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Protecting a network site during adverse network conditions

  • US 9,143,516 B1
  • Filed: 03/30/2007
  • Issued: 09/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • one or more memories;

    one or more computing devices of a network protection service; and

    one or more modules that are stored on the one or more memories and that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to provide functionality of the network protection service for a plurality of clients, the providing of the functionality of the network protection service including;

    establishing, based on one or more electronic communications sent over one or more computer networks that are received by the network protection service, a relationship with a network site as one of the plurality of clients of the network protection service, including using supplied information to determine an agreed-upon level of protective assistance for the network protection service to provide to the network site under specified conditions;

    detecting that the network site is experiencing adverse network conditions that satisfy the specified conditions;

    causing, based at least in part on the agreed-upon level of protective assistance, network traffic intended for the network site to be rerouted to the one or more computing devices of the network protection service instead of to the network site, and using the one or more computing devices to process at least additional network traffic intended for the network site that exceeds a determined level of network traffic; and

    forwarding, to the network site from the network protection service, a portion of the rerouted network traffic.

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