Method and system for accessing network service

• US 9,832,139 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2014
• Issued: 11/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Xie, Ming, Wu, Yue, Li, Wenzheng, Chen, Zhiwu, Wang, Gang
• Primary Examiner(s): Baturay, Alicia
• Application Number:
  US14/521,254
• Publication Number:
  US 20150039762A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• Field of Search: 709220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/803 Application aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/14 using user query or user detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service

Abstract

According to an example, a web server receives an access request from one operator network of different operator networks, process the access request, and obtain processing data. The web server determines an output VIP address corresponding to an input VIP address carried in the access request according to a relationship between input VIP addresses and output VIP addresses of VS clusters of the different operator networks, and sends the processing data to a VS cluster indicated by the output VIP address via an internal network. The VS cluster selects one VS, and the VS selected sends the processing data to a user terminal via an external network.

Claims

1. A method for accessing a network service, comprising:

receiving, by a web server, an access request from one operator network of different operator networks corresponding to different Virtual Server (VS) clusters respectively;

processing the access request; and

obtaining processing data;

determining, by the web server, an output Virtual IP (VIP) address corresponding to an input VIP address carried in the access request according to a relationship between input VIP addresses and output VIP addresses of the different VS clusters of the different operator networks; and

sending the processing data to a VS cluster indicated by the output VIP address via an internal network;

selecting, by the VS cluster, a VS; and

sending, by the VS selected, the processing data to a user terminal via an external network;

wherein,

if the user terminal is a user terminal of a Telecom network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the Telecom network;

if the user terminal is a user terminal of a Unicom network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the Unicom network;

if the user terminal is a user terminal of an education network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the education network;

if the user terminal is a user terminal of an mobile network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the mobile network; and

if the user terminal is a user terminal of a small or medium-sized network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the small or medium-sized network.

2. The method of claim 1, before processing the access request, further comprises:

receiving, by a domain name resolution device, a domain name resolution request from the user terminal;

performing domain name resolution to obtain the input VIP address ; and

sending the input VIP address to the user terminal;

sending, by the user terminal, the access request carrying the input VIP address to a VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address via the external network;

selecting, by the VS cluster, a VS;

sending, by the VS selected, the access request to the web server via the internal network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the web server is located in one operator network of the different operator networks.

4. A system for accessing a network service, comprising:

a VS cluster of a first operator network, a VS cluster of a second operator network and a web server of the first operator network;

wherein

the web server of the first operator network is configured to receive an access request from the first operator network or the second operator network;

process the access request;

obtain processing data;

determine an output Virtual IP (VIP) address corresponding to an input VIP address carried in the access request according to a relationship between input VIP addresses and output VIP addresses of Virtual Server (VS) clusters of the first operator network and the second operator network; and

send the processing data to a VS cluster indicated by the output VIP address via an internal network;

the VS cluster of the first operator network is configured to, when the VS cluster indicated by the output VIP address is the VS cluster of the first operator network, receive the processing data sent by the web server of the first operator network via the internal network and select a VS;

the VS selected is configured to send the processing data to a user terminal of the first operator network via an external network; and

the VS cluster of the second operator network is configured to, when the VS cluster indicated by the output VIP address is the VS cluster of the second operator network, receive the processing data sent by the web server of the first operator network via the internal network and select a VS;

the VS selected is configured to send the processing data to a user terminal of the second operator network via an external network;

wherein,

if the user terminal is a user terminal of a Telecom network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the Telecom network;

if the user terminal is a user terminal of a Unicom network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the Unicom network;

if the user terminal is a user terminal of an education network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the education network;

if the user terminal is a user terminal of an mobile network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the mobile network; and

if the user terminal is a user terminal of a small or medium-sized network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the small or medium-sized network.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising:

a domain name resolution device, configured to receive a domain name resolution request from the user terminal of the first operator network;

perform domain name resolution to obtain the input VIP address; and

send the input VIP address to the user terminal of the first operator network;

or to receive a domain name resolution request from the user terminal of the second operator network;

perform domain name resolution to obtain the input VIP address; and

send the input VIP address to the user terminal of the second operator network;

wherein

the user terminal of the first operator network is configured to receive the input VIP address sent by the domain name resolution device, and send the access request carrying the input VIP address to the VS cluster of the first operator network corresponding to the input VIP address; and

the user terminal of the second operator network is configured to receive the input VIP address sent by the domain name resolution device, and send the access request carrying the input VIP address to the VS cluster of the second operator network corresponding to the input VIP address.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein,

the VS cluster of the first operator network is further configured to receive the access request sent by the user terminal of the first operator network via the external network, select a VS, and the selected VS is configured to send the access request to the web server of the first operator network via the internal network;

and

the VS cluster of the second operator network is further configured to receive the access request sent by the user terminal of the second operator network via the external network, select a VS, and the selected VS is configured to send the access request to the web server of the first operator network via the internal network.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the domain name resolution device is a domain name server.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein the web server of the first operator network is located in the first operator network.

9. The system of claim 4, wherein the web server of the first operator network is located in the second operator network.

10. The system of claim 4, wherein the system comprises one first operator network and at least one second operator network.

11. A method for accessing a network service, comprising:

receiving, by a web server, an access request from one operator network of different operator networks corresponding to different Virtual Server (VS) clusters respectively;

processing the access request; and

obtaining processing data;

determining, by the web server, an output Virtual IP (VIP) address corresponding to an input VIP address carried in the access request according to a relationship between input VIP addresses and output VIP addresses of the different VS clusters of the different operator networks; and

sending the processing data to a VS cluster indicated by the output VIP address via an internal network for sending the processing data to a user terminal;

wherein,

if the user terminal is a user terminal of a Telecom network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the Telecom network;

if the user terminal is a user terminal of a Unicom network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the Unicom network;

if the user terminal is a user terminal of an education network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the education network;

if the user terminal is a user terminal of an mobile network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the mobile network; and

if the user terminal is a user terminal of a small or medium-sized network, the VS cluster corresponding to the input VIP address is a VS cluster of the small or medium-sized network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the web server is located in one operator network of the different operator networks.