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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2015
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Shavell, Merrimack, NH (US);
John Brockway, Westford, MA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for sending push notifications that include preferred data center routing information may include (1) configuring at least one rule for determining which data center out of a plurality of data centers is preferred to serve one or more download requests, (2) identifying a push notification that is configured to prompt a device to download data from a data center within the plurality of data centers, (3) using the rule to select, from the plurality of data centers, a preferred data center to which to route the device, and (4) embedding information about the preferred data center in the push notification sent to the device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.