session, said first and second application servers running the same service application, said method comprising the steps of:

  • prompting said first application server for service-specific information about a state of the client service session;

    forwarding said service-specific information about said state to said second application server; and

    transferring the client service session from said first application server to said second application server without interrupting the client service session.

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