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Connection management system and method

  • US 7,346,691 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2005
  • Issued: 03/18/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of managing connections between a plurality of server and a plurality of clients at a connection management device, the connection management device being interposed between the server and the plurality of clients on a computer network, the method comprising:

  • maintaining one or more persistent connections from the connection management device to each of the servers;

    distributing requests from the clients to the servers over the persistent connections;

    monitoring server response times for the requests sent to the servers over the persistent connections; and

    changing with the connection management device the number of persistent connections from the connection management device to the servers based on the monitored server response times.

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