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Migrating a web hosting service between a dedicated environment for each client and a shared environment for multiple clients

  • US 9,071,553 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2011
  • Issued: 06/30/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of automatic website hosting service migration, comprising:

  • collecting information about a first website hosting architecture;

    determining a plurality of website-specific hosting services provided by the first website hosting architecture that serves the plurality of website-specific hosting services to at least one of a client'"'"'s websites by a server dedicated to serving the services necessary for the client'"'"'s websites to fulfill website hosting requirements of the at least one of the client'"'"'s websites;

    configuring a second website hosting architecture to provide common website hosting services to a plurality of unrelated websites;

    analyzing the plurality of website-specific hosting services to identify at least one of the plurality of website-specific hosting services corresponding to a common website hosting service of the second website hosting architecture;

    migrating servicing of the at least one of the client'"'"'s websites from the first website hosting architecture to the second website hosting architecture, wherein a migration status of the at least one of the client'"'"'s websites includes a migration status for each of the plurality of website-specific hosting services; and

    in response to a network request for the at least one of the plurality of website-specific hosting services, serving one of the identified at least one of the plurality of website-specific hosting services from the first website hosting architecture and an adapted variation of the corresponding common website hosting service from any of a plurality of shared servers of the second website hosting architecture to the at least one of the client'"'"'s websites based on a migration status of the at least one of the client'"'"'s websites, wherein the adapted variation of the corresponding common website hosting service is adapted in response to the network request to meet website hosting requirements of the at least one of the client'"'"'s websites that is fulfilled by the identified at least one of the plurality of website-specific hosting services.

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