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Method and apparatus for distributing requests among a plurality of resources

  • US 8,103,767 B2
  • Filed: 01/16/2009
  • Issued: 01/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer readable medium having computer program instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to distribute information requests among a collection of server resources by performing a method comprising the steps of:

  • hashing a request to a request location in a circular mapping space;

    hashing an identifier associated with a server resource to at least one resource location in the circular mapping space;

    associating the request to the server resource based on a given relationship between the request location and the resource location in the circular mapping space; and

    allocating the request to the server resource.

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