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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Spotify Ab, Stockholm, SE;
Lukas Polacek, Stockholm, SE;
SPOTIFY AB, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for load balancing of requests to servers based on expected latency, for use in the providing of media content or other types of data. The system comprises an access point, or other process or component, which operates as a load balancer in providing access to one or more servers, for use in processing requests at those servers. Each of the servers can be associated with an endpoint. An expected latency selection component can be used by the access point to determine how requests are distributed or load balanced to servers, based on a determination of expected latency at those servers. Upon the access point receiving a particular request, the determination of expected latency can be used to determine which endpoint or server to direct that particular request.